While most gamers are concerned with the tracking system (or lack thereof), battles, trading, and myriad other aspects, the feminist publication Jezebel has taken issue with the game’s lack of curly hair, of all things.
Oh, good grief..!
A new piece titled “The Invisible Girls of Pokemon Go” makes an attempt to imply that the game’s developers at Niantic are racist, or at the very least blind to “diversity,” for having limited options for skin tones and none for hair styles.
The article’s author complains that her children and their friends “could not create a realistic avatar for themselves,” as if anyone else is able to do so without issue.
Because that's the most important thing about a game. Clearly.
Given that every individual player in the game resembles a crude character done in the style of Japanese anime — without any of the flair found in Japanese media, it’s difficult to fault a small company operating on a limited budget like Niantic for not including more detailed customization options, especially when the present game is as barebones as it is.
It is for most people, yes, but these folks practice a lot, and they are
good at it!
With any luck, Pokemon Go will eventually offer more support for character customization, but Niantic has far more pressing issues to deal with for the foreseeable future if they intend to make the game sustainable in the long run. Accusing the developers of erasing black girls betrays a sense of paranoia over developers who simply don’t have the time or resources to work on an element so far down their list of priorities.
They are pretty good at inculcating a sense of paranoia too. If only they put half as much effort into playing (and enjoying) games, they might be happier people...
It appears when a nation does not have a Stasi then it creates equivalents. SJWs, Feminists, Progressives, and the like all spying on and policing us and keeping us on their righteous paths. No deviation from their ideologies for us. Perhaps they should print little books light red for progressives, very red for SJWs, rainbow colour for the LGBT brigade, black for BLM and so forth of course white would never do for any of them. Religions have their scriptures in book form so why not them as they are as fervent in their cause as any religious zealot. Then we could wave them in adulation as they passed by or at rallies.
ReplyDeleteShe used to follow my blog. Hard to believe, eh?
ReplyDeletePerhaps the people that whine like babies would like to creature those textures for the game players to use free of charge and without royalties or liabilities, with attribution of course.
ReplyDeleteLet the game makers make the mods they need to the games and improve the enjoyment for everyone instead of spending time working for a few loud mouthed whiners.
the first person who walks up to me and says:
ReplyDeletefuckity fuck fuck are you Dickie Doubleday the cunt?
wins £500....payable over 12 monthly instalments collected in person at the Lacon Arms Hemsby on the last friday of the month (pool night).
What is it about the word, "Game" that these muppets do not understand. Hint: it's not real
ReplyDelete"It appears when a nation does not have a Stasi then it creates equivalents."
ReplyDeleteI bet there are no SJWs in North Korea...
"She used to follow my blog. Hard to believe, eh?"
Really..?!
"Perhaps the people that whine like babies would like to creature those textures for the game players to use free of charge and without royalties or liabilities, with attribution of course."
These people can't create anything that people want. Brianna Wu is a prime example.