Prometheus 6

I saw some discussion of this Resident Evil 5 trailer. GTA San Andrea having made me give up on gamers, I was like, "Eh..." This International Blog Against Racism Week post got my attention, though.

Video games and the usual amount of racism
by Andrea Rubenstein [tekanji] @ 2:33 am

For day three of International Blog Against Racism Week, I want to look specifically why games, such as many of the prior Resident Evil ones, haven’t received as much criticism as, say, Resident Evil 5 has.

So, why aren’t critiques of the prior Resident Evil games easy to find? Well, there are a few reasons. As discussed in my previous post, gaming as a field of study is still in its infancy. Gaming blogs discussing issues like race are still few and far between. Despite the re-release for Gamecube, the previous games are (in internet terms) rather old.

And, finally, the last reason I can easily think of, which is what I will be discussing here: The previous games didn’t gather much discussion because they had only the usual amount of racism in them. What do I mean by that? Well, keep reading to find out.

It occurred to me that Capcom could have avoided this sort of analysis by making the protagonist Black. I wonder why it didn't occur to them...

On the other hand, I wasn't thrilled with white kids putting on a digital nigger suit to kill brown folks in their bedroom all night.

What's the difference? For me, there's a difference between the fantasy killing of humans and that of monsters.