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Post by kog3100edw on May 10, 2011 15:04:47 GMT -5
Oooh yeah.
It didn't come up when I pulled the lever on my Dial-An-Epithet Casino machine.
Made in Japan.
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Post by annoyedgrunt on May 10, 2011 15:04:59 GMT -5
I once absently minded played Shadow Warrior in front of an Asian friend of mine. I thought that Lo Wang's accent was an over the top parody. My friend didn't agree.
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Post by Weasel on May 10, 2011 15:10:04 GMT -5
I once absently minded played Shadow Warrior in front of an Asian friend of mine. I thought that Lo Wang's accent was an over the top parody. My friend didn't agree. I once played Shadow Warrior in front of a guy who actually thought most Asian stereotypes were funny. Not even he would laugh at Lo Wang. |
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2011 15:12:23 GMT -5
I once played Daikatana.
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Post by chucat on May 10, 2011 15:13:31 GMT -5
The first time I saw his army on a table I looked at it carefully, and without missing a beat stood up and said, 'Oh, Dude. Don't you know there won't be any black people in the 41st Millenium'.  |
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Post by megatronbison on May 10, 2011 15:15:18 GMT -5
I think we have those AA places to come together to talk about that now. |
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Post by Snarboo on May 10, 2011 15:25:47 GMT -5
I bought the game near launch and have beaten it a few times. WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME? |
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Post by kog3100edw on May 10, 2011 15:33:11 GMT -5
The Salamanders joke is funny for sure.
I think I made that crack at GW Imperial Guard player before it was really established in the general gamers' minds that the chapter was black. At that time, the appearance of each chapter's members unarmored wasn't so fixed apart from WhiteScars being Asian and Space Wolves being Nordic.
I probably just really dated myself right there... but only to the few GW players on this board.
There were a number of could-easily-be-perceived as racist marketing decisions even in more recent times at GW that it took the USA office to actually say, 'uh, you really can't put that in the rulebook/advert/magazine'. It wasn't that the UK staff wasn't racially-sensitive but there were some key words and phrases that weren't as charged for them as they are over here.
I specifically remember having to repackage some Orc blisters. Orc troopers are 'boyz'. Black Orc troopers would naturally be 'black boyz'...
Um no. Label fixed.
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Post by LouieBee on May 10, 2011 17:35:15 GMT -5
Hey guys, while you might find the Mass Effect series somewhat sexist in how it does same-sex relationships, I think it needs to be given more credit for how it deals with it's black human characters. Both Captain Anderson and Jacob Taylor are positive representations in my opinion and race is never brought up with either character (although probably because alien xenophobia takes the front seat instead). I like it that way.
Maybe to a lesser degree it is worth mentioning the headstrong Ashley Williams. I believe she's supposed to be hispanic, the media tends to give poor depiction of such people but not in Mass Effect's case.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2011 17:39:31 GMT -5
She seemed pretty white bread to me, and I've played through the game around six times. You're right about Anderson and Jacob, though. Anderson, in particular. Goliath FTW.
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Post by Atma on May 10, 2011 20:24:34 GMT -5
As a homosexual female, you think I'd be forming a hardline against a lot of characters/topics in games/other media a lot more than I do. I'm a double huge target for stereotypes, and should be just as easily offended as many others seem to be. I both am pissed and am not pissed off. A lot of depictions of women I don't find offensive that many others do because a lot seem to be based solely on how they're dressed/look. I'm very honest and open about myself, and enjoy looking at these characters. I don't feel this is the problem. It's an old stereotype, but it's about as much of an issue as male characters looking overly handsome or muscley and rugged. Looks have never bothered me, because let's face it, they're designed to be appealing on many levels. And to be honest, these designs and other things make me laugh more than they hurt at all. I have a very sick sense of humor and sometimes it's okay to laugh at how ridiculous and outdated a stereotype is. (I mean come on, look at my usual signatures/avatars. I have no room to talk about HOW MEAN IT IS that women dress skimpy in media. I'd be a hypocrite if I did. I'm as shallow as anyone and enjoy someone that looks good, that I'll admit right now.) What bothers me is horrendous portrayals of characters and/or their personalities. A lot of gender role bullshit that just shouldn't exist in this day and age, but sadly still does. I hate the ditzy love interest who can't even punch her way out of a wet paper bag. I hate the weak girl who can only heal/throw potions. Oftentimes those two roles lap over each other and you get something that really grates me. I