Hot, Spicy Racism

14. April 2008 by the author.

N’Gai Croal opened his gob to talk about the Resident Evil 5 trailer recently. He spoke at length about how Africa is portrayed as a dark and dangerous place, how the trailer is reminiscient of racist imagery from the past, and how blowing holes in shambling, infected, murderous black Africans is different from blowing holes in shambling, infected, murderous white Spaniards. This may have been a specific dig at Yahtzee Croshaw of Zero Punctuation fame, as he (the Aussie) pointed out several months ago that little has actually changed since the fourth numbered installment of the series. Arrive in country X, pick up the inane but roller-coaster plot as you go, and blow away an astonishing number of zombified locals en route to whatever MacGuffin you’re dealing with this time. Read the rest of this entry »

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