More on Resident Evil 5
Last night I posted a short piece on the new video game Resident Evil 5. I linked an article in the Village Voice by Bonnie Ruberg, a self-proclaimed white person, who questioned the possibility of racially problematic images (racist?) in the game. I also posted the piece at Blacklooks. Never before have I received more hateful comments by angry gamers who called me everything from a "nigger" to a "black hooker" for agreeing with Ruberg that these images of Black people (Black zombies) are problematic.
The response from gamers around the world was shocking. While I think we could have an intellectual debate about racist imagery in video games, there is no debating the blatant racism from many of Resident Evil 5's supporters. Their comments were hostile and violent...much like the game itself. The ability to post comments, both on ATBW and Blacklooks, had to be disabled. Here's a direct quote from a gamer who disagreed with my post: "Get back into the cotton fields, you filthy nigger."
I am not the first or the only person to question the imagery in Resident Evil 5. Check out this post by blogger Jason Ellis at microscopiq. Ellis' post is an interesting look at the images of Black people throughout modern time.
I confess I don't know much about video games, gamers, etc. I don't play video games, but I occasionally play solitaire on my gf's PC. However, given the response from gamers... I think we should all be very afraid. Many of these folks seem like the type who would try to reenact scenes from Resident Evil 5. Can you say Columbine?
The response from gamers around the world was shocking. While I think we could have an intellectual debate about racist imagery in video games, there is no debating the blatant racism from many of Resident Evil 5's supporters. Their comments were hostile and violent...much like the game itself. The ability to post comments, both on ATBW and Blacklooks, had to be disabled. Here's a direct quote from a gamer who disagreed with my post: "Get back into the cotton fields, you filthy nigger."
I am not the first or the only person to question the imagery in Resident Evil 5. Check out this post by blogger Jason Ellis at microscopiq. Ellis' post is an interesting look at the images of Black people throughout modern time.
I confess I don't know much about video games, gamers, etc. I don't play video games, but I occasionally play solitaire on my gf's PC. However, given the response from gamers... I think we should all be very afraid. Many of these folks seem like the type who would try to reenact scenes from Resident Evil 5. Can you say Columbine?
Ok I not racest but This is really Silly. Do you have any Idea about the game? It set is in Afica maybe? have you forgoten this?
Also your to me been raceist now because zombie have ot happen to white people right? because never happen to anywhere else but white country right?
People like you saying this is raciest game is sad and need to life! Really!!!
This comment is in response to your comments on the game Resident Evil 5.
You are simply shallow minded to think that a video game that is and has always been solely about a fictional plot of saving the world from an infestation of zombies. If you think it goes any deeper than that you might want to start looking at other games about being racist. Try Project Gothem Racing the car is black so if i crash it it must be a racist statement. The game is about zombies, race is irrelevant when the said character has died, looking to most zombie based media will show that a zombie is considered a dead "thing". Back to what i was saying, When the said character has died and becomes hell-bent on eating flesh it is a act of self defense.
"I tell ya what lady, I'll lock you in a room with a shotgun and about people who have been exposed to the T virus and see if you start shooting." this was posted on G4tv.com in response to your blasphemy by ManOfTeal
Now think about it. are you seriously concerned about this issue or do you just need something to get attention with. BTW i am not a supporter.
Kym, why is it that you post something when you do no research. You said it yourself, that you don't play videogames. uou know nothing at all about the protagonist's mission. It isn't to kill all the black people like you think. It's to stop the Corporation thats making them the way they are. The people there are not people anymore. They are victims of whatever viral outbreak happened. I play violent videogames all the time, that doesn't mean that I will be the next Columbine. People like you are the reason racism still exists. You look for racism wherever you can find it and blow something so small out of proportion. Also, I find it very ignorant that you did no research whatsoever and you feel that you can deem it as racist just from what could be the first level of the game. Also, in the movie series Blade, its ok for the protagonist Blade, a black vampire hunter, to kill dozens of white vampires? I think that you are a hypocrite for saying that all zombies should be white. It's called a double standard. Think before you post such mindless stupidity, because after all, there are no black people in the setting of Africa right? Please, answer my questions, I want to know what you think.
