tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post5230354831217484487..comments2024-03-28T13:24:46.023-07:00Comments on The GAME OVERTHINKER: EPISODE TWENTY-THREE: "Mississippi Pwning 2"MovieBobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226832228090053258noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-23371364446762126292012-07-20T03:31:48.354-07:002012-07-20T03:31:48.354-07:00The guy is absolutely fair, and there is no suspic...The guy is absolutely fair, and there is no suspicion.sitehttp://knight.miami.edu/index.php/member/386720/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-1163050862586250812011-09-17T12:50:24.193-07:002011-09-17T12:50:24.193-07:00They explained in the game "why" they...They explained in the game "why" they're in grass skirts throwing spears, that they reverted their culture in some sense due to the virus impacting their minds, and even so, Africa does still have tribes like that, why are you having a cow saying Capcom dropped the ball? That we went down to the mat for Capcom, and they did this? I see nothing wrong with it. What is expected? Business suits? A plain cammy cheesecake outfit for Sheva? I think you're just appeasing to the crowd with this. There are still tribes like that in Africa, Sheva's outfit represented part of the culture. Frankly you're just talking out of your ass once again Overthinker, reaching for some sort of race thing to gain said more popularity, like a politician reaching for more voters.Malevolenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05090938992036412463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-70816744623871458462011-01-26T23:43:43.047-08:002011-01-26T23:43:43.047-08:00I do sort of agree with you on certain points, and...I do sort of agree with you on certain points, and I can see where you're coming from in every respect, but I'm still going "what's the big deal?"<br /><br />I mean. I see nothing wrong with showing an African tribal in a grass skirt and war paint throwing spears because that's what the actually did. It's the same reason I have no problem with an image of white people living in their own shit and tossing it out the window, because that's pretty much also what's happened. Likewise, I have no problem with the typical "gangsta black guy" stereotype, because that's one that, while often exaggerated for comedic effect, is based entirely on reality and nothing else. I also see no problem images of leprechauns and potatos, black people being criminals, white people being stuck up middle class closet-racist, italians being greasy mario rif-offs, Asians being stuck-up corporate minded suits and perverts, the British having bad teeth, Americans being fat and power hungry, humans being inferior to terminators, earth being an overall shitty planet, constant war games that are just there for exploitation of vietnam and world war 2, or any other video-game or otherwise media-based stereotype that is not actually racist, but called so because it's a comedic exaggeration of stereotypes grounded in truth. If they're used aggressively meant purely for offense, then yes, I'm totally against it. But showing Africans living in shanty towns, or in grass skirts throwing spears doesn't bother me because guess what - Africa is a shit-hole for the most part, and they used to wear grass skirts, dance around in war paint and chuck spears. Just the same as the British were power-hungry tea-sipping bastards until America took over.<br /><br />The point you made about black heroes and costumes, I think you used a bad example. I mean, it's entirely based upon the character. Suppose they just don't like wearing a costume. Blade never work a costume. And he was the first black superhero [who wasn't a stereotype just there to fill a race quota.]<br /><br />And that's all I'm gonna say.W.M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07991333632404306304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-67680489579303923902010-02-22T02:03:23.190-08:002010-02-22T02:03:23.190-08:00you may not be completely right about the Japanese...you may not be completely right about the Japanese perspective on whites. <br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKTvFhRbBt8&feature=relatedlarrykwilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08649039971348497247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-49598879195807240682009-11-24T19:01:56.454-08:002009-11-24T19:01:56.454-08:00Bob makes some good points about race, in particul...Bob makes some good points about race, in particular the fact that white culture is seen as the norm. However, I still think both he and other people attacking RE5 are being too sensitive about race. This is nothing new though. By and large I think people are too sensitive about race.<br /><br />Where was the racism in RE5? Where? Is it racist, period, to set a game in Africa if it has a white protagonist?Mysterious Mangohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09378045669345908851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-31230836716281147722009-08-31T22:00:40.075-07:002009-08-31T22:00:40.075-07:00Great episode bob, you hit on some really crucial ...Great episode bob, you hit on some really crucial stuff about race that people need to hear way more often.Daud Alzayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00159094499713375760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-63101474728147109422009-07-20T16:08:54.726-07:002009-07-20T16:08:54.726-07:00Very Very Very Well said. I've been thinking t...Very Very Very Well said. I've been thinking the same thing about many of these characters for years. I'm glad you've decided to shine some light on this topic.Derrel B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01787885582393083344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-68146513091160676952009-06-23T05:45:57.788-07:002009-06-23T05:45:57.788-07:00How do we avoid the stereotypes as well as give me...