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Post by megatronbison on May 9, 2011 16:04:22 GMT -5
#72 - I thought that was hilarious.
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Post by Warchief Onyx on May 9, 2011 16:05:04 GMT -5
It's less grapes and more grape soda, or "purple drank." But then I love me some purple drank, too. It probably would've been more obvious if Knuckles' favorite fruit was watermelon. But it IS a pretty weird stereotype. Like Canadians being afraid of the dark. I can't speak for every person in America on this, but I've seen firsthand that people believe it to be grape drinks, as well as Sprite. My wife also experienced this when she worked at a movie theater in Raleigh, NC. They also say that black people have an affinity for menthol cigarettes. Still, I'd never heard of half of these things until a few years ago. Maybe it comes from growing up in a small, all-white town. We were so white, we didn't even know what stereotypes to associate with minority groups. The menthol cigarettes thing was lampooned on Chappelle's Show so I would assume that's a typical stereotype.  |
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Post by Jave on May 9, 2011 16:08:34 GMT -5
This was more of a humiliating mistake than overtly racist (or so they say, dun dun duuuuun) but I remember reading somewhere that if you typed "sambo" into Scribblenauts, you'd summon the watermelon sprite.
Apparently, according to proper dictionary terms, a sambo is, in fact, a type of gourd that does indeed appear very similar to a watermelon... but still.
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Post by vetus on May 9, 2011 16:13:08 GMT -5
Sambo is also a russian martial art. So I would expect that when you write "sambo" a russian martial artist would appear. |
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Post by Mr. Faptastic on May 9, 2011 16:20:12 GMT -5
Actually she's the second gym leader and no, she's not fat at all. On the other hand, she's very attractive (and very popular on top of that) without having daring dressing for the fanservice. And instead of having the stereotype of a sexy, exotic air-minded black woman with few clothes or a good-willed, black woman housekeper/maid/whatever she's a dynamic, wise woman who's also the director of a museum with her husband (who's a a little timid white man) working for her. And the most important? She doesn't have big lips. She does dress like Aunt Jemima, though. Just sayin' |
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Post by susanismyalias on May 9, 2011 16:20:29 GMT -5
God damn it to hell, I actually tried to "like" the comment from Vetus   |
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Post by chucat on May 9, 2011 16:35:46 GMT -5
If I change the colour of my craft in Ikaruga, even if it's so I don't die, does that make me a racist? I really hope not.  |
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Post by vetus on May 9, 2011 16:39:53 GMT -5
Loooooooooool! That was a good one. In tha case, you're consider as a racist if you prefer Pokemon White instead of Pokemon Black. ;D
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Post by Jave on May 9, 2011 16:41:52 GMT -5
Sambo is also a russian martial art. So I would expect that when you write "sambo" a russian martial artist would appear. Truth be told, I actually had no idea sambo was a racial slur until after the story broke, so maybe it's a dated reference, I honestly don't know. |
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Post by chucat on May 9, 2011 16:42:01 GMT -5
Every time I die in Ikaruga I'm going to say the game committed a hate crime.
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Post by retr0gamer on May 9, 2011 16:43:46 GMT -5
There's also the stereotyping of Irish people in games which is just as bad as hollywood. First of all nobody talks like they do in Darby O'Gill yet most actors don't even bother trying to do a real accent. Nobody says 'begorrah' or 'top o' the morning to you'.The only one in a game that actually sounded authentic was Atlas in Bioshock which was very close to a Dublin accent. Also we aren't all raging alco's. I think Broken Sword with the section in Ireland was by far the worst of the lot, taking place mostly in a pub with americans doing some horrendous accents. GTA4 was similarly awful. Begorrah it was terrible I'm telling you it was.
The first person to mention Loco Roco I'm going to reach into my monitor and slap them.
Top o' the morning to you.
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Post by Ike on May 9, 2011 16:43:54 GMT -5
white dots blowin up black ships... metaphor for our times. ikaruga is truly a magnum opus
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Post by megatronbison on May 9, 2011 16:51:32 GMT -5
Retrogamer- my favourite Hollywood flaw is when they give IRA theme'd bad guys they always make them talk like the Leprechaun!  Wrong part of Ireland guys! |
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Post by vetus on May 9, 2011 16:54:58 GMT -5
The biggest irony I have seen is that Revy in Black Lagoon making fun of Shenhua for her bad english but Revy's english is not better either: She does dress like Aunt Jemima, though. Just sayin' Aunt Jemina:  Lenora:  The first person to mention Loco Roco I'm going to reach into my monitor and slap them. Hit me. |
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Post by retr0gamer on May 9, 2011 16:57:01 GMT -5
Yep think my favourite bad accent was Richard Gere in The Jackal. Was laughing so hard during that whole film at him. Think one of the guys from GTA4 was in the IRA as well with a leprechaun accent. If anyone doesn't know, people from northern ireland have a very disticntive accent that sounds nothing like the rest of ireland. You'd think a scottish developer would know better, although it would explain Gerard Butlers terrible accent in PS I Love You. My problem with the leprechaun accent is that it's not even close to a real accent, nobody in ireland talks anything like that. I suppose a leprechaun accent is more undersandable for foreigners than some authentic ones. Sure I find it hard enough to understand people from Cork  |
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