Hey fuck you stupid bitch it's people like you that make me sick, using racism as a scape goat. In all the resident evils you kill whites so why do you think black ppl should have a special privilage to not be zombies? Hell in most video games you kill white people. Talk about real issues next time, blow it out your hole you dumb bitch. If you don't want hate comments then don't talk with your thumb up your ass. I really hope that stupid people like you don't hurt Resident Evil 5 in anyway.
I'm uncertain as to whether my comments will make it onto this page, as "moderated comments" frequently means only supporting views will be posted. But here are my two cents about Resident Evil 5, racism, and all that.
First, about the Resident Evil series. It is a series about an incredibly powerful corporation which, through its greed and corruption, accidentally releases a mutating virus on mankind, which manifests as the classic zombies, amongst other foes. Over the course of the series, the company is shut down, and military experts are dispatched to rescue VIPs and contain virus outbreaks around the world.
Resident Evil 5, itself, is an extension of the story, following one of the original characters (who I believe is actually Japanese), an expert in the situation, is busily trying to contain an outbreak in Africa, and discover the source of the outbreak. In the course of doing so, he faces zombies.
Since zombies are the central theme of the Resident Evil series, it is to be expected that they show up here. Since this is set in Africa, which has a predominantly black population, the zombies will be infected forms of the population, i.e. mostly black people. To assume that only white people should become zombies, or to show only white people in an area that has a black population, would be extremely unbelievable. However, this also means that Leon Kennedy, the main character, is protecting OTHER black people, the uninfected, from the zombies.
Now that the backstory is there, on to the legal side of things. Resident Evil 5 is rated M, for Mature. This means that it is illegal to EVER sell to someone under the age of 17 within the US, and anyone at the counter must show a valid picture ID to purchase the game. So only kids whose parents, knowledgeable of the ratings or not, buy them the game can play it.
Lastly, to your own viewpoints, a rebuttal. It is a racist attitude to assume that only white people should be shot, or that providing a racially diverse game is a bad thing. In my viewpoint, having someone shooting zombies is nowhere near as bad as having gang members shooting each other. The second is racial profiling, and thusly more offensive.
Feel free to post a rebuttal if you like, but I do hope to see my comment posted within a week or so. Otherwise, since I'm posting this comment elsewhere, I'll have to assume you are unwilling to hear the other side of the story, and will have to mark your own comments up as racist attitudes that you yourself are unwilling to change.
-onetrueping
PS: I apologize for my colleagues in the gaming community, it is frequently acknowledged by the more intelligent among us that the more vocal members have enhanced their volume by hollowing their skulls out.
Thanks onetrueping for this posting. It's real nice to see some intelligent comments regarding this issue. "Black Woman" since you have already admitted to not knowing much if anything about gaming and video games in general I think it would be very good and an eye opener to do some research on the Resident Evil series first before making any type of uninformed comments. It just makes you look like an ignorant person posting about something that you have absolutely no clue about. Inform your self first.
I’m sure you wouldn’t be bothered about a crime show like CSI depicting a story of a black person being murdered by a non black.
Once you do some background research on the Resident Evil series you will find it’s very much like that.
Oh and if your wondering, yes, I’m a back man.
I'm a black male who also makes video games for a living. I agree with the above posts that people need to become informed about something before they criticize it. I didn't find the RE5 movie disturbing at all. I really didn't think much of it until a white person I worked with was commenting on how it was kinda disturbing.
But I think they even forgot that when the white "hero" is fighting the black folks, he is fighting zombies trying to kill him. This is the central theme to the story and I think Capcom (the publisher and developer of the Resident Evil franchise ) are trying to broaden the reach and impact of their fictional story.
I have one question, "Black Woman" did you post an article talking about the damage done to the black community by Grand Theft Auto San Andreas? If not then you have no right to even speak on this issue.
wow where have you been? the main character is chris redfield from the first RE.
I'm also a black woman, but I find that you're not being informative about the issue at hand.
First, your sterotyping. Saying that we are "hostile and violent" is insulting. Don't let a few bad apples sterotype all gamers, you should know that.
Second, I suggest you get yourself acquainted with not only the game, but the company who made the series. It hurts that you're jumping on a game trailer you know nothing about. Capcom hasn't even said an official setting yet.
Third, more sterotyping that just because of some bad apples in your comment section, that means that is Columbine. You know that isn't right at all. That's no different than other types of racial profiling.