hate whiny, bitchy, spoiled royalty. Annoying homosexual stereotypes include "You're only doing it because you can't get laid" or "You're not attractive enough" or "You have a phobia of the other sex" and "You'll come around once you find the right woman/man." These are disgusting and things I get told in real life constantly. These are the things that offend me and make me want to do the designers in. There are many ways to write characters of those types, but they've only really been surfacing lately. A woman can be a competent nurturer, competent royalty, the love interest can be smart. Though I will admit portrayals of GLBT in games are getting a lot better. I adored Kanji and Naoto in Persona 4 and their own experiences mirror my own pretty greatly and they were treated with love and understanding. I like Tatsuya and Jun in Persona 2 as well. All companies from all countries are guilty of this nonsense, and it's not going to go away anytime soon, sadly. The only things we can do is encourage those that do well in it and let them know to keep up the good work. I'm also genuinely more offended by my gaming brethren and people in real life than I am anything in games. Even if stereotypes in games don't get better, I would be very happy if others cleaned up their acts while playing or outside of it. A good site to see what kind of shit I get to put up with is Fat, Ugly, or Slutty. If anyone wants my opinion on particular characters or scenarios or has a problem with anything I've said, I'll gladly talk more. It's a problem I would like to help solve, so I'm all for it. I'll be as brutally honest as you want, as well. |
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Post by lanceboyle94 on May 10, 2011 21:02:55 GMT -5
New Ghostbusters II for the Famicom/PAL NES and Game Boy had Winston and Louis as playable characters.  It was also the only good 8-bit Ghostbusters game. And sadly, thanks to Activision and their crappy Ghostbusters 2, it wasn't released in the US. At least the GB version was released there. 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 Maybe I'm a racist, then, since that's the one I have ;D Speaking for "american" accent one of the most hilarious one I have heard was on House of the Dead: Best black people gansta stereotype mockery ever. ;D Well, it's actually a parody of blaxplotation characters (eg. Shaft) and, considering the whole game is a parody of explotation movies, it makes sense. Also, speaking of HotD Overkill, I still haven't bought the game, and it was one of the reasons I wanted a Wii. |
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Post by Catalyst on May 10, 2011 21:07:20 GMT -5
I'm also genuinely more offended by my gaming brethren and people in real life than I am anything in games. Even if stereotypes in games don't get better, I would be very happy if others cleaned up their acts while playing or outside of it. This absolutely this. Half the time I get called out for my race online, it's not even the right one (apparently me and my brother have very Caucasian voices). I've seen my friends being dissed for being black, female, or even gay. It's really sad. Even the person who led me here, I discovered has some weird assumption of the gaming world and woman. According to him their are no woman gamers. He believes that all woman playing games have been led to play games via brother and boyfriends and thereby don't qualify as true gamers. I called him out for assuming that the exact circumstances that led to boys gaining a love a gaming couldn't happen to a girl. Heck, he even admitted that he himself got into gaming from his family, and once I told him that according to his rules he wasn't a real gamer he had nothing left to say. Then again this shouldn't really surprise me. He acts like alot of those posters on that website, except in real life. |
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2011 21:08:02 GMT -5
I had it a while ago. Ended up selling it to Rey on here. Pretty good game, though it can be beaten in a single day. My main complaint was the graphics. They looked like they were from an early-gen PS2 title. I know you have to expect that kind of thing on the Wii, but that doesn't make it right.
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Post by X-pert74 on May 10, 2011 23:08:37 GMT -5
Now you have me thinking about that NES Presidential Election videogame that was only released in Japan. One of the options was for Jesse Jackson. "Run, Jesse. Run, Jesse." God, I miss the 80s. What game is this? It sounds intriguing hahahahaha I mean come on, look at my usual signatures/avatars. I always like looking at your signatures I agree though that what usually bothers me is a character's personality/behavior. One thing that especially annoys me is how in a lot of horror movies, you have a girl who is running from some monster, and she will inevitably trip at some point. No matter what, she'll lose her balance while running away. I can't recall ever seeing a guy trip in the same instance. In general, a lot of horror movies I've seen (moreso from around the '60s) have girls acting totally stupid while it's up to the guys present to actually get something done. Not only is it sexist, it just breaks the suspension of disbelief, because I end up wondering how someone could possibly be so stupid. |
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It was also the only good 8-bit Ghostbusters game. 
