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As much as we love Japan, they do seem to be about 30 years behind the rest of the world in the area of political correctness. And while it may be wrong to stereotype Japan in an article about cultural insensitivity, we can't help but notice their domination of the game industry has led to some hilariously cringe-inducing moments. We're talking about games like... #6.
Vendetta (1991)
In the Japanese version of this Sega Genesis game, men clad in leather chaps and a bushel of chest hair daintily stroll up to your character and attack. And when we say "attack," we mean "dry hump you from behind."
If there are two of these leather-clad enemies on the screen simultaneously, the other one will sometimes hump a light pole until the bulbs drop on his head, bludgeoning him.
Gay or straight, if two people are so horny that they're willing to risk their lives to have intercourse with a light pole, wouldn't common sense dictate that they'd just have sex with each other instead? And what does that say about the one guy who continues to probe a stranger's anus while he watches his friend die from blunt trauma to the skull? Maybe he's just afraid of the poison that seems to coat the genitals of gay men in Konami's Vendetta universe (your life bar drains substantially with each thrust of the attacker's hips). Almost As Bad... While Vendetta really set the bar for unrealistically flamboyant portrayals of male homosexuals, Sega's Bare Knuckle 3 (Streets of Rage 3 in the US) couldn't back down from the challenge. Thus, they gave us Ash. He slaps. He cries when he's defeated. He strikes effeminate poses, covers his mouth while giggling and bends his knees inward, all while looking every bit the Village Person.
Yet, you can measure the progress of Japanese game developer attitudes toward homosexuality by the fact that in a game made three years later, the gay character no longer humps you to death. #5.
Square no Tom Sawyer (1989)
Nintendo of Japan licensed Square no Tom Sawyer (Square's Tom Sawyer), a role-playing game developed by the future makers of the Final Fantasy series, meaning that it had met Nintendo's rigorous standards of quality. . . blackface and all.
Square no Tom Sawyer was never released in America, probably because an acute Square executive commented, "Someone, maybe an African-American, may find the blackface on Jim offensive." Hey, better safe than sorry, right?
Almost As Bad... In 1989, SETA combined racism and incoherence to get The Adventures of Tom Sawyer for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
Thankfully, there is no blackface in this adaptation. SETA opted to replace all of Twain's subtle commentary on racial inequality with giant alligators, zombies and gnomes. But then, Tom lands in what is either an underground lava cave headquarters, or Hell itself. There he encounters an American Indian straddling an enslaved brontosaurus: A few well-thrown projectiles were enough to send the filthy Injun to a watery death. The game then cuts to a young boy apparently reading these adventures in a book, his face frozen in a priceless expression of childish wonder.
#4.
Gekisha Boy (1992)
In Gekisha Boy, a young man, still reeling from the deaths of his parents, finds himself failing photography school. The dean offers him a last-ditch test where his academic career hinges upon the quality of the unusual snapshots he takes. According to Gekisha Boy, this includes: flying saucers, wind gusting up a decades-deceased Marilyn Monroe's dress and all sorts of African-Americans.
Maybe you could forgive the idea of photographing blacks as if they are exotic creatures to be glimpsed in the wild, but you'd still have to deal with the fact that in the world of Gekisha Boy, African-Americans only come in three varieties: street pimp, prostitute and Michael Jackson. Almost As Bad...
A word of advice to all future game designers: If one of your characters has even a passing resemblance to Mickey Rooney from Breakfast at Tiffany's, you have a problem. Witness this cutscene: If you're thinking the graphics there are a little too good to be from the "They Didn't Know Any Better" era of old school gaming, you're right. This is 2003's Kung-Fu Chaos, for the Xbox. And we can't blame Japan for this one, since it's from Cambridge-based developer Ninja Theory. Thankfully, their attempt to use technology to break new ground in cringingly awkward character interaction mercifully cuts off soon after the "tiny sausage" jokes begin. |
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in EA sports rugby game on the Mega Drive/Genesis, every single player was black, didn't matter what country or team. then again, every team was basically identical to play anyway.
the gay stuff in vendetta is actually surprisingly easy to explain: JAPAN
Nice one, but I think you forgot about the PS1 game "Um Jammer Lammy", whose Stage 6 was censored for religious and violent issues involving hell and the devil.