Forth, shouldn't you at least wait till the game comes out with more info? How about movies and books who protray black characters in different ways?
All in all, don't jump the gun. All you saw was a trailer, and like you said, you know nothing about the games. So you don't even know the characters, why they are zombies, other tidbits like that.
As a black female gamer, I want the same justice as other forms of media such as books and movies. The original authors intent to still be fully seen and understood. How would you feel if the creator of the game was black?
You seem to be exactly the type you accuse others of being. You lump all gamers together with those who display aberrant behavior. You make assumptions of their behaviors, motivations, and intentions with little to no information.
Yes, there are jerks out there who overreact to YOUR overreaction. Granted, idiots come in all varieties. Your statements here, however, are little different from the old white woman picks up the phone in anticipation of a 911 call at the merest sight of a non-white in her neighborhood.
I see you finally let people comment on this blog. Thats one thing you've done right in this whole mess. Instead of quoting the 10 racist post, why don't you quote other 50 that prove you to be wrong, baseless, and arrogant?
Where to start... Hmm... Ok, let me ask this. What does it matter if Bonnie Ruberg is a white girl? What? Why even put that in this post? Are you trying to suggest that you are not racist because you like what some hack of a write posted on a website?
You say "While I think we could have an intellectual debate about racist imagery in video games" but you sucked all of the "intellectual" out of the debate by not reading up on the matter before opening your mouth.
"I am not the first or the only person to question the imagery" You didn't question a thing, you took the word of some hack on Village Voice.
"I don't play video games, but I occasionally play solitaire on my gf's PC. However, given the response from gamers... I think we should all be very afraid. Many of these folks seem like the type who would try to reenact scenes from Resident Evil 5. Can you say Columbine?" Now this... This really pisses me off. You DO NOT compare a video game to something like Columbine. That is in poor taste. VERY POOR TASTE. You won't make it anywhere using writing like that. And no, you know jack about video games or the culture. It doesn't matter if you do play mine sweeper, which was a smart comment to make.
So, I read on your site that you are half white and half black. Do you not care for your white background? Do you not care that all the games before depected white zombies? Do you harbor some hidden anger that you are not 100% black? Touching on the racist comments, you sound pretty racist yourself.
Educate yourself before you open your mouth again. It will do you some good.
Greetings!
I ran into your article through a gaming blog and I just wanted to send a small note your way. Personally, I'm disgusted to hear you've been recieving such horrible comments. I believe that no matter what your opinions may be, you have every right to express them. The only exception to this rule is when your opinions incite hate.
The individuals who are sending rude and racist comments to you have no right to do so, and as a fellow human being I send my apologies and best wishes to you. I'm sure you know not all gamers feel the way those individuals do.
In regards to the original story, I admit I was a bit shocked when I saw the first trailers for Resident Evil 5. I think what's important to realize is that this is the 5th game in the series, and you are not killing people...you're killing zombies. In the four previous games, you killed white zombies who acted like "in-human savages". While it is a bit uncomfortable at first to see that the zombies in the fifth game are black, I really don't believe it was the developer's intent to make a racist statement. They just wanted to expand the scope of the story they've built through these games. The Resident Evil series has taken place in a variety of areas from the US, to Spain, and now it just happens to be centered in Africa.
Also, this game is being made by Capcom, a Japanese company. If their true intent were to spread racism, then the main character would be Asian.
Once again, I feel badly for the criticism and rude comments you've been recieving. I hope you know not everyone holding a video game controller is not some crazy idiot bent on spreading their malice throughout the world. :o)
I wish you the best!
Brian
It's no secret that racism -- even the merest mention of the concept of racism -- can bring out the worst in everyone. Especially online, where people can safely hurl insults from thousands of miles away.
Sadly, asshats like the ones you're talking about tend to speak louder than the rest of us, and that means they're the ones who get all the attention. Just don't think they speak for all of us -- far from it.
Now, I've got my own feelings on race relations, and I do think there's a double standard when it comes to (fictional) interracial violence; when Samuel L. Jackson quotes a Bible verse and blows away a white guy, it's cool and funny, but imagine the black community's reaction to that scene if the two actors had switched roles.
Likewise, games like Crackdown and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas prominently feature African-American characters blasting white guys left and right, and no one bats an eye -- but then along comes something like this.
