RE5 isn't racist because Capcom has black friends

No fat cubans who do not speak spanish worked on this game.

I am offended.

Delay the game for a year.

"Well, then Spanish guys should be angry for RE4, and my fellow Italian countrymen and I should be upset for pretty much every TV show in North America (lol) "

This.

Pretty soon we won't be able to base any video games on any real setting.

best blog title ever!

i justify playing the RE series by reminding others that some of my best friends are zombies.

I'm not going to get too much into it again but N'Gai was talking EXCLUSIVELY about the first trailer and his gut reaction to it. He knows what RE is and he knows it's not racist.

If you listen to the last 1up Yours podcast he actually talks about this subject a little more and about how he actually met black people from Capcom working on the game after he made that statement. Kind of funny.

"I'm not going to get too much into it again but N'Gai was talking EXCLUSIVELY about the first trailer and his gut reaction to it. He knows what RE is and he knows it's not racist."

Well, I think implying a racist slant on something you're only giving a "first impression" on is a rather foolhardy move. I hope in the future he thinks a little further ahead before doing that. Controls, graphics, design, small character elements - okay, if you're just going on one trailer and nothing else.

Saying that Capcom "should be more sensitive" and thoroughly implying that the premise of the game is racist because black zombies get shot is something to be saved for when you actually get some time to play the game, observe the story, etc.

I don't know why Capcom feels the need to defend themselves by saying black people have worked on the game. Who the fuck cares. I don't give a shit if black people, white people, fat people, old people, midgets, mentally retarded people, or any other type of person worked on the game.

The game is set in Africa. It's pretty simple. I'm tired of the race/sex/ect. cards constantly being thrown around. Fuck everyone.

@ Bioautographical

Well, he was talking about the imagery and the context of which people less educated about the game would have none of. For fear of spiraling back in to this discussion, I'm just going to say read my old blog about it.

@ Bioautobiographical: I don't think he was making a judgment on the game based on the trailer, he was talking about the trailer itself. Alas, such fine (but important) distinctions are often trampled in the rush of OMG THE PC POLICE ARE GONNA GET RESIDENT EVIL CENSORED!!!!

@ Bioautographical

IMAGERY, CONTEXT, BLOG.

Hmmm, context, the words "Capcom", "Resident Evil", and shown at a video game press event...yep, looks like plenty of context to me.

Excuse me, "context to the TRAILER".

The rest of my post still stands, verbatim.

So "there is no context to the TRAILER, all you've seen is a trailer"?

What GuitarAtomik said in his excellent blog.

I think its racist too. All of those mean angry black people are trying to kill that poor lonely white man.

The title of this blog was made even funnier by the fact that I just watched the episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (funniest show on TV, imo) where Charlie goes on a date with a black girl to prove he's not racist to the girl at the coffee shop.

HILARIOUS.

Am I missing something here?

Where are the people who fight for the Zombies' rights?

Oh joy, the RE 5 trailer discussion has been stoked again.

LOL @ Jack

@ TheRemedy

Hey. I'm just explaining N'Gai's side since everyone automatically thinks that he thinks the game is racist. I can't blame him for giving a company advice on how to avoid a situation like the ones you mentioned.

"There are black members in the development team. We do have staff working on the game, who are aware of the historical background and we are constantly checking these kinds of things with them,"

How about the marketing team that assembled and approved the trailer? :) Regardless, I think everyone's on the same line by now that the game itself isn't pushing some racist agenda.

What Guitar Atomik said.

I wrote a blog about the trailer curfuffle myself. A couple actually, if you're interested in clicking my name and scrolling back a apge or two

" I'm tired of the race/sex/ect. cards constantly being thrown around. " WHAT RACE CARD?! its just comments! no one's bringing down the game or calling for change, or attempting to profit from the controversy.

How is this pulling a race card?

. . . w/e its Wednesday . . . w/e its Wednesday . . .

Well, another tiny point I would make is that Capcom is a Japanese company.

Since when were the Japanese obligated to defend themselves against black people playing the race card? They had nothing to do with slavery of black people in America. That alone should instill good faith in people that this game is just trying to tell a story that's set in Africa, and not trying to show that it's fun to shoot black people.

Blacks who play the race card have way more power than any other race that plays the race card, including Asians, and that's not right.

Also, N'Gai is an idiotic stereotype.

Reverse racism at it's worst.


2+2 does not always = 4 in quantum physics.



A black person popping white peeps in a game is racist to blacks (due to stereotype?).

A White person popping black peeps in a game is racist to blacks (due to stereotype?).

Either way is supoosedly 'racist', regardless of the story or backround which is stupid IMHO.


I see this as reverse racism. Just because it could racist does not mean it is when you look at the context.





Just out of interest, is any black gamers actualy offended that this game set in africa means a white man is blasting a majority of black zombies (due to storyline and location). Also in GTA San Andreas where any black gamers worried they where being racistly potrayed for blasting the majority of white characters?


Both games are from oposite sides shooting each other, but which can be viewed as being racist against blacks only.... yet, tbh I do not think anyone truely thinks this is the case apart from the shit stirring mother fuckers in politics who just love a new story to try and kick off civil unrest so then they can 'try' and solve it (or say 'I told you so', when when it 'kicks off' when it was actualy them that set down the poison) and try to look a heroic.


I do not care if I am in a game as a white blasting blacks or in a game as a black blasting whites or if it is random or whatever........ Just aslong as it fits the story and scene for a specific sensible none racist reason.


Seriously 'who the fuck cares' apart from those trying to make something out of nothing simply to cause trouble?


It is set in Africa FFS, if it was set in Iceland and a white was shooting blacks then fair enough. Or set in Afrika and it was a Black shooting whites then both fair enough as they are out of context and have no reason to be that way logicaly.

Anyway, nuff said.


Anyone who thinks these games are racist are probabaly racist themself for being a tool to think so (or just attention seeking trolling mutha fuckers).

Now I kindly ask all black critics to apologize... DO IT!!!!

@lrgdup, Volomon

Context goes back on you since neither of you have any context on N'Gai. The man has written some of the most intelligent articles on the video game industry for Time. He is GOOD friends with the 1up staff and shows up on the 1upYours podcast practically once a month. He is constantly on the Gametrailers round table videos.

The dude is not a raving racist stereotyping guy.

You may say "Well why should I know about all that stuff. It doesn't interest me." but then you have no context on him and have no right to call him what you're calling him. Ironic huh?

Not to mention that if you think he's being racist or stereotyping you've TOTALLY misunderstood what he was saying. Stop being so defensive people.