Now they're accusing VGs for containing racial sterotyping? Ridiculous!

[gregjammer]

...Now they think video games contain racial sterotypes! And the media's hyping it up. As usual. Yet this accusation came in the form of a college thesis! But I think the "games contain racial stereotypes" accusation is another ridiculous accusation that I thought only Jack Tmpsn. would make. According to this story:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6154591.html

...some video games might be showing signs that perhaps the company that made the game is breaking civil rights laws by making games that contain racial stereotypes, but in reality, that's a pointless accusation...

If people are exposed to racial stereotypes, it could serve as a warning sign if you're addicted to the games of question and once you're addicted to one of those games, it's possible that you could commit a crime related to the sterotype of the game, but the game doesn't cause the crime when it occurs, if it occurs. It's the ones addicted to the games of question in the above article that caused the crime if it occured. But that doesn't mean that they can't tolerate racial sterotyping when really, games are a part of a fantasy world. Games are not real. When will people ever learn...

Now, I think the above story reminds me of the video games vs. violence debate, in which one side, the video games side, is the logical side and the other, the violence side, is the illogical side, and what's the point of accusing companies that really did nothing wrong???

I don't know exactly whether or not if the above article is actually another ridiculous news media accusation in the form of an article, or if it's just an assumption, but discuss the above article anyway...

 

[BattleFranky~40]

You mean videogames DONT have racial stereotyping?

 

[gregjammer]

You mean videogames DONT have racial stereotyping?

I don't mean that. But I do think that media companies should learn to tolerate it(because the above article proves that they are making pointless accusations. Again.), but at the same time, NOT to be hooked on it... If you can't tolerate sterotypes and learn that it's just fantasy, then you fail. If you're hooked on video games too much, then you may not realize what you're doing, and thus that's another reason why media companies are generally failures at life, although nothing's for certain...

 

[NFreak]

Omg. These people just keep trying to stop video games with unsupported reasons.

Yes, some games do have these stereotypes. But those are very few. Other games only have people of one race, but it depends on where the games are made. For example, most games are made in Japan. But I'm pretty sure they don't have many people of other races there, so there's why they technically don't have any kind of racism.

And the games that do have it, these people should really learn to tolerate it, as you said. It's pathetic.

 

[Bulk]

I don't get it. Why are they trying to ban computer games? What's the point? How does that help the world?

It'll blow over when the Wii comes out though. Well, if it manages to "break the boundaries" that it wants to.

 

[Konosuke]

People should learn to tolerate things, honest to god. This world is going to hell BECAUSE people cant tolerate things.

First cartoons, now video games. What? The parents had all their fun and now they dont want their kids and generations to came the same kind of fun (not saying racism is a good thing, im just saying that most shows that had 'politically incorrect' things and 'racist' remarks werent even based on such things and there fun and harmless.)

Really....it just irks me when people have so much time on their hands to go through such research when their talents could go to other things...like reporting the truth iin the middle east, or researching the cure for cancer...

*sigh*....

 

[Puffs]

Mario, Ganondorf, the PSP commercials, it's hard to miss

 

[ShiningClefairy]

I don't get it. Why are they trying to ban computer games? What's the point? How does that help the world?

That's what I want to know. What good will come out of banning games? It makes no sense... it's not like the world's a dark place because video games exist!

 

[Cloud Strife]

Ah, yes they do contain sterotypes, but who cares, let this crap go.

 

[bme™]

Beedrill is a racial stereotype of bees, lets go sue gamefreak everyone.

 

[BattleFranky~40]

GTA is a very popular game nowadays. GTA also happens to feature a ton of racial stereotypes, especially in GTA:SA.

 

[Shinin]

Beedrill is a racial stereotype of bees, lets go sue gamefreak everyone.

No one ever said Pokemon had racial stereotypes, though it does because of Jynx.

 

[Ashkihyena]

Wow, they can't get the video games and such on violence, so now they're trying to get it for something else, freaking stupid if you ask me.

 

[Mikau]

Beedrill is a racial stereotype of bees, lets go sue gamefreak everyone.

Now that made me laugh. But seriously what a bunch of whining *****s.

 

[Ridley-X4]

Hey look, Geodude is a sterotype of rocks. I haev liek, a rawk fetish and that's like, racist. [/sarcasm]