Grasp at straws much?....pathetic

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Mary Flanagan, a professor of digital media at Dartmouth College, argues that the fact that the game's zombies are of color is a significant detail. "It's not to say we can't allow for transgression, but there are so few depictions of Africans in games," she says. Though she's only watched videos of the game, Ms. Flanagan says that to deal with violent images, particularly ones that involve people of color, the game should be nuanced and confront issues of race head on.

To be clear, "Resident Evil 5" is not a game about killing Africans. Your job, as a player, is to save villages that have been victimized by a biochemical terrorist group. The first fearsome opponent you face is a blonde-haired female and you are rescued several times by another troupe of African soldiers. And ultimately, the game suggests that the barbarism depicted in the game is a result of your enemies' zombieness, not their African identity. In short, Africans don't beat you to death with their hands -- zombies do.

only some egg head college professor seeking to make a name for his/herself would see it as anything more. (or Al Sharpton)

the more they make a big production out of nothing, the more sales will increase...Capcom should be thanking them.

 

[cKGunslinger]

What is so maddening is that videogame creators have immense leverage over the ethnicity of their creations. In "Dead Space," a horror survival game in the same vein as "Resident Evil," the player becomes a voiceless, faceless engineer named Isaac Clarke. Little is revealed about Isaac during the course of game, so after he's escaped an abandoned, alien-infested space station at the game's conclusion, he shockingly removes his mask to reveal -- that he's an aging white male. He easily could have been any other race.

Seriously? Someone is mad because a character "could have been any race, but wasn't the one I wanted?"


This sounds like a manufactured controversy if I've ever heard one.

 

[Ultralight]

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger

What is so maddening is that videogame creators have immense leverage over the ethnicity of their creations. In "Dead Space," a horror survival game in the same vein as "Resident Evil," the player becomes a voiceless, faceless engineer named Isaac Clarke. Little is revealed about Isaac during the course of game, so after he's escaped an abandoned, alien-infested space station at the game's conclusion, he shockingly removes his mask to reveal -- that he's an aging white male. He easily could have been any other race.

Seriously? Someone is mad because a character "could have been any race, but wasn't the one I wanted?"


This sounds like a manufactured controversy if I've ever heard one.

QFT :thumbsup:

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger

What is so maddening is that videogame creators have immense leverage over the ethnicity of their creations. In "Dead Space," a horror survival game in the same vein as "Resident Evil," the player becomes a voiceless, faceless engineer named Isaac Clarke. Little is revealed about Isaac during the course of game, so after he's escaped an abandoned, alien-infested space station at the game's conclusion, he shockingly removes his mask to reveal -- that he's an aging white male. He easily could have been any other race.

Seriously? Someone is mad because a character "could have been any race, but wasn't the one I wanted?"


This sounds like a manufactured controversy if I've ever heard one.

Maybe she should protest all the non-white males who pick jobs other than that of game programmer. After all, most of the time the hero (when it cannot be picked) tends to be of the same race and gender as the programmer, and shockingly enough often will also have the same cultural background!

 

[Spoooon]

I understand why you'd like for some diversity in the ethnicity of the protagonist. I think when possible, it's nice to be able to choose. Though, when the narrative demands it, don't get mad that the hero isn't the "color" you want.

At least the article makes a point of saying that the game isn't about killing blacks, etc.

 

[blurredvision]

The whole race issue in RE5 started at some point last year when Capcom first showed the game. Then some woman who has a blog blasted the game for being racist, since you were a white guy shooting black zombies. In AFRICA. Somehow this woman became news, and it snowballed from there. So Capcom silently threw some white zombies in there.

The whole thing is really stupid. People will see what they want to see, there is nothing anyone can do about that.

 

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[Chryso]

You broke the word wrap. BAN!

 

[KevinCU]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
blah blah

GPAGOFOTSYPOS

 

[Hacp]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
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[DangerAardvark]

It's only racist if he holds the gun sideways.

 

[artikk]

Originally posted by: Hacp

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
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[Beev]

oldsmoboat won't get banned. As much as he deserves it.

 

[Pepsei]

too wide, didn't read...
but yea it's video game....

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: Chryso
You broke the word wrap. BAN!

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[Greenman]

You can't collect any money if you haven't been wronged.

 

[ViviTheMage]

They must be bored, that's a bogus reason.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: Hacp

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
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[nakedfrog]

Mary Flanagan, a professor of digital media at Dartmouth College, argues that the fact that the game's zombies are of color is a significant detail.

Yes, it's significant because it's in AFRICA. I hear there's a somewhat higher than average number of black people living there.
Was there an uproar about shooting Koreans in Crysis? They're "of color". Yellow is a color.
Hey, I'm caucasian, I'm "of color" too! I don't happen to know any transparent people...