Oh, IGNorant.

[Hanamaru Kunikida]

So I was reading this article by IGNorant, and this caught my attention:
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/116/1168094p1.html

Within seconds of the starting the Starhawk reveal video I'm blown away. Not just by the game itself, but by how much risk Sony is taking with it.

Add to this its unorthodox lead character

It's an odd juxtaposition that looks really good together, but I'm curious how it'll sit with fans of the older games.

Graves is also interesting as a character because, in the realm of gaming, he's unique in one major way: he's black.

Say what?
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I'm told it wasn't a conscious decision, but Emmett Graves represents a woefully tiny set of black protagonists in games. Add to this his character being tainted by Rift Energy (he survives with careful implants, usually it just mutates you into monsters known as Outcasts), and there's potential for themes about stigma and persecution potentially tossed into Starhawk.

Personally, I think that sounds great and I think he's a great looking character, but I'm curious how fans will react when they're placed in the shoes of a minority. Will Graves speak to them? Will they even have the maturity to contemplate this instead of just spewing forth the typical vitriol of an Internet gaming message board?

Well, another IGNorant article by IGNorant. Is it really a problem that the main character is going be black? Oh wait, of course because San Andreas obviously "sucked", right? Oh whoa, IGN.

What is seriously the issue here? Will this be an issue as well with Prototype 2 considering the protagonist will also be black?

[Kylesico912]

Talk about Racist man. Besides this guy is IGNorant. I can make a list of video game black guys that have a leading part.

[Hanamaru Kunikida]

If anything, I think we need more Hispanic and Black protagonists, there's already some games with Asian protagonists that's why I didn't name them. I don't see the problem at all. Like, the protagonist for Shadow of the Damned is going to be Hispanic(he's Spanish) and the game is going be great and by the trailer he seems like a solid character.

[blueangel06661]

I'm offended that I have to play as a black guy.....

Seriously..Everyone should know by now journalist of any sort pretty much suck. The way they grab attention is stuff like that. This thread about it proves it's point that people will read stuff like that rather than a positive thing.

[Hanamaru Kunikida]

The different is that Starhawk is a just a new announce game, so the hype is fresh. Anything that has Starhawk on it's name it's an instant view for people, especially if they are a Warhawk fan, because people are hungry for information.

My friend who showed me this article had a conversation with the guy with article since he wanted to answer on why the guy felt to point that out, and this is what he got;


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I lol'd.