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The 10 Most Racist Video Games

Complex: We're not just talking about the 13 year old bigots who spew slurs over Xbox Live but actual video games that have crossed the line. Here are 10 video games that have jaw-dropping racist overtones.

Relientk774699d ago

Wow at numbers 3, 2, and 1 lol

Blackdeath_6634699d ago

suprised that call of duty isnt up there

HammadTheBeast4699d ago

Why? Other than the "Save the Congo" thing in MW3 it's not overly racist.

P.s. I do not play or associate myself with this C.o.D. thing. I have played it at a friends house though.

blumatt4699d ago (Edited 4699d ago )

I think people are entirely too quick to the draw to cry "Racist!!" at movies and video-games alike.

It's funny how even certain words nowadays are bleeped out on television, like faggot, retard, and, for fear of being flagged for language, the "N" word.

One huge example is the book Huckleberry Finn. The N word's use in that book incited all kinds of anger. It's just ridiculous. The author wanted that word in there to greater reflect people's diction in that time period.

Political Correctness has gotten way overblown.

Gaming1014699d ago

1, 2 and 3 are all racist - the rest is some overly sensitive boy waving his politically correct wand, complaining over what noone actually thought was racist other than him and other P.C. lunatics.
The problem with racism are the people who cry wolf over it - you never take them seriously at the point, so when racism actually happens you don't listen when they cry about it. That's the real problem.

Blacklash934699d ago (Edited 4699d ago )

"It's funny how even certain words nowadays are bleeped out on television, like faggot, retard, and, for fear of being flagged for language, the "N" word."

That's because many find them personally offensive and don't want to hear them. Them not being used or allowed often in television isn't much of a sacrifice to people who don't find them offensive. Abstract and debatable values and of aristic freedom and anti-censorship don't take precendence over the feelings of a relatively or potentially large portion of an audience. You seeing them as harmless and inoffensive and drawing the conclusion that's how everyone should feel is pretty egocentric.

In the case of HF keep it was published in the late 1800's where such words commonplace so the intention was clearly not for setting flavor but a reflection of the author's time and very likely his actual views on the word, which were that it was okay to use (which was commonplace at the time). The fact that Finn and the book had some anti-racist messages isn't relevant as those words are widely inappropriate and offensive unlike when they were common slang. I'm not taking a position in this instance, for the record. Just stating the facts.

I'm not saying the best course of action to address such issues is entirely clear but rather that the pro-censorship side of it has an understandable point.

On topic, this feature is bogus. The only actual racist things I see are the last three.

SilentNegotiator4699d ago

If you're talking about the multiplayer, you could put just about any MP game ever in its place.

pixelsword4699d ago (Edited 4699d ago )

With expression comes consequence, especially if you depend upon customers.

TruthbeTold4699d ago

@blumatt regarding Huck Finn

I hear you, but try being the only black kid in the class when reading a book like that aloud. It's one thing to explain to people how things were. It's another entirely to have to temporarily have to live it psychologically as you try to immerse yourself into a story, and kids of other races chuckle and whisper, and some stare at you uncomfortably because they don't know how to handle it.

A good teacher can get across to students such a concept easily without having to have students read a book like Huck Finn. Not a bad book at all, but it's time we moved on to some different and arguably better selections imo.

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guitarded774699d ago (Edited 4699d ago )

I'll give 'em 3, 2 and 1, but the rest of the list is fluff. Too many people are overly sensitive to what they deem as racism. Traits become stereotypes because they are prevalent among a group of people or they really happened. Like the Vice City example... Cubans and Haitians were pissed, but the game was set in early-mid 80's Vice City (MIAMI). The Cubans and Haitians killed the s#!t out of each other in Miami at that time. It was the murder capital of America because of Cubans and Haitians killing each other over Colombian snow. It's called history and GTA just played off it like Scarface. Stereotypes can be fun too... like Mario. Would Mario be the most identifiable video game character on earth if he wasn't the Italian plumber? Plus many of these were Japanese created characters, and they don't have the same social lines that overly sensitive westerners have. You want to see some funny Japanese hating, check out a Yakuza game. If you're not the strong good looking character, you get made fun of in the game. It's like America was back in the 80's before everybody got a trophy for participation.

Laxman4699d ago

How is Clusters Revenge racist? Sure, he's a creep and a rapist, but that has nothing to do with being racist.

If something bad happens to a minority, does it instantly become racist?

guitarded774699d ago (Edited 4699d ago )

@ Laxman

Hmm... how is "Custer's Revenge" racist. First, let's define race.

race - Each of the major divisions of humankind, having distinct physical characteristics.

ethnic group - people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture.

Okay. Now that we know what race is, let's look at the two races portrayed in the game. We have General Custer (the white rapist)... I'll attach a pic, you may understand that better.

http://upload.wikimedia.org...

... and we have Native American women (the people of a different ethnic population being raped). Here's another picture so you can keep up.

http://www.shannonthunderbi...

