Black Developers Speak Out on Stereotypes in Gaming

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THIS is a bigger issue than TLOU honestly....why is my shyt relegated to afro, army buzz and slightly shorter afro :snoop:

Need that fresh taper option or idk a S-curl option slider or some shyt....Dreadlocks slider...
Devs need to pull up one of these when coding black hair styles into these games

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When I saw Prototype 2 I was hyped but when I played it we got the stereotypical nikka which in this case was welcomed he fit the melee and carnage perfectly. Prey was a dope 1st person shooter with a Native American as the lead too
And I still bought prototype 2 just because. I tend to do that with every game I can find with a black protagonist or games created by black developers.
 

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Doesn't matter. Still going to end up looking like
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You know...I peeped this when I caught an episode that my wife was watching. I was like, now all the damn barbers out here in Chicago and this dude couldn't get a better cut than that. That shyt is ridiculous
 

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rep. great article. I agree with most of it. I also find it a little strange there arent a lot of indian characters when a lot of programmers are indian.

as for gaming tho, yea that over the top stereotyping, and the language is just :wtf: at first I thought it was because a lot of developing teams are japanese, but actually, the japanese games are less stereotypical than the western ones, look at MGS or Bayonetta.

I dont care what folks say tho, Kratos is black to me. :mjcry:
 
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nikkas still begging for whitey to include them in their shyt :heh:
The game industry is no different than the movies/tv industry, they don't give a fukk about diversity and that's how its gonna be.
Go find a black group with money that can fund these projects with black characters, simple like that...
 
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