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perfect_gold

[videogame nerd rage]

Feb 20, 2009 06:53

This post is going to be about Resident Evil 5 and the controversial spin everyone's taking on it. If you like videogames, Resident Evil, or just me swearing and ranting in a (hopefully) entertaining way, then I invite you to click. But goddamn this is pissing me off. I'm actually really interested in what heratsu and lusala have to say about the whole thing, ( Read more... )

resident evil, everyone's a little bit racist, zombies

Comments 15

maelanna February 20 2009, 12:28:44 UTC

LOL LOL LOL

Preteny Fun games! ZOMBIES NOM NOM

lusala February 20 2009, 14:02:58 UTC

I was gonna agreed with you whole-heartedly, but then I read the part were he says, "It would be like saying you were going to do some sort of zombie movie that appeared to be set in Europe in the 1940’s with skinny, emaciated, Hasidic-looking people."
Oooh. I kinda get where he's coming from now.
I don't think the creators are racist, or that the game is trying to be, no. It's just the thing happens to be set in Africa where most people are black. And the main protagonist, of course, is white. And that /does/ carry history. It would make me uncomfortable, if I were playing.
And that's all I'll say, because I don't know much about the game.

lusala February 20 2009, 14:15:30 UTC

The thing is, I do see where you're coming from. It's just a game, and people shouldn't get their panties in a twist! On the other hand, racism is a big problem all around the world (in Japan, too, naivete is some of it, but not all), and this just happens to be a game where a white man shoots zombies who look like black people. ARG IDK! I'm so bad with this kind of thing!

perfect_gold February 20 2009, 18:03:30 UTC

LOL! I wanted your opinion so I asked for it. XD

I agree with where I can see he's coming from, but if were set in 1940's Europe there would be 1940's Europeans running around, and while there'd be Hasidic people running around I'm sure there would be Germans as well. IDK, I's just hard with the whole 'PC' thing when it comes to videogames.

It kind of reminds me of this comic about the whole hoop-la on Penny Arcade.

I dunno, I guess it's just weird since they give you the option to play as a black chick, too, and the article doesn't focus on that at all.

lusala February 20 2009, 19:39:05 UTC

Oh! Well, yeah, that could change it!

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toxic_chocolate February 20 2009, 17:44:06 UTC

I FUCKING LOVE ZOMBIES

perfect_gold February 20 2009, 18:04:06 UTC

I KNOW RIGHT.

toxic_chocolate February 21 2009, 04:50:22 UTC

SO MUCH BETTER THAN PONCY VAMPIRES AND WEREWOLVES

sakuhara_hana February 21 2009, 19:28:45 UTC

LOL I always made JOKES about shooting Spanish zombies and now African zombies, but I was never serious, nor racist, about the whole ordeal. Won't stop me. Resident Evil, especially RE4, is FUCKING AWESOME.

Zombies FTW.

[since there are so many hide icons, here's another!]

janys February 23 2009, 02:16:19 UTC

Maybe because I'm Asian, so I don't get how he feels, but seriously. There's a bit of racism in everyone somewhere. But then again, IT'S JUST A GAMEEEEEEEEE. I don't think they mean anything! Even if they put in a mob of Chinese zombies I wouldn't even think like, WTF THAT'S RACISM. Actually I would be laughing my ass off because no one really uses Chinese zombies because they are too ridiculous.

perfect_gold February 23 2009, 02:18:03 UTC

Don't they like hop around and shit?

janys February 23 2009, 02:34:54 UTC

The sterotypical one does hop around and that's because its whole body was stiff thus the arms usually stretch out. And you can stop them moving by sticking an amulet paper on the forehead.

perfect_gold February 23 2009, 02:52:22 UTC

I thought those were Chinese zombies, not vampires.

Those are cool.