Anyway, there's a perfectly reasonable discussion to be had about all this, and it's a shame that it's been clouded with so much defensiveness and anger.
Take care.
You are the perfect example of what gives black people a bad name. Ironic as to when it was killing white or mexican (RE4) zombies, you saw no uprising, but the second it's blacks, oh no all white people are racist and you deserve reparations for it.
It's an old complaint, and it's time you moved the fuck on and got over it.
Hi
My name is Matthew Moore and as a person of Color I respect your decision to try to understand this game. Yes from the scenes in the Youtube clip it looks like a very problematic situation but I think you should understand the Resident Evil Franchise a bit first.
RE is a game franchise built on shooting zombies it is very popular among gamers as myself and there are many gruesome and gory scenes of violence. Although none of them are directly linked to hate against a particular people group. Allow me to explain, The main character in the RE5, Chris, is apart of a task force that is in charge of ridding the world of zombies. He has invaded haunted mansion and other characters in franchise also go through out the world saving it from zombies. This is the first time in the franchise that the game is set in Africa. Before all the zombies were generically white or spanish. Although many of the characters were also white they have never showed any prejudice towards any races. The job of the game is to rid the world of zombies. Also no words have been said in the game or in marketing material implying that this game is racist. I apologize for other gamers who have been unkind to you about this subject. Racism is a problem but it is not always an easy one to identify. If you have any questions or if you would like to talk about this send me an email.
In my opinion, you're taking this a bit too far, and too literally.
Keep in mind that people find the anonyminity of the internet... well, it brings out the worst in many people. They'll say stupid things that they don't really mean, just to rile you up, to get a reaction. Needless to say, I'm NOT one of those people.
I am a gamer, however, and I know a bit of the history behind the Resident Evil series. The game is violent, yes, but so would most games about zombie infestations be violent. It's a hallmark of the genre, and as long as it is played by those of an appropriate age and maturity level, it's harmless fun.
Specifically, Resident Evil 5 takes place in Haiti, I believe. Would you expect a bevvy of white zombies in Haiti, or in the middle of Africa? In the game, the "zombification" is caused by a virus taking over the available hosts. Of course your geographical location is going to change the flavor of zombie you're fighting. Would it make you feel better if the game were still in Haiti, but all the zombies were caucasian? Or would that offend you in a different sense because it denies the ethnic reality of the region? Perhaps the game would offend you less if the protagonist were black? Or would that further a different steriotype of african-ethnics fighting eachother?
There are no easy or clear answers here, but it is my opinion that you've projected your own, admitted, "hyper-politicised" viewpoint on this game. The bottom line for the game developers is that they're trying to tell a story, and within the pre-defined constructs of that story, zombies can come in any race or color.
Another thing to point out is your misconceptions about Columbine, and how games can be used to train people. Certain crazy attorneys, like Jack Thompson from Miami, will claim just about anything to get more press time, but reality is a bit different. Having been shooting REAL fire-arms for most of my life (recreationally), I can say, without a doubt, that video games do NOT assist in real life marksmanship, nor can they train you to commit murder. The Columbine killers played Doom, and even made a map of their school, but here's a less-well-known tidbit: they didn't go on their murderous rampage until their games were taken away. Considering their hopeless (in their eyes) situation, and the fact that the only place they had any empowerment was in Doom, having that taken away by their distant and uncaring parents might just have pushed them over the edge (for more info, check out: http://gamepolitics.com/2007/07/27/shrink-doom-deprivation-may-have-sparked-columbine-massacre/#more-1223
In conclusion, I do not think you've enough information about the game, the history of gaming, or gamers in general to make a blanket statement about a game that hasn't even been released yet. Keep in mind that all you saw was a few video clips from an unfinished game - there may be some white zombies to even things out.
I apologize on behalf of the selected group of gamers you've received hate-comments from over on Kotaku.com. I am not the moderator, the site owner, I am simply a gamer who posts his opinion there regularly.
I admit, a large amount of the stuff you and I and anyone read over there is pure garbage. A great amount of it is due to this being the internet. Anonymity gives us the supposed belief we are free to express some truly offensive words, i.e. the specific line you mentioned above. It was unnecessary. It becomes a chore at times, trying to find the real gems of human intellect and understanding nestled within that sea of idiocy and ignorance, but its there.
