Posts Tagged ‘mass effect’

Have you become attached to the characters in Mass Effect? Couldn’t hold back the desire to continue the story alongside them? Me either.

While eagerly awaiting Mass Effect 2 thoughts came to the mind of many fans: “will they return?” or “maybe they will  be  replaced with others for the sake of the story?”.

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February is Black History Month. As an African-American I want to take this opportunity to study some of the issue surrounding games and the portrayals of African characters or those with African heritage. I’d like to make comparisons between stereotypical, defective and one-dimensional characters like Barrett and Augustus Cole and more complex, but still problematic characters such as Carl ‘CJ’ Johnson. I’m also going to pick out some positive black characters in other entertainment media, as well as a precious few in games.

Also, I’ll argue that more rounded African-American or African-diaspora characters are a commercial imperative for game-makers, as the audience for games becomes more racially diverse. And I’ll explore how the marketing of games is changing, as personal modification of player-characters becomes more prevalent.
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