5 Prejudices That Video Games Can't Seem to Get Over (1 Viewer)

[Optimus Prime]

From Cracked:

We've mentioned before that movies still inexplicably revolve around prejudices that we thought we had outgrown decades ago, but that can at least be attributed to the age of the medium. Movies came into their own nearly a century ago; those prejudices are likely just strangely persistent moral throwbacks. But video games are different, because they're ours, right? There's no reason to inherit our grandparents' bigotry because we made these things up: We've set the standards, we've made the rules and we know that being racist, sexist, homophobic jerkholes is wrong ... don't we? Then how come this stuff is still happening all up in Mario's grill?........................

5 Prejudices That Video Games Can't Seem to Get Over | Cracked.com

 

[antipop]

too random

 

[zeetes]

i still need to get around to this achievement..

 

[Twenty]

Didn't read because if you're dissecting video games to discover social injustices you are a colossal twat that shouldn't be employed.

"Oh, CJ didn't hold the door open for that woman at the grocery store he just robbed LET'S WRITE AN ARTICLE!!!!"

 

[St. Widge]

i still need to get around to this achievement..

Pffft. I did that the first day. With a Nunn.

Then I shot Uproar's horse.

 

[St. Widge]

From Cracked:

We've mentioned before that movies still inexplicably revolve around prejudices that we thought we had outgrown decades ago, but that can at least be attributed to the age of the medium. Movies came into their own nearly a century ago; those prejudices are likely just strangely persistent moral throwbacks. But video games are different, because they're ours, right? There's no reason to inherit our grandparents' bigotry because we made these things up: We've set the standards, we've made the rules and we know that being racist, sexist, homophobic jerkholes is wrong ... don't we? Then how come this stuff is still happening all up in Mario's grill?........................

5 Prejudices That Video Games Can't Seem to Get Over | Cracked.com

Video games reflect the prejudices that exist in the society that created them? I'm shocked.

 

[zeetes]

Pffft. I did that the first day. With a Nunn.

Then I shot Uproar's horse.

I did get the "rape uproar's horse before shooting" achievement.

 

[uproar90]

i still need to get around to this achievement..

Pfft... I did that with widge after he shot my horse.

Matter of fact... That's a picture of widge on the tracks there.

 

[Saint_Ward]

Video games reflect the prejudices that exist in the society that created them? I'm shocked.

I can't view the link from work, but.. yeah... this.

I mean, the medium doesn't create the content, people do. People are influenced by society, which is influenced by the past.

So, duh.

 

[HennessyRob]

great article