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This is my first part of the Gaming: series of posts.
Cruelty and unfairness because of race or colour still happens in the real world, but is always trying to be prevented. Fines, even jail sentences are dished out to ‘racist’ offenders. You would never have thought that unfairness because of your religion would occur in the gaming world, would you? Well the truth is is that it does.
Although racism doesn’t happen 100% wise in the gaming world, there is still unfairness that goes on. It is very easy to spot actually, and I would have thought this topic had been brought up before. It’s mainly based in the characters. Try and think of one main character that isn’t white (so that leaves Indian, African, and Asian). There’s none is there – Zelda, Link, Mario, Peach, and Lara, all prime examples, are white. So therefore if there had to be one main character in a new game my money would go on him/her being white.
Although main characters are white, there may be some exceptions in ‘side kick’ characters like those in beat ‘em ups or as bystanders, because if there wasn’t, I’m sure videogame producers would be taken to court to withgo racism charges, like Tekken, ISS or WWF Smackdown for example. Even though that has been said, there is still a larger amount of white ‘side kick’ characters than black.
What also baffles me is the fact that the majority of games developers are Japanese, like Nintendo. So why don’t they make their (main) characters Japanese? Take Link from Zelda, he looks American/British, yet Japanese developers – Nintendo, made the game. White might be thought of as the ‘neutral’ race, which is also wrong, but even so, this doesn’t give an exception to make everyone white really, does it? No.
I’m not saying that from now on everyone created for a game should be either fictional (like Crashy B), or a colour other than white, black, because quite frankly, I think this would be boring. What I am suggesting, however, is that the colours should be more balanced, and games should include perhaps more coloured characters. I’d prefer to be a hard, black man, than a white one, because I personally think they look better. If things like this happened in real life, and someone was left out of a game like football, because of his race/colour, not only would that person feel really unhappy, but the people behind the game would be due for a scrape with the law. So why don’t the likes of Nintendo, Rare, or Acclaim appear in the courtrooms for this? Is it that people don’t care what the characters look like as long as the game is good? I don’t know, but I for one would like to see the whole race gaming unfairness thing sorted out a bit fairer.
If you have different views, whether they’re for or against, do tell, I feel like a good argument right about now!
Anyway - thanks for reading,
Namo.
Right, time to get up from this chair and see if my legs still work after 2 hours of not using them. CHHHRRRK. Nope.
Cruelty and unfairness because of race or colour still happens in the real world, but is always trying to be prevented. Fines, even jail sentences are dished out to ‘racist’ offenders. You would never have thought that unfairness because of your religion would occur in the gaming world, would you? Well the truth is is that it does.
Although racism doesn’t happen 100% wise in the gaming world, there is still unfairness that goes on. It is very easy to spot actually, and I would have thought this topic had been brought up before. It’s mainly based in the characters. Try and think of one main character that isn’t white (so that leaves Indian, African, and Asian). There’s none is there – Zelda, Link, Mario, Peach, and Lara, all prime examples, are white. So therefore if there had to be one main character in a new game my money would go on him/her being white.
Although main characters are white, there may be some exceptions in ‘side kick’ characters like those in beat ‘em ups or as bystanders, because if there wasn’t, I’m sure videogame producers would be taken to court to withgo racism charges, like Tekken, ISS or WWF Smackdown for example. Even though that has been said, there is still a larger amount of white ‘side kick’ characters than black.
What also baffles me is the fact that the majority of games developers are Japanese, like Nintendo. So why don’t they make their (main) characters Japanese? Take Link from Zelda, he looks American/British, yet Japanese developers – Nintendo, made the game. White might be thought of as the ‘neutral’ race, which is also wrong, but even so, this doesn’t give an exception to make everyone white really, does it? No.