<i>How do we avoid the stereotypes as well as give meaning to particular ethnic characters and their plot lines? Perhaps there is a movie you could reference that has done this well in that type of media.</i><br /><br />Just to name a few lead black characters that I think Bob would agree with that go along with this criteria: Spawn (comics), Blade (films), Robert Neville (from I Am Legend film).<br /><br />It's really not that hard to do. These characters were received well with the audience. I don't see how that same reception can't translate well into video games. Seriously, how bad could inFamous have turned you off if the lead character ended up being black (while nothing else changed from the game besides maybe a different voice actor for the lead character)? It's nothing that changes the major plotline, it just so happens that you have a black guy who doesn't follow stereotypes, is the lead character, and is introduced in the gaming world.Russell I.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01970161018653540151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-75348275835166933842009-06-22T21:51:41.322-07:002009-06-22T21:51:41.322-07:00great video... just wondering have you seen the vi...great video... just wondering have you seen the video for left 4 dead 2 I thought that shit was really racistTha Haterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16154963149076596115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-90012124623240754682009-06-17T19:36:13.895-07:002009-06-17T19:36:13.895-07:00Well thought out aside from being off-topic 60% of...Well thought out aside from being off-topic 60% of the time. I found myself getting frustrated when it took you forever to get to the point even when it's blissfully obvious. There's one thing I want to point out though, and I'm sure some agree with me on this. The African bikini was not at all a stereotype. Name one instance where we see this type of costume outfitted on a black woman in Africa. Seriously, people are getting their panties in a wad over what.. masturbatory aid wrapped up in novelty and comedic relief at most? I'm actually a little sad that the first conclusion that a white male(being one myself) comes to after seeing this outfit is "Oh wow where is society going! You see that's just what everyone thinks when they see a hot African tribeswoman!"(and really are there realistically enough of them in existence to argue about?!)The point I'm trying to make is that we are too quick to call something a stereotype. Sure some things like black people eating watermelon and white people not being able to dance well are definitely widely considered to be stereotypes (however even these are seen as purely comedic devices and not really seen to be true by anyone.) However... hot African tribeswomen wearing feline striped bikinis? Who the fuck has ever heard of that before? Anyway.. I agreed with the point you were trying to make and hope to see more videos from you :D.Deavashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01496248681023988543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-77083866187194627482009-06-15T10:26:57.879-07:002009-06-15T10:26:57.879-07:00Awesome video Bob! Keep it up. I still love RE des...Awesome video Bob! Keep it up. I still love RE despite everything though - even the live action movies. <br /><br />-Mike B (chippa's bud)100handslap.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00700361849146857842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-71986551900944680972009-06-05T18:29:39.475-07:002009-06-05T18:29:39.475-07:00Your article does make sense. As a black woman I t...Your article does make sense. As a black woman I thought the character was kind of hot and that adding some dude running around with a spear does seem a bit racist.<br />But, it's probably one of those games that will make me motion sick. <br />It is true there needs to be more diversity, but the guy above and his points about anime characters is kind of true. No offense to Japan who has given birth to the best swords ever, the best band ever and some good video games, might have a bit of an inferiority complex which is deeply depressing. You can't deny how Eurocentric things tend to be. Non-stereotypical characters of all races done in a non-hokey way in comic books, video games and other medium would be awesome.