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D B Vulpix	Hmm video games need more diversified heroes.	Lead	[-]
Posts: 1704 (05/15/2009 12:52 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I was watching the latest gameoverthinker/ moviebob video and he was talking about how blatantly racist RE5 was. Funny seeing how months before he was defending the game AND Capcom before he actually played it. I personally don't see whats so racist about having Sheva dress up in a leopard skin bikini covered in war paint,with a bone necklace. If a white girl was in that get up he'd just as soon say its hot, right? Or sexist. Depends on who is complaining. I mean if RE5 is racist because of a bikini. Then the upcoming Punch Out is racist....all of the Punch Outs are racist XD. I've got nothing against diversifying the heroes but for some reason I get this feeling that if all of a sudden we did get more of a rainbow selection, with there only being a very small amount of minorities actually WORKING in the video game industry that would just make things worse. Hah I remember once Yahtzee made a comment during his Left 4 Dead review that the black guy is the only seemingly normal character of the bunch "except that he's black so that messes it up." When I first heard that it rubbed me the wrong way but that only lasted like 10 seconds. But then the Over Thinker guy basically says the same thing. With the core demographic being young Caucasian males, is it possible that game producers would loose sales if they just...had a Hispanic main character instead of a white one? That's probably why Character Creation options exist hehehe. Theeen he made some comment about Tyler Perry being a bad director and that was it... That's like me watching a Spanish soap opera and being able to tell who is pronunciation their words better. Maybe I should just post the video c.c http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhopxZqQrmo Sonic x Lady of the Lake Last Edited By: D B Vulpix 05/15/2009 1:06 AM. Edited 3 times.
tornadot		#1	[-]
Posts: 4393 (05/15/2009 1:15 AM) Free as the Wind Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	RE5: An American male and an African female go hunting negro zombies/creatures and made out to be heroes. Let's gloss over the fact that RE:4 had an American male hunting down spanish...things. Save us...save us white American males from those bloody minorities! Save us! /sarcasm As for your comment about there not being enough diversified heroes...I'll get back to you on that a little later. Timon: Boy, he looks blue... Pumbaa: I'd say brownish-gold Timon: No no no, I mean he's depressed Pumbaa: Oh... Last Edited By: tornadot 05/15/2009 1:25 AM. Edited 2 times.
HyperSonic2003		#2	[-]
Posts: 5837 (05/15/2009 7:02 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	XD! Save us from those bloody minorities. Although...considering RE4 took place in Spain[correct me if im wrong because i've not played this...so I may be missing something here] wouldn't that make the American the minority? crazy face Anywho...yea more diversified characters would be sweet. And about that L4D comment...XD! That's pretty funny. Just saying. As for the demographic...etc. I don't really know. Seems legit, but looking at Gears 2...they had about a complete salad...if you know what I mean. lol Although, when I play games i'm not so sure I notice what the character's race is supposed to be. shrugs Never thought about it, I guess. With his killer kicks this "master" will put you in your place.
Dreamer of Nights		#3	[-]
Posts: 4875 (05/15/2009 12:30 PM) Sonic HQ Staff Member That has a custom title. Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	tornadot wrote: ... American male hunting down spanish...things.... Lmao, I thought there were half-zombies. Btw, didn't the Power Rangers tried this like back in 1993 and didn't exactly work out (mind you not on videogames but that's not the point).
HyperSonic2003		#4	[-]
Posts: 5840 (05/15/2009 12:57 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Dreamer of Nights wrote: tornadot wrote: ... American male hunting down spanish...things.... Lmao, I thought there were half-zombies. Btw, didn't the Power Rangers tried this like back in 1993 and didn't exactly work out (mind you not on videogames but that's not the point). Yea...the "black" ranger. He was black. And the "yellow" ranger was asian. Seriously? Are you for real Suki Levy and Haim Saban!? Hahah nah, but one of my friends was joking around about that. I though it was funny. LOL With his killer kicks this "master" will put you in your place.
D B Vulpix		#5	[-]
Posts: 1705 (05/15/2009 3:20 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I never really considered the "black" ranger to be an insult but I did think the yellow ranger was pushing it. I mean some super heroes/villians who happen to be black have the word black in their name Sonic x Lady of the Lake
CTSucks 666.elforoapocalipt...		#6	[-]
Posts: 1606 (05/15/2009 4:24 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	BLACK LIGHTNING The lack of diversity's never bothered me... I never cared, I suppose. I pick a video game based more on how interesting an experience I think it'll be. I've been playing Metroid Prime lately and if Samus were some other race I'd still have bought it. The race thing really doesn't affect the game that much.
D B Vulpix		#7	[-]
Posts: 1706 (05/15/2009 10:32 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I wonder if the idea that the race of the main character affects how it sells and who buys it. I mean I know that's how it works for television and movies. But with video games I think people expect the fantastical and what goes beyond the normal. Resident Evil 5 was trying to be all "real world/present day" So if you look at it that way, the protagonist being a white American makes a lot of sense. Something on the other end of the scale would be like...Afro Samurai or something. Sonic x Lady of the Lake
tornadot		#8	[-]
Posts: 4394 (05/15/2009 10:58 PM) Free as the Wind Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Depends on the genre but for the most part, you won't hear people talking about buying a game based on the race of the character. Actually the more pretty and appealing you make the character, the more likely people will buy. Sex sells. Timon: Boy, he looks blue... Pumbaa: I'd say brownish-gold Timon: No no no, I mean he's depressed Pumbaa: Oh...