I’m not saying that from now on everyone created for a game should be either fictional (like Crashy B), or a colour other than white, black, because quite frankly, I think this would be boring. What I am suggesting, however, is that the colours should be more balanced, and games should include perhaps more coloured characters. I’d prefer to be a hard, black man, than a white one, because I personally think they look better. If things like this happened in real life, and someone was left out of a game like football, because of his race/colour, not only would that person feel really unhappy, but the people behind the game would be due for a scrape with the law. So why don’t the likes of Nintendo, Rare, or Acclaim appear in the courtrooms for this? Is it that people don’t care what the characters look like as long as the game is good? I don’t know, but I for one would like to see the whole race gaming unfairness thing sorted out a bit fairer.
If you have different views, whether they’re for or against, do tell, I feel like a good argument right about now!
Anyway - thanks for reading,
Namo.
Right, time to get up from this chair and see if my legs still work after 2 hours of not using them. CHHHRRRK. Nope.
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Back in the eighties, computer and video game characters were prodominastly white,
partly because the developers were white, and in attempting to create characters they assoiated with, they created white characters...
But mainly because they were working with such a limited palette of colours and screen res, that it was nigh on impossible to create characters that wernt white...
(although most didnt actually have a colour, just an outline)
Besides, how many Black film stars are there (especially whe compaired to white?)
partly because the developers were white, and in attempting to create characters they assoiated with, they created white characters...
But mainly because they were working with such a limited palette of colours and screen res, that it was nigh on impossible to create characters that wernt white...
(although most didnt actually have a colour, just an outline)
Besides, how many Black film stars are there (especially whe compaired to white?)
Just badly worded.... in a way.
No
The Game wrote:
> But if these two communities (Asian and Black) will
> 'fight' for the 'respect' of the white man imagine how many
> different opinions there must be!
This is a joke... right?
:)
> But if these two communities (Asian and Black) will
> 'fight' for the 'respect' of the white man imagine how many
> different opinions there must be!
This is a joke... right?
:)
No, they do. If you hit the shell they go crunch, but they head doesn't. Observe:
*Turbonutter picks up a baseball bat and hits Spider's head with great force*
Oh...
*Turbonutter picks up a baseball bat and hits Spider's head with great force*
Oh...
...Nope!
Hold on....
Don't snails go splat when you hit their heads?
I think FM has hit the snail on the head there... *crunch!*
Although there aren't as many coloured people in gaming as there are white, there are still quite a few. Eddy from Tekken, the guard from Perfect Dark. I suppose it can depend on how you define white. Are chienese people white? Are hispanic people white?
There must be over 10,000 different shades of skin on people in the world, if not more... I would guess the latter and if it's true how on earth are developers to distinguish between white and non-white... there would have to be a cut off point somewhere, right? And finding it would be a nightmare!
I was trying to decide a colour scheme for my desktop, and the choice of colours is over-whelming... well... it isn't but there are loads... it's like going into a shop when you're about 8 and having the choice of 1 item of confectionary (sweets?) you can't do it! - Too hard!
Well, personaslly I don't want the industry to change... I like the way things are going and I don't want the launch of the Gamecube and X-Box to be spoiled by some petty racial banter. It doesn't need to be resolved, there isn't really anything wrong with the industry.
Times will change but in their own way... characters might change colour but is it so bad if they don't? Colours are to do with graphics... and it's Gameplay that counts... right?! ^_^
Game
Although there aren't as many coloured people in gaming as there are white, there are still quite a few. Eddy from Tekken, the guard from Perfect Dark. I suppose it can depend on how you define white. Are chienese people white? Are hispanic people white?
There must be over 10,000 different shades of skin on people in the world, if not more... I would guess the latter and if it's true how on earth are developers to distinguish between white and non-white... there would have to be a cut off point somewhere, right? And finding it would be a nightmare!
I was trying to decide a colour scheme for my desktop, and the choice of colours is over-whelming... well... it isn't but there are loads... it's like going into a shop when you're about 8 and having the choice of 1 item of confectionary (sweets?) you can't do it! - Too hard!
Well, personaslly I don't want the industry to change... I like the way things are going and I don't want the launch of the Gamecube and X-Box to be spoiled by some petty racial banter. It doesn't need to be resolved, there isn't really anything wrong with the industry.
Times will change but in their own way... characters might change colour but is it so bad if they don't? Colours are to do with graphics... and it's Gameplay that counts... right?! ^_^
Game
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