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[Father_Brain]

I'll let this video speak for itself.

 

[RevenantKioku]

"I'm glad my kids didn't see it. Because they're black. Bye"
Something about that makes me lol.

 

[RegularMK]

God damnit, this angers me.

 

[Wario64]

:lol

 

[Timedog]

i don't have sound right now, what exactly was said?

 

[Rice-Eater]

One of the characters was yellow, Asians FTW

 

[Stabby McSter]

what the **** :lol :lol :lol

 

[GoldenEye 007]

:lol

Hell, I'm black and even I found that call extremely funny..... and senile. Oh well.

 

[Karma Kramer]

wow...

 

[GotchaForce]

I think the game is racist against castles.

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

Is there a back of the bus on Xbox Live?

I sure hope there is.

 

[Jonnyboy117]

The last few seconds of the video make me think she almost has a point...but still, not really. That is a pretty dicey character design though, pitch black guys with nappy hair and huge white eyes. If LocoRoco caught shit for its enemies then I could see it happening to Castle Crashers, too.

 

[KINGMOKU]

:lol Holy crap. I would LOVE to have a 1-on-1 conversation with this lady, just for the comedy.

You know the explanation would be classic.

 

[Zep]

The last few seconds of the video make me think she almost has a point...but still, not really. That is a pretty dicey character design though, pitch black guys with nappy hair and huge white eyes. If LocoRoco caught shit for its enemies then I could see it happening to Castle Crashers, too.

Agreed. I was like WTF is this woman talking about...Then I seen the characters at the end....dicey!

 

[Dante]

People are way too sensitive these days. The characters at the end reminded me of the dust bunnies in Totoro.

 

[JDSN]

:lol That was random.

 

[demi]

They're called Golliwogs, going by the descriptions in this thread having not watched the video. Oil Man was one of these in Mega Man Powered Up.

 

[Vigo the Carpathian]

The game needs more curb stomping for me to consider it racially charged.

 

[Zaptruder]

To be fair, the devs could easily change the colors for the brown characters.

Make em purple or something. Neutral, but kinda evil color no?

It's something that's easy enough to miss, but you wouldn't really want to make a controversy out of this game because some crazy lady misinterpreted your intentions, or just started making mountains out of molehills.

 

[Vigo the Carpathian]

Gaming as propaganda isnt that far fetched.


Many cartoons we grew up with are downright racist. Go watch an episode of the Smurfs, Gargamel isnt just some generic villain, he is a racial stereotype.

 

[Oneself]

Okami is racist because the wolf and constellation Gods are WHITE (with some red), and the evil power on the land is BLACK and white (with big BLACK clouds). Racist I tell you. Kill those who made the game please. Oh and be sure to make them suffer.

 

[Bad_Boy]

oh shit... :lol

 

[PhoenixDark]

Just because something is dark doesn't mean it's like a real black person

 

[Son of Godzilla]

OBVIOUSLY RASIST

 

[xir]

can we get a techno remix of this stat?

 

[Vigo the Carpathian]

Ever wonder why most Japanese games feature blonde heros? Many MANY Japanese games with storylines mirror many of the ideals and results of WW2.

 

[sixteen-bit]

CC doesn't look racist to me, but maybe those enemies at the end of the video give off the wrong idea.

 

[Zaptruder]

Just because something is dark doesn't mean it's like a real black person

Yeah, I guess it could be like you huh.

 

[Zep]

To be fair, the devs could easily change the colors for the brown characters.

Make em purple or something. Neutral, but kinda evil color no?

It's something that's easy enough to miss, but you wouldn't really want to make a controversy out of this game because some crazy lady misinterpreted your intentions, or just started making mountains out of molehills.

The brown people in those hoodies arent the problem...They're covered up it seems. The thing that strikes me is the pitch black, nappy headed characters at the end. To say they werent going for anything racially charged is wrong because we dont know their intentions.

 

[Illuminati]

Was she mistaking a crusader's helmet for a KKK hood?

 

[TobitheCat]

That's racist. GAF should ban that site because a black person was offended.

 

[demi]

Okami is racist because the wolf and constellation Gods are WHITE (with some red), and the evil power on the land is BLACK and white (with big BLACK clouds). Racist I tell you. Kill those who made the game please. Oh and be sure to make them suffer.

You don't have to worry anymore, that racist Clover company is no more, for the good of gaming.

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

It's something that's easy enough to miss, but you wouldn't really want to make a controversy out of this game because some crazy lady misinterpreted your intentions, or just started making mountains out of molehills.

**** that.

Let's go burn a giant Xbox logo on her lawn. :lol :lol :lol

 

[goldenpp72]

hilarious

 

[TheCardPlayer]

Just wow.


What else can be said?

 

[Zaptruder]

The brown people in those hoodies arent the problem...They're covered up it seems. The thing that strikes me is the pitch black, nappy headed characters at the end. To say they werent going for anything racially charged is wrong because we dont know their intentions.

They could also make those characters half and half... half white w/ black eyes and half black w/ white eyes.

You honestly think they're out to overtly offend people like that? I'd rather assume pure intentions... because the alternative is just sad :/

 

[Unison]

Was she mistaking a crusader's helmet for a KKK hood?

The crusades were just a different brand of racism, I guess.

 

[castle007]

:lol

funny

 

[Zep]

You honestly think they're out to overtly offend people like that? I'd rather assume pure intentions... because the alternative is just sad :/

I honestly couldnt tell you but I'm not stupid enough to brush it off as unintentional. No matter what other black posters here say.

 

[TobitheCat]

Some folks in this thread are downright nauseating. They should change the color of the characters because it might offend black people? The only way a person could think like that is to say, "Geez, those things at the end kinda look like black people!" Now that's f***ing racist.

Extreme political correctness IS racism. You go from putting one group of people on a pedestal based on race to putting another group of people on a pedestal based on race.

BTW, that game looks fun as hell. I'd love to download that and play a nice 4P co-op on live.

 

[Blackace]

Yeah, I guess it could be like you huh.

Oh Jubilee tea Snapple

 

[Son of Godzilla]

I honestly couldnt tell you but I'm not stupid enough to brush it off as unintentional. No matter what other black posters here say.

Ok. The entire point of the game is to kill incredibly dark skinned jungle children. How's that racist?

 

[Zep]

Ok. The entire point of the game is to kill incredibly dark skinned jungle children. How's that racist?

I dont know, you tell me? You got the answer to that?

 

[Vic]

it took me 45 sec to understand the "racism" in that video

 

[LiquidMrM]

:lol

Capcom am politically incorrect too?!

 

[Blackace]

:lol

Capcom am politically incorrect too?!

Capcom is ****ed up sometimes...

 

[White Man]

They're called Golliwogs, going by the descriptions in this thread having not watched the video. Oil Man was one of these in Mega Man Powered Up.

And they're clearly not racist at all:

 

[Ranger X]

:lol :lol This video is awesome!

 

[Callo Merlose]

The game needs more curb stomping for me to consider it racially charged.

You said it, not me.

 

[demi]

And they're clearly not racist at all:

http://indarktrees.com/pics/golliwog.jpg[/QUOTE]

I wonder if you can buy that book. Looks like a good read.