OMG, I just looked up that Custer's game on youtube, and, just, shit man! O_O
Also, I expected that kid from Speed Racer to hop in and go "Hoaaaah!" when they whipped out the bigger hot dog.
Lastly, I totally agree that if a woman gets in a fight, FIGHT BACK! (I'm a CHICK in case anyone is wondering).
Whooo for Zombie Hobbit! Thank you! "But a fight is a fight."
Women are not weak and we most definitely will fight dirty, so I see no reason why any human being shouldn't take it to us when the shit's hitting the bricks. I actually have a friend who, in junior high (for the people who had never heard of it, that's middle school, as in grade 7 and age 12) took a roll of quarters to school and used it as an informal brass-knuckle weapon.
Hardcore. At any rate, while men hitting women is culturally deemed wrong, it should be perfectly acceptable for men using self-defense or those of you who have to finish a fight (especially if you're the non-agressor in a domestic situation---the cops are gonna hate you for the whole mess anyway, live it up). Don't be afraid to headbutt a bitch.
Funny, Kung Fu Chaos was a great game
I agree with zombie hobbit...especially if the attacking female is swinging for the fences with some sort of weapon...if thats the case its fair game and she deserves to get worked over like a man would be.
I am sorry, and I now I will probably anger most of you, but not hitting women is very not-PC. If they are violent and start a fight, they shouldn't get special treatment. Women are not the weak glass-kittens as depicted in the old black and white movies. They are strong and just as dangerous(at times even more so) then men. I am not saying to slap them around for no reason. But a fight is a fight.
theyre gonna have to rewrite this list now that gtaIV lost and damned as a fucking penis in it, thats right. a dudes genetalia, in all its digital glory.
Idiot Indiana State Trooper swaps job for blowjob: watch news story here!
http://www.tokillfor.com/view_video.php
To be fair, I doubt anyone in Japan has ever seen a black person before.
Weeellll, violence against women is no more intrinsically wrong than violence against men, right? That's what gender equality means. The ancient idea of a man being ALLOWED to beat his wife because he's a man and she's a woman is what was the enemy all this time. If a woman comes at you determined to reduce your face to pulp, as in the video games, the only sensible gender-correct thing is to return the favour. What are you gonna do, refuse to hit her because she's a girl? What's wrong is that the female enemy in the game shows some alluring cleavage while getting the shit knocked out of her, which comes from the sexist habit of dressing video-game women bent on violence in scanty clothes for the amusement of men. But you must understand that when your website lusts after the computer-generated ass cheeks of the heroine from the unreleased Starcraft game, who if completed might quite reasonably be shot to a pulp while scantily clad, and then goes on to say that violence against th
I think all that needs to be said about Auntie Poulet from GTA:VC and the things she's representing/advocating is that the person providing her voice is none other than Miss Cleo.
It' tough to beat NCAA Football 2004. You could create your own team with a bunch of different options for how good your team would be. A couple of them were "Juggernaut", "Pass Happy", "Tough D", etc. The worst team of all of these was the "Academic" team that you could create. That is not what is offensive. The fact that the "Academic" team was comprised of all white players is what made it offensive, and hilarious
The article fails to mention the Mexican wrestler in on of the Punch Outs, who, literally, spits on your face when he gets serious. So screw the creators who correctly portray my nations wrestlers. At least they could have given him booze like the V. Man.
where can i get these games?fuckin great
..for some reason I couldn't keep myself from watching all 25+ minutes of YouTube video game footage in this article. What's wrong with me?
To the comment on Barret from FFVII: I'm not sure having a gun for an arm could be considered stereotypical for black people. At least, I'VE never seen that sort of thing in any case besides the Final Fantasy series.
I like how the paramedic are over there playin on the gurney while that ladies burnin in the house
want to help someone down on thier luck?
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