<br />Also, I kind of like Diary of a Mad Black Woman. But OSC eats that guy's movies with a spoon. Some of us blacks are heathensLynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17395406512079608484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-42507128619611468902009-05-24T12:54:23.056-07:002009-05-24T12:54:23.056-07:00Just a little point on the Manga characters look C...Just a little point on the Manga characters look Caucasian point, that only because for you Caucasian is, as you noted, tabula rasa. However one thing that you didn’t take into account, not because or evil or stupid, but rather because it an unconscious act that you’ve had no reason to think about. That is when you see someone with some degree of light skin you assume that there Caucasian unless something tells you otherwise, in the case of Asian the eyes tend to be the tipping point for a lot of people. However for the Japanese it he opposite, they see them as Asian unless current features are there, features that most Manga characters don’t have.<br /><br />First lets talk colored hair. The fact that some character have blond hair isn’t always to make them more Caucasian, no more then blue hair makes them, well whatever. Its just another way to A) let the character stand out, and B) sometimes say something about their personality. With that covered lets move onto what makes a character look Caucasian to the Japanese, as for the round eyes, I’ll get to that at the very end, when I connect it to body hair. There that should keep you reading! <br /><br />First here’s a pic (http://du9.org/IMG/monster.jpg) of the characters from the Manga Monster, which takes place in Europe. The guy in the middle is the only Japanese character. Here’s we get the two main futures that make someone look Caucasian. The first is the chain and jaw line. Now Manga and the art derived from it is famous for amongst other things having pointy chins, now this is a more naturalistic art style so no chins are pointy. Now notice who comes the closest to having a pointy chin, that right the Japanese character, because so by giving characters pointy chins the Manga artist are just stylizing the slimmer chins and jaw lines that the Japanese tend to have, and thus giving a charter a more fully developed chin or is a way of saying Caucasian, if the character is missing it they can be assumed to be Japanese.<br /><br />The second feature is right under your nose, in fact it is the nose, sorry couldn’t resist that. Now there are a few reasons that Manga tends to all but drop the nose out, for one thing it's a non-expressive facial feature taking up room that could be made for large highly expressive eyes. The reason that matters her however is that Japanese tend to have smaller noses then Caucasians. Well Caucasian noses come in all shapes and a fair number of sizes that all tend to be more prominent, even if thin they have a good chance of jutting sown with a hook or something. Now take a look at the pic. Who has the simplest least noticeable nose? That’s right once again it’s the Japanese character.<br /><br />Now we come to the last feature that isn’t on display in that pic, body hair. Caucasian’s we got a lot of hair, not just on out head like most normal people but also on our chests and legs and even our arms! Now think about something, when a Caucasians draws a Caucasians how often do they put hair on the arms outside of close ups? As a reader of comics from all over the world, it’s not often. Why? Because we just assume you know it’s there, it’s so trivial why bother going out of your why to draw attention to it? See where I’m going? It’s the same thing with the Japanese and eyes in Manga, everyone knows what eyes really look like, and super huge eyes, that no group of people really have, help in communicating is a visual way that the idea of putting “realistic” Japanese eyes seem as silly to them as always drawing body hair is to us.<br /><br />Thus, for instance, Goku with his pointy chin small nose and lack of body hair says Japanese to Japanese readers, and the idea that he looks Caucasian would liky be seen as silly.NathanShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16318655557022495392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-22423590126590551192009-05-24T02:47:47.653-07:002009-05-24T02:47:47.653-07:00I am going to be either brave or stupid here (most...I am going to be either brave or stupid here (most likely both :) ) and say something considering I should put up the disclaimer that no, I have not managed to make it out of the country. So white American girl here sharing her thoughts.<br /><br />While I do wish we had the same views on some things as Europe, you need to also think of context and the other side. Patriotism is a very good example. You think of it the same as racism apparently, but that's not what it is at all to us. So before being disgruntled at Overthinker having proud to be an American at the start of his videos, stop and think what he means when he says that. Despite the fact we share an understanding of English, your background certainly colors how you view the message versus how I do!<br /><br />And with video games, you need to think of where they are made. While you might not find it offensive, that doesn't change where it could be coming from. Just like I don't take offense to the stereotypes women are put in with Japanese comics and animation, that doesn't change the fact they are stereotypes and honestly it's more of a tolerance then a acceptance for me. While part of the equation is certainly the target audience a lot will be affected by who made it.<br /><br />And as for why Africans are mentioned so much, that certainly is because we do have such a history with them as well as the fact this started with Resident Evil 5. We certainly have issues with lots of things, racism that Muslims face now for example from some people.