Gamers have become a group of people with prejudices levied against them. Some of these prejudices include "gamers are lazy", "gamers don't have a real life", "gamers take the games too seriously", "gamers train for real life crimes by practicing those crimes in games", ala DOOM, GTA, PERHAPS prompting Columbine.
Now in mentioning that these prejudices exist, I in no way intend on comparing these prejudices to others that have existed and do exist, be they racial, or religious, sexist, or anything else. But they are there, and people get overly defensive, and sadly, hateful towards others with differing opinions and sensibilities. Some take the opportunity to use the distance the internet affords them to go overboard in their ignorance. Ignorance particularly of how much they can offend others, and just how stupid it makes them look.
Again, for that I apologize. We aren't all like that. But we are all human beings. Its a terrible reality, but these things can be expected.
I commented on Kotaku.com about the racial issue that Resident Evil 5 can promote. I took the stance that yes, the possibility exists that it can promote negative feelings about blacks. It can promote negative feelings towards a white authority figure, in this case an officer of the law who is killing blacks who are trying to kill him. The game's subject matter also can promote someone to be offended.
But in the same vein, it can promote other feelings as well. As a fictional story, being told through the guise of the "survival-horror" genre, it can and should promote an impending fear of death in those who choose to play this game. This is why (a number of gamers) will buy this game. They will like the feeling that including themselves in this story will make them feel. They will enjoy the adrenaline rush of knowing that they can die, and must kill in order not to be killed.
I understand, as well as (a number of gamers), that we do not in fact actually die, but our character does. We are not in fact shooting Africans. We are controlling our character to do so, because they are trying to kill our character.
I will buy this game. I plan on enjoying the story, and the amount of immersion a video game provides. But there is that rare case someone can get too into it, or someone can be offended.
I would discuss.
WOW! You are utterly clueless. I will not dignify your mis-informed views about a game (or industry) you clearly know NOTHING about simply to promote your own agenda and send traffic to your site. Congrats, you got me here. Now, I'll forget about you forever.
Okay. How many Americans will use words like that who aren't gamers? Plenty. Please don't stereotype us to be Columbine killers. There are plenty of us who are older, female, mature and still enjoy playing games. The editor at GamePolitics is doing his best to keep the commentary clean showing that Gamers aren't savages. (However 14 year olds on the internet can be.) Maybe you should apologize and show you are the bigger person here.
Lastly, as a Latina I was not offended by RE4. The little town in Spain was being taken over by an evil organization and turned into zombies... did I find it racist for the white guy to be shooting all the brown people yelling Spanish at him?? No. Its just a setting.
The reason why people are mad is because you based your opinion of the whole resident evil series off of a 2 minute trailer. You have no prior game knowledge and do not even play games so you have no clue on how the game even is to even be saying the things you said, the game is based in africa meaning that there is bound to be african people in it, the whole race card is just stupid and immature and thhis is something you should have known already and you can not even compare this to Columbine on any level games nor guns kill people, its people who kill people. you would have to base that theory off of TV, movies and everything else in life, games are not even a factor in this dicussion
How could you link this to COLUMBINE?! You have some nerve assuming gamers are the kind of racist idiots that go off on random shootings when you yourself claim to know nothing about us. Of all the culturally inept and socially ignorant things to even SUGGEST, let alone say out loud, you choose to blame gamers for random violent acts? I find your insinuation both vulgar and offensively Disgusting.
As to the game itself? Cut us a break. When your game is set in Africa, you expect to see Africans. When you fight zombies in Africa, you expect (DUH) African Zombies. If you were to set the game in Antarctica, would you be outraged to see people shooting *gasp* PENGUINS?
As for the racism 'problem' you hint to in games, I defy you to name five other games with "Racially Problematic" imagry. Go on. Suprise me.
Greetings, Thank you for allowing responses to your posts on this subject.
I consider myself a "gamer" with all that comes with it. In my opinion it is a cultural designation that deserves the same amount of respect you'd give to someone who aligns themselves with any of the numerous other artistic and media based cultural outlets we enjoy in a free society. It also deserves the benefit of the doubt and restraint when dealing with vitriolic and hate filled comments given by some who do not think clearly about what they are saying to others in an on line setting. Those people do not speak for ANYONE and should be called what they are, TROLLS. Please refrain from broad sweeping generalizations when referring to MY game culture and its inhabitants, most of whom are normal folks who like and participate in any number of other normal things people do to have fun.
