Recent content by KwaggaDan

The subject is self-explanatory, I guess, but I'm interested in seeing how many of the Escapist users age going to go offline, or stay online. Feel free to share your reasoning for/against going offline; of for/against SOPA and PIPA in general. And yes, I know it was shelved recently, but...

Snip I actually just finished the game, and after the second visit I felt a little more positive. There was nothing really stereotypical about the second area. Also, MW3 is a good game. I enjoyed it.

Snip Yeah, I was suprised by the first point to. I know an Aardwolf is closer to Canines, but I always considered a hyena to be as well. OT: It has some basis, sure. I realised that. It still just grates me to always see Africa being portrayed this way. But I guess any person from a...

Yeah. I think it was one of those "This is a great idea" ideas. Now that I've sufficiently climbed off my soapbox, I still think it's silly, but now I can at least follow the reason behind it.

Yeah, I know that. The problem is so few people do, I can't reacall the game's name now, but I remember in one section you simply went to Africa (it looked like Central Africa btw). Africa is normally seen as a single country, as much as that sucks, or the problems can be linked together for...

I love how he has (a) a sword, (b) a machine gun and (c) a beard. You just know you cannot win against something that amazing...

Snip Yeah. You're right. It just gets annoying because you never see anything else, apart from Afrika (the game). But generalisations are here to stay. I can't think of any media that has escaped from it...

Yeah. I've come to that conclusion as well. I guess the lesson here is that everyone gets stereotyped in some way or another when you're represented in games. And even if the venting helps a little, it's still unlikely to change. And besides, they could have made it a whole lot worse. And yeah...

Coincidentally, when I was doing my research before writing on the topic, I came across an article where they say the Hyena is closer to the feline tree than the canine one. I see the template they used, but why not just use dogs? That's my big gripe...

I did. I know that there is hyena fights in East Africa, but the cases of proper domestication are pretty rare. No more so than successfully domesticating a lion or a tiger. Hyenas can get used to humans fairly quickly, but they are by no means tamed (or domesticated). Same goes for...

I think this thread established that everyone, everywhere has been stereotyped in gaming. Russians are always villains, Africans are backwater, Americans are crime capitals and the Japanese are weird. Honestly I can't really think of a successful game that didn't take liberties with the...

Yeah, but the domesticated hyena is just as rare as a domesticated lion. My whole point was, if they were going to use hyenas, they might just as well have used lions or elephants...

You know Africa isn't this massive hellhole right? And I'm tired of people depicting Africa as this nightmare world. Because it's not. And as for the shoe thing, we're talking about cultural stereotypes. Which is different from a shoe thread. Something along the lines of "Why are fat people...

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I see now this was basically a venting forum. But yeah, people would be complaining if the game was overly realistic as well. I guess this is just something everyone has to take with a pinch of salt.