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[StElmo]

Here in Australia we have a publicly funded TV station, one of it's programs is called "Good Game" a very entertaining and often level headed program about games.

Link to YT version of show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3RF4_Vd9qI

"Goose" the features reporter did an excellent summary of how racial stereotyping is treated in games.

Apparently someone wanted an african american looking character in DA:O and these forums (the hive mind that they are) blew up with short sighted, conservative "don't change my games" attitude.

It's worth watching for anyone using BSN, as it makes you reflect on how you react to things. I would never be upset at making any game more minority friendly, but even so it's a good food for thought about how to act online (I recently apologized for my post ME3 actions after getting too involved in BSN hive mind and getting carried away all over the net about something I wasn't even initially upset with)

So I hope DA does do this minority inclusion more and more, as EA is quite good with the diversity factor with their BioWare division.

Please don't let me see BSN on public TV as a controversial thing again.

Modifié par StElmo, 07 mars 2013 - 06:42 .

[John Epler]

It's easy to say 'it's just a game, they shouldn't get offended' when you're not a part of the group that is underserved by media. 'What's the problem?' you ask yourself, 'I wouldn't mind if some characters were black, why do they care if the characters are white?'

But that's the thing, really. It's not 'some characters are white' it's '95% of characters are white'. And male. And straight. It's all part of the same problem - we, as an industry, are pretty bad at being inclusive. It's getting better, but slowly, and there's a reason why stuff like #1reasonwhy resonates so heavily. We are still, at our core, an incredibly insular and exclusive industry that pushes anyone who doesn't fit into the standard 'straight, white male' demographic to the fringes.

So rather than saying 'it's not an issue!', try and understand how frustrating it would be to be in a world where it's always subtly hinted that straight, white and male is the 'normal' way to be, because that's the majority of what's represented in media. And then maybe don't take umbrage when folks call the industry out on these issues.

[John Epler]

Racism, sexism and intolerance of non-binary gender and sexual identities is all pretty awful, and suggesting that 'well race isn't a big thing, not compared to these other problems!' is about the silliest thing I've ever read on these forums. There are people alive today who were around when their 'features', as it has been referred to, prevented them from enjoying basic civil liberties. There were people alive less than a hundred years ago who were around when it was legal for them to be owned as property because of those same 'features'.

I would strongly, strongly recommend that you choose your next words carefully. However, as this thread has shown, it seems we are unable to address this topic with the respect and thoughtfulness it deserves. So it's getting locked. Some of you, however, are on incredibly thin ice.

Modifié par John Epler, 07 mars 2013 - 07:16 .