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[GDJustin]

First black videogame stars:
http://microscopiq.com/2007/02/first-black-videogame-stars/

Edit: And Alyx Vance?

Hmmm...

 

[Lobster]

Im pretty sure shes just dark not black. My brother is confused as black sometimes..

 

[sixteen-bit]

She was supposed to be racially ambiguous.

 

[distantmantra]

News to me. I always thought she was supposed to be of Eurasian descent.

 

[Bad_Boy]

That list is missing a bunch of characters.

 

[SlaughterX]

Alyx obviously is, I mean her father is black...

 

[GDJustin]

Alyx obviously is, I mean her father is black...

I've haven't played HL2 (yet). Only seen all the promo stuff and videos. I never thought she looked black.

 

[Grecco]

Might have not been the first but who cares. Hes the freaking man.

 

[swoon]

wasn't she darker in the early screen shots and then she was made lighter, bustier and

Spoiler

an alien! which sort of makes her race a moot point

 

[Oldschoolgamer]

Even if you add stuff here and there, its still short as hell...

 

[SlaughterX]

Black or Arab?

 

[TemplaerDude]

Might have not been the first but who cares. Hes the freaking man.

he was a little stereotypical though, don't you think?

 

[GDJustin]

he was a little stereotypical though, don't you think?

Stereotypically badass.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Emir was the best.

 

[Chris Michael]

Now that I see them side to side, Jade looks like a cartoony version of Alyx.

And I agree at wtf @ them being black.

 

[clearacell]

Well, there are very little instances where the race of the character is really central to the game.

 

[norinrad21]

Michael Edwards in Eternal Darkness

The most positive portray of a black person I've ever encounter in a video game.

 

[argon]

edit: ok, looks like they got Shadow Man in there already.. next time i'll RTFA =)

 

[MutFox]

Michael Edwards in Eternal Darkness

The most positive portray of a black person I've ever encounter in a video game.

It's because he's Canadian. (SK is Canadian, so they want to make the Canadian look good.)

 

[tnw]

There's a gay(well at least flamboyant) black bartender in shadowrun. (at the jagged nails bar, The one where you meet Kitsune)

And of course

 

[Phobophile]

Both chicks look mulatto.

 

[manxor]

She was supposed to be racially ambiguous.

Well then, they hit the mark...
GG BTW... Sequel frown.

 

[jamesinclair]

Question: Can a rascist joke be stated with no ban if the joke is preceeded by a warning?

If not, forget that.

And no, I always thought of Jade as an arab.

 

[Ynos Yrros]

Looks French to me.

 

[Speevy]

he was a little stereotypical though, don't you think?

:lol

That guy's arms crack me up every time I see them. He looks like he could snap a car in half.

 

[TheJollyCorner]

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

She was so not black.

 

[CurseoftheGods]

She looks like an Arab to me.

 

[Amir0x]

they said black MAIN character. I presume they mean the central focus of the games plot or gameplay. So for FFVII, Barret wouldn't be the main character... Cloud would. Same goes for Gears of War, with Marcus Fenix being the main character.

 

[stressboy]

Jade does not look black to me. Also, Alyx looks like her mom was white or possibly Asian.

 

[Rhazer Fusion]

First black videogame stars:
http://microscopiq.com/2007/02/first-black-videogame-stars/

Edit: And Alyx Vance?

Hmmm...

I'm pretty sure Alyx was black and asian. In the beginning of Half Life 2, there is a picture of her father and an asian woman holding a baby if I remember correctly. I am assuming that the baby was Alyx. Also, that woman in Urban Chaos(I think that was the name of the game) was black.

 

[Karma Kramer]

I'm pretty sure Alyx was black and asian. In the beginning of Half Life 2, there is a picture of her father and an asian woman holding a baby if I remember correctly. I am assuming that the baby was Alyx.

kinda like Tiger Woods...

Spoiler

I have no idea why I just pointed that out

 

[karasu]

I thought Jade was asian, not ambiguous. She looks...asian, and her name is..jade.

 

[Lobster]

I thought Jade was asian, not ambiguous. She looks...asian, and her name is..jade.

What? She don't look asian..more of a european for sure.

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

Also, that woman in Urban Chaos(I think that was the name of the game) was black.

Read this again and contemplate the implications.

 

[bishoptl]

They are both the colour of hotness, ie. real women.

Unlike those fapfests populated with inflated Itagaki titty dolls that you sad wankers keep purchasing.

 

[Alien Bob]

so... you don't actually have to be black... to be black?

 

[Bert409]

 

[stressboy]

so... you don't actually have to be black... to be black?

Not anymore. Didn't you hear that Bill Clinton was the first black president?

 

[Oldschoolgamer]

they said black MAIN character. I presume they mean the central focus of the games plot or gameplay. So for FFVII, Barret wouldn't be the main character... Cloud would. Same goes for Gears of War, with Marcus Fenix being the main character.

Yea, thats what he meant, I think. Half of the characters mentioned are like side characters...

I can't really think of any main characters (especially not female). Add on to the fact that most of the characters are like stereotyped to all hell. :/

They are both the colour of hotness, ie. real women.

Unlike those fapfests populated with inflated Itagaki titty dolls that you sad wankers keep purchasing.

A ****ing men.

 

[Keio]

They missed Urban Chaos by Mucky Foot.

edit: I missed the other mention in this thread :I Sry.

 

[abacab driver]

 

[BobJustBob]

Crackdown!

 

[SPEA]

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/2342/augustgv7.jpg

Might have not been the first but who cares. Hes the freaking man.

lukidaldatjuice

 

[civilstrife]

 

[Branduil]

kinda like Tiger Woods...

Spoiler

I have no idea why I just pointed that out

It seems like asian/african-american couples often end up with really beautiful children.

 

[karasu]

What? She don't look asian..more of a european for sure.

eh? What europeans are that dark with uber dark hair, eyes, eyebrows, etc, and names like Jade(a name western writers tend to give female asian characters)?

 

[abacab driver]

 

[Rhazer Fusion]

Streets of Rage:

Adam and Skate

 

[Pimpbaa]

They are both the colour of hotness, ie. real women.

Unlike those fapfests populated with inflated Itagaki titty dolls that you sad wankers keep purchasing.

Personality wise? For sure. As for looks, Jade looks more cartoony than the DOA girls. But that's not necessarily a bad thing since it makes her fit in with the style of the game (otherwise you'd have some shit like whats in the "next gen" sonic game). Alyx, she definitely looks real. Too real. So real it makes me wanna tap that a....nevermind.