Neo Draven
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This is kind of a loaded question here. We've already been through the gamut of racism in movies, in music and on TV. Video games have rarely been inclusive of women or any ethnicity except Caucasian. I remember talking to a friend back when I was 12 about how Street Fighter 2 was one of the first popular games to feature a black character.
I also remember how people used to say that the black Abobo on Double Dragon was a stereotype. In Capcom's Final Fight beat-em-up, a lot of the black characters are portrayed pretty stereotypically for the late '80's. Females in video games are usually insanely proportioned; look at Lara Croft, or Tifa from Final Fantasy VII.
How about the controversy surrounding Grand Theft Auto - San Andreas and Resident Evil 5? GTA - SA is the only GTA title with a black lead character. A lot of people on the GameFAQs message boards were spewing racism, saying they didn't want to play as a black character.
Then, in Resident Evil 5, you're pretty much going around killing African zombies. Some have likened it to a KKK-simulator.
So, for anyone who plays video games; did you ever play a game that made you feel as if the developers or producers of the game might have been either misogynistic or racist?
JACINTA - I would return that with the statement, "It's just a damned movie".
Video games have become not just a form of entertainment, but almost an artform in and of itself. Some games have more video and dialogue in them than a full two-hour movie. So, it stands to reason that if people can find racism in a song, a movie, a book or a tv show, they could find it in a video game as well.
I also remember how people used to say that the black Abobo on Double Dragon was a stereotype. In Capcom's Final Fight beat-em-up, a lot of the black characters are portrayed pretty stereotypically for the late '80's. Females in video games are usually insanely proportioned; look at Lara Croft, or Tifa from Final Fantasy VII.
How about the controversy surrounding Grand Theft Auto - San Andreas and Resident Evil 5? GTA - SA is the only GTA title with a black lead character. A lot of people on the GameFAQs message boards were spewing racism, saying they didn't want to play as a black character.
Then, in Resident Evil 5, you're pretty much going around killing African zombies. Some have likened it to a KKK-simulator.
So, for anyone who plays video games; did you ever play a game that made you feel as if the developers or producers of the game might have been either misogynistic or racist?
JACINTA - I would return that with the statement, "It's just a damned movie".
Video games have become not just a form of entertainment, but almost an artform in and of itself. Some games have more video and dialogue in them than a full two-hour movie. So, it stands to reason that if people can find racism in a song, a movie, a book or a tv show, they could find it in a video game as well.