Now that you understand that there are two different ethnic groups portrayed in the game, it's also important to understand that one of the worst genocides in human history was committed by the Westerners against the Native American people for centuries. This involved white settlers in North America stealing land from the Native Americans and killing and raping their women. There's many books on the subject... some with pictures too.

For a game to portray the raping of women of one ethnic group by a man of an ethnic group that committed one of the worst genocides against said ethnic group is racist. Hence the title of #1 on the list "Ethnic Cleansing". Imagine if there was a game called "Jew Raping Nazi"... that's kinda what "Custer's Revenge" is like. You see, Custer was killed in battle against the Native Americans, but he's getting his revenge by raping all the Native American women.

Gorilla_Killa_X4698d ago (Edited 4698d ago )

Clusters Revenge is racist against white men. It depicts white men as rapist.

Seriously though #1 is the only racist game on this list. The rest are based on stereotypes. And stereotypes are there for a reason.

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Oh_Yeah4699d ago (Edited 4699d ago )

The only one thats bad is #1...I mean usually a big group of a race does fit the stereotypes given, thats why they are known. Stereotypes are funny, I think they give games a sense of personality and humor. We need more in video games to make them less serious. What we dont need is over the top racism though, just subtle. Racism or stereotyping is not something taken that serious nowadays atleast where im from, black people call white people the N word and vice versa...just another word for dude, mexicans dont get offended if you tell them they are awsome grass cutters or an asian guy, askin him if he put my cat inside this eggroll etc...its all laughs and jokes now...its a part of our past, present and future.

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Jio4699d ago

As a Mexican, I find "Spanish for Everyone" hilarious.

Guwapo774699d ago (Edited 4699d ago )

And Mexico got some sexy as women too. Just look at the news. Geezus.

- There was this rediculous weather lady...I'd drink her bath water.

Mr_Kuwabara4699d ago (Edited 4699d ago )

Only sexy Latina weather girl I could think of is Jackie Guerrido. And shes Puerto Rican.

Guwapo774694d ago

@Mr_Kuwabara - yes my friend, she IS the one! Excuse my ignorance - I remembered it was Univision and I instantly thought she was Mexican. I love her...

LOGICWINS4699d ago

"But the fact that the game doesn't have "White Power-ups," in some extremely conflicting way, makes us think that they missed an opportunity."

LMAO.

TopDudeMan4699d ago

Really? There's a game called "ethnic cleansing"? That's just wrong!!

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GTA Vice City Remade with GTA 4 Rage Engine Released onto the Internet

GTA Vice City Nextgen Edition brings all the missions, the whole map, and content from the original game to the RAGE Engine. This is an incredible project that all Vice City fans will appreciate.

GTA Vice City Nextgen Edition has an improved version of the city – and weapons – from the Definitive Edition. All the cars from the Xbox version of the original game will be present here. Additionally, all the models of all characters and peds will be from the Xbox version. From what we know, there are no plans to increase their polygon count. However, all 3D characters will have better textures.

All the original radio stations will also be present in this unofficial remaster. And although the project will have the cut-scenes and the style of the original game, it will also pack better particle effects and some lighting improvements.

As said, GTA Vice City Nextgen Edition started as a mod. However, it’s now available as a standalone free project. All you have to do is download and play it. The project does no longer require the original Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

As the modding team behind it stated:

“Initially, the modification was planned to require the original game in order to show respect to the publisher. However, over the past two days, we have completely rebuilt the project, and it is now available as a standalone “installation-ready package”. Just download, install, and play. There are no issues with version compatibility since the mod is now fully autonomous.”

Here’s a TLDR of what happened. Two days before the release of GTA Vice City Nextgen Edition, Take-Two Interactive deleted the YouTube channel of the modding team. As Revolution Team claimed, Take-Two did this without any warning or attempt to contact them. So, from the looks of it, the team felt betrayed by this move. As such, it decided to give the middle finger to Take-Two, create a new YT channel, and release the mod as a standalone project.

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RaidenBlack107d ago

"it decided to give the middle finger to Take-Two, create a new YT channel, and release the mod as a standalone project." ~ how it should be :)

gigoran8106d ago

the link in the article goes nowhere. what am I missing?

The_Blue106d ago

Rockstar not going to like this

jkuli6106d ago

THIS would be the remaster we need.

PRIMORDUS106d ago

"Take-Two will do its best to take down the video and the download link." They can go fuck themselves, it's good it's a torrent file now I have it, will download it seed and post it on Take-Twos twitter account. I want to rub it in their face and piss them off. Hopefully this will spread on torrent sites then it's too late for anyone to do anything I love it lol.

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15 Best PS2 Open World Games Ever Made

With plenty of open world games to choose from on the PlayStation 2, narrowing down the list to just the 15 best is quite the difficult task.

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SimpleSlave322d ago

Those games were pretty mid. In fact, I'm surprised they even put The Getaway: Black Monday. But they left out much better games like Way of the Samurai 1-2, Okami, Jak 2 or 3, Final Fantasy 12, Yakuza 1-2, or SSX 3.