You try to get out... (Gaming)

by davidfuchs , USA, Thursday, August 15, 2013, 13:21 (4121 days ago) @ Xenos

Ok - firstly, I suspect we're probably not using the same definition of politically correct.

Secondly, I don't think I accused Infinite of being a racist game - or if I did, what I should have said was "no more racist than any other game in the society we live in". I think it tries to do well, bringing in named black characters. It gets a star for that.

I just think that the story it tells with black characters (and white characters) is pretty shite, and in bringing up the racism card itself, it cannot then escape examination about race by saying "ah but that's not what we were going for".

And now I really will depart from this thread.

Okay, I understand, I wasn't trying to get offensive. The response to the article posted was pretty separate from your complaints (at least for me, can't speak for everyone). Generally I use the definition of PC from Wikipedia which tends to talk about it as Padraig did in his reply to my previous comment which is a language that is appropriate for businesses and politicians because they are a public mouth-piece, but isn't (usually) very helpful in everyday life. I just to speak for at least myself (and I assume davidfuchs too) that we weren't saying you shouldn't speak to people respectfully, but merely saying it shouldn't be an obsession and something that we dance around.

That's more or less my viewpoint, too. As for judging a work of art beyond its intent, we'll have to agree to disagree.