That being said, I personally PREFER racism to be blatant and in your face because then its easier to identify. When its subtle, like when 90% of protagonists in media are portrayed as white in this country, then you have a harder time pointing out WHY its racist, which seems to me to be YOUR current situation and I for one do not dismiss your observations at all.
We MUST remember that this is a video game that hasn't even been released yet so it would be nice to confine the criticism of it to a certain set of boundaries and admit up front that not all the fact are in. We also must remember that controversy, manufactured and real, over video games is the favorite fodder of "journalists" , editors, and producers who want to sell more papers or commercials. To feed in to this trend is to do a disservice to the truth which is what journalism SHOULD be about.
I would just ask that you please do your homework when reporting on this issue and be objective as possible prior to coming to any conclusions. I assure you, if you do that, you will find many more people involved in video games able to gain something from what you're trying to point out.
Thank you for the opportunity to post my thoughts.
-MW
Odd.... I didn't see any gunshots in the associated trailer. I didn't see any one being mowed down.
I would also suggest you avoid judging a group based on a vocal and intentionally offensive minority. They are referred to as trolls typically, and for good reason. They are not unique to anyone group that inhabits the internet.
Using trolls as a metric to judge all gamers by is no less foolish than judging all African Americans by the "artists" who give us "gansta" rap and glorify the "thug life".
What you should also note about this game is that the main villain in this game is white. As someone who has played the series, you can never come away disliking the main enemies, they are always victims of one mans quest for power and control. One man who doesn't care about anything but his own power.
I also take offense at the columbine comment. Games have never been linked to real world violence by a reputable study. At best they create the same short term increase in "aggression" that a person would get after watching or playing a sports event. You should also realize that most of the people who hurl insults on the internet are to cowardly to say the same things in real life, and would never have the actual ability to do any of the things that they would say.
you have to look at it this way. This game is about a virus that infects a population and you have to try and survive it. The character that is shown in the trailer is from the original game made in 1996. This character going to Africa and trying to stop the virus from spreading is not racist what so ever ( at least if you aren't a racist it wont be) You really shouldn't judge people by the color of their skin. If it were a black man killing a whole bunch white guys in Nebraska... you really wouldn't care. It really isn't wise to insult the gamer populous. They are more powerful that you could possibly imagine. Don't cast judgment if you haven't played the game or know the story. You of all people should know that.
For one I just like to say im sorry that everyone is treating you this way because of your opinion its childish that people are calling you the "N" word.
First of all, this game has nothing to do with race, unless you consider ZOMBIES a race.
Second, 1800's are over and so is black slavery in America. Get over it. It's not the 1950's, 60's, or 70's so openly accepted racism and segregation is over. GET OVER IT.
(side note: Every modern protest about by blacks, from the marches to the individual civil disobediences during police contacts, are many years late and are acts of worship to the long-passed African-American victimization)
Lastly, you are not a zombie, a black zombie, nor a slave so stop causing problems for everyone else by playing the race card in this issue.
You need to really think before pull out the race card in a public domain or else no one will take African American race issues seriously. If your comments hit the main stream media, I don't know how long it will take for African-Americans to recover from this self-inflicted mockery of such a serious issue.
And for you, personally... Do you want to be known as an obnoxious, reverse racist that is hated by all non-blacks or as a strong black woman, respected by all? Sounds like you have so much black pride, all pride is a sin, btw, that you would rather be hated than respected.
Personally, I try with all my heart to not believe racial stereotypes for all people, especially black ones. When stuff likes this happens, my tolerance, as well the tolerance of many others, lowers. And, thanks to you, the cycle of racism and hate continues.
@Hey
Stop apologizing for everyone. You have no right. And stop saying "the "N" word" like your head is going to explode if you say nigger. Every one knows what you mean, so why pussyfoot around the issue? It's PC actions like that, and the continuation of the word nigger by black people, that keep the racist spirit kicking. Good job.
The problem is you didn't reasearch.
You assumed that the people that were attacking him were acting like they knew what they were doing. In resident evil, eneimies are anything but human. Something makes them act the way they do. In most of the games it was a virus that corrupts anything in its path. In the fourth installment of the series, it's a parasite. To think that it would be otherwise in the fifth installment is a joke.