CTSucks 666.elforoapocalipt...		#9	[-]
Posts: 1611 (05/15/2009 11:19 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	tornadot wrote: Depends on the genre but for the most part, you won't hear people talking about buying a game based on the race of the character. Actually the more pretty and appealing you make the character, the more likely people will buy. Sex sells. That explains the popularity of the Metroid Series...
tornadot		#10	[-]
Posts: 4395 (05/15/2009 11:25 PM) Free as the Wind Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Hence the 'depends on the genre,' bit. Ahh but alas, look at advent of Zero Suit Samus. Timon: Boy, he looks blue... Pumbaa: I'd say brownish-gold Timon: No no no, I mean he's depressed Pumbaa: Oh...
D B Vulpix		#11	[-]
Posts: 1709 (05/16/2009 3:32 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	i wonder if people who didn't give a crap about Metroid play it now and any following Metroid games in hopes of seeing more Zero Suit. Sonic x Lady of the Lake
CTSucks 666.elforoapocalipt...		#12	[-]
Posts: 1612 (05/16/2009 12:16 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I think they could just go to the internet for cough that... but alas, DB, you're helping in derailing your thread. Mario's Italian and he's like, usually the first person a bunch of people think of when they think of Video Game Main characters... so... since he's a minority maybe that explains why noone cares what race the main character? Though, on the other hand... I can't imagine someone going "Oh, this game looks good. Looking forward to playing it." but, if put in the same situation with a minority character on the cover saying "Oh, this game looks go- Wait. That dude's hispanic. I don't want it anymore for some reason."
D B Vulpix		#13	[-]
Posts: 1711 (05/16/2009 1:14 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Hah yeah. But its different like that with movies and stuff I GUESS. With video games since main characters can be anyone or anything it pretty much makes no sense to care too much about things such as race. But hey he's called the Game Overthinker for a reason...he thinks way too much about stuff. Sonic x Lady of the Lake
Jeffery Mewtamer		#14	[-]
Posts: 650 (05/16/2009 3:33 PM) Sqwerl Murderer >:o Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Everyone's a minority. Honestly, the absence of racial diversity among human characters in video games never even occurred to me. Though, how often is a main character in a game actually 'human'? Nearly every sci-fi game has a cast dominated by aliens(though some might resemble humans); fantasy titles are dominated by intelligent beasts and elves; and most games set in the 'real world' lack memorable characters. With the abundance of non-human characters, there certainly is not lack of diversity. Except for Mario, Lara Croft, and Snake, I cannot think of any well-known video game characters that can be considered 'human'.
HyperSonic2003		#15	[-]
Posts: 5841 (05/16/2009 4:54 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Jeffery Mewtamer wrote: Everyone's a minority. Honestly, the absence of racial diversity among human characters in video games never even occurred to me. Though, how often is a main character in a game actually 'human'? Nearly every sci-fi game has a cast dominated by aliens(though some might resemble humans); fantasy titles are dominated by intelligent beasts and elves; and most games set in the 'real world' lack memorable characters. With the abundance of non-human characters, there certainly is not lack of diversity. Except for Mario, Lara Croft, and Snake, I cannot think of any well-known video game characters that can be considered 'human'. Well all the GTAs, Midnight Clubs, WWII games, Sims[even though...you make your own character on this I know...in the ads...and commercials...it's pretty bland] stuff. But yea, I know what you're saying about alot of the characters not even being human. lol We as gamers do love our mystical creatures and anthropomorphic animals. lol vs.
The Turtle Guy		#16	[-]
Posts: 4341 (05/16/2009 5:39 PM) Time Traveller Scalie Power! Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Well, one major factor in racial diversity in games is the fact that Japan is pretty racially monotone.
tornadot		#17	[-]
Posts: 4396 (05/16/2009 10:51 PM) Free as the Wind Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Yea but with the advent of more Western companies, we get more diversity and fresh gamepl--oh wait. We won't get real action until the NAACP raises a fuss. Timon: Boy, he looks blue... Pumbaa: I'd say brownish-gold Timon: No no no, I mean he's depressed Pumbaa: Oh...
D B Vulpix		#18	[-]
Posts: 1713 (05/17/2009 1:40 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	We at least got that 50 cent game! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhTz3ZMj-us I was expecting the argument to be totally straw man in favor of The Arbiter. I was pleasantly surprised that it wasn't. The Arbiter holds the true solution! Sonic x Lady of the Lake Last Edited By: D B Vulpix 05/17/2009 2:34 AM. Edited 1 times.
Ichigo Kurosaki		#19	[-]
Posts: 123 (05/17/2009 5:48 AM) WAHHH! RESPECT ME!!! WAHHH! Bizzitty Bizanned! (Banned) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	You forget that ALL of the RE games are made in JAPAN by JAPANESE programmers/designers. You'll notice that NONE of the games are set Japan, not even the first ones...
D B Vulpix		#20	[-]
Posts: 1716 (05/17/2009 12:57 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I won't be satisfied until there is a RE game set in Japan. I think its unfair that they'll do a literal globe trot before hitting their own home XD Sonic x Lady of the Lake

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