<br /><br />PS. ....Okay, Barrett? I agree there, and we'll have to wait and see how Square handles Sazh in FFXIII. (Chocobo living in his afro. Cutest thing ever, so um I was certainly focused more on the bird there.) But Wakka? I didn't really think of him as black, I thought of him as more a islander and while not your normal surfer stereotype, still one of them. Just like Tidus was a jock and surfer stereotype of sorts.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04275142999887772569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-89255573421091649512009-05-19T15:27:37.629-07:002009-05-19T15:27:37.629-07:00Being a gamer whos not racist (how can you be rac...Being a gamer whos not racist (how can you be racist if you hate everyone equally?), it kinda irks me when stuff like RE5 is used to represent the whole of the game industry and to be honest, me and my friend had a nice chuckle at the infamous village sequence (IOW, we acted like redneck racists the whole section), Okami, is a beutiful game but no one I know of at my school plays it, or has at least but everyone talks about the new 50 cent game. On the subject of that I really can't take the video game as an art movement seriously when for every okami we have at least 10 madden 08's, and when relatively few games are considered art (or maybe its soulja boy getting his own game)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10517584351671677573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-73179812033465085942009-05-19T04:33:00.000-07:002009-05-19T04:33:00.000-07:00Nice video; though I don't have much interest in t...Nice video; though I don't have much interest in the full RE games (bad plot and overlong in addition to the control issues), I have to agree that the "RE5 is racist" stuff is overblown.<br /><br />Your point is definitely taken on the rest, though and I completely agree. Things like casting in films without regard to race (Shawshank is a great example of what can happen) where it's not a central element of the story is a big step forward.<br /><br />As an expatriate American who's lived in Scotland for the past 8 years I can also say that this skin colour obsession is pretty unique to the USA. In the UK tv is replete with images of people from many backgrounds; our tv personalities and actors are often also real people, unlike the USA where even news presenters look like fashion models.<br /><br />Of course everything isn't perfect; there are few non-white MPs and in several centuries have had only one woman PM -- forget about a non-white one (there was a Jewish one though, which still amazes me).<br /><br />Still I understood you're coming from the perspective of a US citizen; it would definitely help if you leave the country, though. Even Canada would give some much needed perspective. The USA has a long way to go baby!Sean Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032979046475729327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-67643948705583425392009-05-17T09:02:00.000-07:002009-05-17T09:02:00.000-07:00Great video. I live in South Korea at the moment, ...Great video. I live in South Korea at the moment, and whiteness is also promoted in the media and pop culture here, an issue of enormous importance. I found this video via ScrewAttack.com, and I was surprised to see something of such academic caliber there. Keep it up!SeanBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923199350241097702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-68553211890231100412009-05-17T05:42:00.000-07:002009-05-17T05:42:00.000-07:00Great video!Great video!Felix Tatmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02590476588978926333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-4033768338373168742009-05-17T04:47:00.000-07:002009-05-17T04:47:00.000-07:00As a black, male, adult gamer (look, I cover 3 dif...As a black, male, adult gamer (look, I cover 3 different demographics at once!)<br /><br />I find absolutely nothing wrong with Resident Evil 5. It always disturbs me that more white people are always more offended about contextual "subliminals" and reach at straws more than Al Sharpton reaches for the box of Relaxer.<br /><br />I'd like to call the pretense of caucasians viewing certain things as offensive, as "White Liberal Guilt". <br /><br />Let's get this straight. Stabbing, and rocket launching white people in Raccoon city- well and good.<br /><br />Blowing off Spaniard peasants infected with Las Plagas- Cool.<br /><br />Shoot insane, Uriboros infected African people? SOMEONE HIT THE PANIC BUTTON.<br /><br />It's not as big of a deal as you'd think. A little thing called logic comes into play here. <br /><br />"Things coming to kill me"<br /><br />Do you <br /><br />A. Reason with them<br /><br />B. Shoot them.<br /><br />C. Call a Non Profit Organization and attempt to build a foundation for them.<br /><br />I'm going to go with B.<br /><br /><br />I agree with what you said about our gradual inclusion into primary roles in many fields, but your perspective is a bit skewed in my opinion.<br /><br />As far as your Madea hatred goes, either your sarcasm is at Defcon 5, or you don't understand the appeal of a non-holier real character to the (primarily) black, Baptist Christian audience (Aka the South)<br /><br />Repetition in his own storytelling withstanding.