Despite the outrage many express over sexism in video games/gaming circles and the number of women to be rescued, etc., there doesn't seem to be any outrage heard about the shitty way black people are represented in video games. There are tons of strong female protagonists, but just take a look at the very few black protagonists.
http://www.mobygames.com/game-group/pro ... t,0/so,1a/
Only a handful of these games qualify as decent, and good ones even rarer (GTA:SA, Todd McFarlane's Spawn was good to me, OK to many others).
This is not to mention the piss poor representation of blacks, and I'm not even talking about the overt national stereotypes, seen even now in video games. And then you have in various fantasy games - Bethesda is best at this - races that correlate negatively with real peoples of color. The Redguard are clearly Moorish, and -in Oblivion - have less intelligence and - in Skyrim - are athletically exceptional.
Resident Evil 5 is something that has been hacked to death, but then there's the controversy surrounding Bioshock Infinite, concerning which I'm simply shocked that many of you didn't pick up on when you issued it your GotYs (or top 5s or whatever).
http://starburp.tumblr.com/post/4688248 ... when-white
Will racism in video games ever receive the attention that sexism has?