Are Games Racist?

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Not to my knowledge, they started having serious financial problems around 09.

Being and independent game development studio is difficult as hell and I imagine it's that much more difficult when the company is black owned.

The two biggest success I can think of are DimensionU (that makes educational games) and ImageryMedia (that makes those flash games for Nick Jr and Adult Swim).
sucks, the football game doesnt look that bad at all. the comment sections with a bunch of cacs calling it racist though :upsetfavre:

 

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Lets not make this simply a black/white thing. This is also a gender issue. This also about the future of gaming where immersion is and should be the next step - where your likeness is the main protagonist. Video Games company should keen on developing that - not for the sake of diversity, but for the sake of immersion.

i love games where i can create a player, but that's just silly. it's not always about you as an individual. let's not forget video games are often about a character and their story. i dont want to see my likeness while playing games like God of War or Last of us.
 

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sucks, the football game doesnt look that bad at all. the comment sections with a bunch of cacs calling it racist though :upsetfavre:

And that's the problem black owned media faces. People automatically shyt on it sight unseen because they think "Black owned" = poor quality. It's not just white folks either, black folks will avoid shyt sometimes if they know it's black owned. You see it a LOT with comics in particular.
 

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And that's the problem black owned media faces. People automatically shyt on it sight unseen because they think "Black owned" = poor quality. It's not just white folks either, black folks will avoid shyt sometimes if they know it's black owned. You see it a LOT with comics in particular.


well, i don't know if they automatically associate black with low quality or not. but i do know cacs get a fukking nervous twitch every time they see the word black. they read "Black College Football" and their automatic kneejerk reaction is to go "well what about white college football, that would make blacks so mad! they are the true racist"
 

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i love games where i can create a player, but that's just silly. it's not always about you as an individual. let's not forget video games are often about a character and their story. i dont want to see my likeness while playing games like God of War or Last of us.

That's cause you're ugly or don't think too highly of yourself. I want my handsome mug in place of Solid Snakes face. Since I can't then the next step is to allow some editing a la Skyrim or Mass Effect.
 

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well, i don't know if they automatically associate black with low quality or not. but i do know cacs get a fukking nervous twitch every time they see the word black. they read "Black College Football" and their automatic kneejerk reaction is to go "well what about white college football, that would make blacks so mad! they are the true racist"

From what I've seen there's definitely an association black owned with poor quality in a LOT of peoples minds.

And yeah you're spot on with white peoples dumb ass reactions to game developers being more inclusive. I still remember the reaction people had when CJ was revealed for GTA:SA. Hell people were even hating on Franklin when he was announced.
 

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So the only options are to blindly support, or not play games at all?

your only options are:

- bytch and moan that cacs wont put blacks in their games, then bytch and moan some more when they throw us stereotypes

- selectively purchase games you're genuinely interested in, regardless of race

- purposely seek out and support games with realistic black characters


funny part is i was going through kickstarter, looking to see if any black devs had anything i could support. didn't find anything. i mean there really isn't even an excuse anymore. a good idea is really all it takes in the era of crowd funding. so you can go bytch about it all you want. but i already know cacs aren't going to listen
 

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I still remember the reaction people had when CJ was revealed for GTA:SA.

yeah, huge outrage. cacs even went as far as to create their own mods to white wash the black characters. funny thing is, that was one of the highest selling games during that period. so despite cacs lying, saying no one will purchase it. there's clearly a market for black protags in these games. but thinking white folks will give us a fair shot is really never going to happen :yeshrug:
 

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That's cause you're ugly or don't think too highly of yourself. I want my handsome mug in place of Solid Snakes face. Since I can't then the next step is to allow some editing a la Skyrim or Mass Effect.
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yeah, huge outrage. cacs even went as far as to create their own mods to white wash the black characters. funny thing is, that was one of the highest selling games during that period. so despite cacs lying, saying no one will purchase it. there's clearly a market for black protags in these games. but thinking white folks to give us a fair shot is really never going to happen :yeshrug:

There's a "white guy" mod for damn near every PC. They even do that shyt for NPC's.
 

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your only options are:

- bytch and moan that cacs wont put blacks in their games, then bytch and moan some more when they throw us stereotypes

- selectively purchase games you're genuinely interested in, regardless of race

- purposely seek out and support games with realistic black characters


funny part is i was going through kickstarter, looking to see if any black devs had anything i could support. didn't find anything. i mean there really isn't even an excuse anymore. a good idea is really all it takes in the era of crowd funding. so you can go bytch about it all you want. but i already know cacs aren't going to listen

:comeon: advocating that a product consider your wants/needs is now bytching an moaning.
 
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