<br /><br />I'd love to know your personal thoughts about these things, as I feel they lead to progressive discussion.<br /><br />LifeOnWax@gmail.comUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430983128814560063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-88243060363626627022009-05-10T20:42:00.000-07:002009-05-10T20:42:00.000-07:00Shawl's post made me remember some other points I ...Shawl's post made me remember some other points I had to make, so here goes.<br /><br />As you might have noticed, european people don't see racism in the same way as say, your aberige american person will. Take for example case Blaise Zambini from Harry Potter, when he was revealed to be black, people wondered why Rowling hadn't mentioned it when she introduced him. In truth, she simply didn't think it was really worth mentioning. I am sure in a lot of american book such thing would have not been presented that way, if a character were black, he would have been instantly mentioned as such. Also, a alot of americans must have missed that Rowling took a stand against a more local racism, towards red haired people and throught that, the irish.<br /><br />I guess we europeans hold a vastly different view towards people of african origins since our history with slavery has been vastly different from the one america had. You might be aware that slavery, especially in africa, was far from the clear cut 'white people steal poor black people from their homes' cliche you usually see. In truth, slavery was a business and a tradition to many of the tribes living in africa. And when people from outside the continent began to have trade with them, they traded slaves like any other goods. And the black slaves went pretty much everywhere around eurasia. And in some european countries they even gained freedom to live as free men. Britain was one of those.<br /><br />Now, I'm not saying there hasn't been racism from europe's side, faaaaaaar from it. I'm simply noting that the situation of the black people living in europe was vastly different than the one in america, and that has seeped into the culture too.<br /><br />And sometimes when you look at the movement in america, it seems really bizarre. Innocent children's books like little Sambo, which was even originally not about a black child, being banned along with books that historically tried to better the lives of the black people in america ( Unle Tom's cabin) makes it seem that even the slightest negative thing said historically about blacks is bad. Look what happened to poor Disney when they tried to go along with history in Princess and the Frog. And sad to say, that makes it seem almost annoying to atleast in my opinion, because it takes one good thing and twists it into a ever going war.<br /><br />Sorry if I'm rabling, just had to say these pointsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-53662286431544380112009-05-10T14:16:00.000-07:002009-05-10T14:16:00.000-07:00The Abhorsen-
"While in my "culture" patriotism an...The Abhorsen-<br /><I>"While in my "culture" patriotism and racism are pretty much seen as the same thing!! If you wear a dutch flag on your jacket you identify yourself as a racist here for example."</I>See, that strikes me as rather a pity. I've not had the pleasure of spending time in your country, but I do understand that there is a big "situation" there right now between (what I take to be) opposing sets of extremism either outright-rejecting assimilation of immigrants or wishing to 'enforce' it by edict; but I'm inclined to find it slightly depressing that so many would allow the symbols - like a national flag - that ought unite all of them to be co-opted by one "side." (I imagine it would be the political allys of Geert Wilders wearing the flag pins, yes?)<br /><br />I mean, speaking as an outsider, Dutch culture has a lot to be proud of itself for. It's contributions to art, culture, politics, philosophy and science are of staggering importance in both Western history and the history of the world at large. To my mind, it's sad to think one would be disinclined toward pride in that. But, then, this could just be an American thing. We are, after all, the 'baby' country ;)MovieBobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226832228090053258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-62081619085196460562009-05-10T04:13:00.000-07:002009-05-10T04:13:00.000-07:00Bob, I usually love your vid's and I can understan...Bob, I usually love your vid's and I can understand your reasoning here, but I have to disagree with you big time here. <br /><br />First of all I think your entire viewpoint is exceptionally American on this issue. I'm from Europe and your entire "white's think they are the state of normality" thing really is not how it works here. You can racists of course. But not like that in such an over the top way as you bring it.<br /><br />Also I think everbody always in general looks at things from their standpoint. If something is targeted at a white male, it's from their perspective. If it's targeted at a black male it from their perspective. But I do think such things as black vs white for example must live a lot stronger in the US then where I'm from. (main thing even the racists here care about these days is not black people, it's muslims).