Your claim is that the game depicts the people as savages. Here's something you might of not thought about. When you first watch the video, do you notice something? Chris (the army guy) walk among them normally. A villager even passes by him as if he's just another person. Does that look like something a savage would do? I personally do not think so.
The location of the game is still officially unknown. It is only assumed the game takes place in Africa. There is an old saying about when you assume something, but I won't get into that.
Lastly. Your final comment is an insult to all gamers. What those two did at Columbine is beyond discraseful. But don't associate all gamers with those two. People like them obiously had major issues. Saying that doom trained those kids is like saying I can fly a boeing 747 with enough hours playing flight simulator. There are videos of those kids in the woods shooting off real guns with real ammunition. That's where they got their training from. Don't let the actions of two people represent a whole.
Almost every rebuttal to your hate filled speech against gamers I could think of has been said thoroughly. I would just like to add one thing. You should not judge a video game enemies by the color of the polygons that make up their skin, but by the content of their A.I., weapons, and history.
Yes… I am more comfortable with the zombies being white. In fact, ALL zombies should be white from this day forth.
With a dumb ass comment like that I can't take you serious. You're pulling the typical BS that is "if its my race is bad but screw other races." What about whites not being comfortable about all the zombies being white, oh wait it wouldn't matter to you cuz you're not white. Please, go worry about real issues.
I suppose, in some cases, racism is where you find it. I could, for example, take offence at the fact that, in your original post you only ever capitalise 'Black People' and never capitalise 'white man', if I was looking for something to take offence at, I could, for example, use that. I don't think it was done to insult me or my race, but you can understand how, especially if I had the kind of past that Africa and her people has, I could see it as such, 'Oh really? Not worth a capital letter are we?' et al.
Yes, I can see how it could be assumed that such a game is racist, however, I really think that leaping to conclusions about the game should be left until you have more than a 30-second 'flashby' movie of the game. Certainly, voice your concerns as to the content and possible stereotyping, but please don't paint melodramatic pictures of parents across the world training their children to hate Black people, it's sensationalistic and causes far more problems than it solves.
I won't empathise with those making racist comment to you, they are no better than they deserve to be, but racism, real racism, is in the head and the heart, not on the TV screen, and it's there that you need to fight it.
I wonder if the people here posting stuff like "bitch you don know SHIT LOL!" know they're being counterproductive....
Look. Before you talk about how racist a game is, you should do your homework. You obviously don't know what RE is about, and you obviously don't care that the four predecessors to the game had whites killing other ethnicities. But it simply is not a hate-mongering game- it's about protecting humanity.
umm... I believe you should do some research on the much supported and loved Resident Evil series that us true gamers have been playing since 1996. And know that they are zombies not humans. I'm sure you got that alot during all these posts, but how many times can we tell you? The 5 installment takes place in Africa, where umm African Americans just so happen to live. If you really look into the series, you would know that Chris is sent there to investigate and HELP the people there from the T-Virus actually spreading more through Africa and to other innocent people that live there. Yes along the way he has to Defend himself from already infected villagers. I wish the media would just leave video games alone, or if they really want to pursue an issue then We gamers and the game makers for that matter, beg you all to do some research and actually Know what you're talking about before you sound quite uneducated in the topic you brought out. Noone complained about Resident Evil 4 when we were all killing Spanish zombies. So why start now? just to start another pointless topic about how video games are bad. Well I tell you now, RE games gave always been mature rated and NOT aimed for children to play and parents shouldn't let there kids play them kinds of Adult games and ruin us young adults' gaming. Parents should be more aware of what they let their children play, thats why they put M, T, and E ratings right on the front of the games. Xbox also has parental conrtol settings. My final thought? this game is not racist so quit whining, if I thought Any game was racist for the color of someone's skin. I would have wrote to <3 Capcom <3 and complained about the Zombies in RE4. You know why? because I just so happen to be Hispanic.
Ok sista, as I brother, I wish you would just shut your stupid mouth and stop reading too deep into this. Where were you when white people were getting killed in the other Resident Evil games. I love my black folks and all but I swear you morons love reading too deep into stuff and at the sametime making yourselves look stupid. The way you are acting is the reason why racism thrives because you morons want to scream racism. Seriously pull your head out of your ass and stop looking for things that aren't there.
And like I've said before, yes I am black.