<br /><br />I think the irony is in your plea to not look at things from just ones own limited perspective... you did just that ;) But I can understand where your coming from. For example your "proud to be an American" start of all your movies is something that actually bothers me a great deal (I find it highly insulting and I find it arrogant). But I ignore it since I love your movies and I don't think your some dumb sterio-typical redneck (which is pretty much the main view Europians have of Americans in terms of steriotypes). But I think you've never realized this in your movies since from your standpoint patriotism isn't a bad thing. While in my "culture" patriotism and racism are pretty much seen as the same thing!! If you wear a dutch flag on your jacket you identify yourself as a racist here for example. I think you kind of forgot that there are more white people out there then just Americans and they all have very different sets of values. Just as some Europians sometimes forget not all Americans are Rednecks but there are also liberal free thinking people (like yourself) living there. Big country, massive amount of differences between people. You've just done what you accuse Capcom on... steriotype and generalise white people (and Japanese people as well actually).<br /><br />Also about the game. I have a sneaking suspision you've not played it (much) or know much about africa. Not only do such villages really still exist (it's not a sterio-type. they are there) but it's explained in the game as well as being very deep inland and not the standard way. They (both the urban blacks and the tribal ones) are also always protraed as being victims! Both Shiva and Chris are quite upset and pissed of about how there people are all turned into monsters by the big evil white dude. Because all the main villians are... WHITE! they hurt the africans. This is the overal theme of the game. Which I guess you'd have know if you'd actually played it ;) <br /><br />And you'd also know that aside from Sheva youre quite often also helped by a third char who again is black.<br /><br />The entire thing about her outfit? It's just a dumb attempt to make her look sexy. I doubt it has much to do with either racism or anything you talked about. Aside from half naked girls being aimed at young males perhaps.<br /><br />The funniest thing is, of my friends who are black not one of them who has played it has seen it as racist. Nor does my girlfriend actually think Shiva is threatening her with her over the top looks. She just found it nice to be able to play a girl, and wasn't worrying about issues of race or sex appeal.The Abhorsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08842313095943624803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-35322542921947452902009-05-07T10:22:00.000-07:002009-05-07T10:22:00.000-07:00Not going to defend the whole spear chucking and t...Not going to defend the whole spear chucking and tribal thing, but there was an in game explanation for it in one of the files that you find somewhere in the village about the virus umbrella tested on the natives causing them to "start wearing the tribal outfits that no one wears anymore." and revert to the stereotype that they are in the game.<br /><br />So in a way Capcom is saying that White American Companies are the ones keeping the stereotype going, but its doubtful how many people are actually going to think that hard about the game.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15092350349050472781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-37612344595460201022009-05-07T09:21:00.000-07:002009-05-07T09:21:00.000-07:00Andrew-
That's the catch: If you do this RIGHT, n...Andrew-<br /><br />That's the catch: If you do this RIGHT, nobody notices ;)<br /><br />FWIW, I don't know that stereotypes ought be avoided outright - one of the most enduring forms of character-design is CARICATURE, and race can certainly play into that. It just oughtn't be the only thing out there.MovieBobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226832228090053258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6031707140462457270.post-30134550825749334552009-05-07T07:31:00.000-07:002009-05-07T07:31:00.000-07:00Excellent video Mr Game Overthinker. I would even ...Excellent video Mr Game Overthinker. I would even have to say it's better than the previous Mississippi Pwning episode.<br /><br />There is something getting me though. What exactly does a correctly done, racially sensitive game look like exactly? Have there been any games that have at least tried to rise to this standard? We can all list a few games with racially insensitive characters in them. But are there any games that actually give good back story and character to their ethnic characters?<br /><br />Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas at least attempted to give a good story to a strong ethnic character. Even if the entire game was steeped in American black stereotypes.<br /><br />How do we avoid the stereotypes as well as give meaning to particular ethnic characters and their plot lines? Perhaps there is a movie you could reference that has done this well in that type of media. <br /><br />Overall a good episode, though I don't particularly see what you think the solution should look like. <br /><br />heh. On the other hand, I could just be blind. :pAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05510360267079556286noreply@blogger.com