Make no bones about it. Racism is a plague on our society. And while it's an epidemic that should be recognized, its recognition leads to an even bigger issue. Should we publicize racism for the sake of outing it if risks bringing attention to it? Wouldn't it be better to ignore inconsequential examples of racism, because they are so insignificant they'll probably disappear on their own? If no one paid attention to racism, would racism still be relevent? With that said, here are six more racist videos games I found, complete with links to places where you, or possibly a child, could play them.
6.) Homie Rollerz
Platform: Nintendo DS. Publisher: Destineer
Homie Rollerz: Burrito-driving chili pepper burns up the road like Tobacco sauce through ass. Homies, those pint-sized toys that cost 50 cents from vending machines, served as the basis for Homie Rollerz, both in terms of its racially sensitive descriptions AND its quality. It's just too bad that Homie Rollerz depicts a burrito-driving chilli pepper and it's shit.
Homies is the brainchild of David Gonzales, a Mexican American artist. It's been argued that since its creator is of Mexican descent that the toys could not be racist against Mexicans. If this is true, then it doesn't matter what nationality the artist is. After all, the burrito-driving chili pepper is also Mexican. And that means that the burrito-driving chili pepper therefore can't be racist. In order for it to be racist, it'd have to be a Polish burrito-driving chili pepper.
5.) Total Overdose
Platform: PlayStation 2, Xbox, Microsoft Windows. Developer: Deadline Games. Publisher: Sci Entertainment (Europe), Eidos (North America).
By now, I really don't know what's racist anymore. Let's reiterate: A race cannot be racist against itself. Furthermore, Deadline Games' CEO, Chris Mottes, the company behind Total Overdose once wrote in an article with GameDaily Biz that "While we did employ [in stereotypes Total Overdose we considered [them] light-hearted and humorous, our intent was most certainly not to cast Mexican individuals in a derogatory light." So now I guess it's OK to be racist, as long as you're trying to be racist. Does that make Ethnic Cleansing both the most and least racist game ever made?
Total Overdose is filled to the brim with combos called burrito blasts, Mexican drug dealers, and dialog that spouts, "You drive, I got too many tequilas on me."
4.) Sony's PSP White Ad Campaign
Not a game, which should make it ineligible for this list. But then again, a cat isn't a ball so it should make it ineligible for a game of tennis, and that shit hasn't stopped me yet. But I digress, Sony's PlayStation Portable campaign flaunted a Caucasian woman clutching an African American woman by her jaw while the tagline "PlayStation Portable White Is Coming" loomed to their left.
There are other photos in the campaign, including one of the African American woman standing victorious over the Caucasian woman. I guess that makes it better, but it still doesn't make me want to buy a PlayStation Portable. To do something like that, they would have to do something like make software that was compelling enough to purchase. Somehow a kinda racist makerting campaign with no mention of video games doesn't make me want to buy a product that is a video game.
3.) Resident Evil 5
Platform:PlayStation 3, Xbox 360. Developer/Publisher: Capcom
Is it racist? The argument for Resident Evil 5 being racist is that you're committing genocide against dark-skinned, zombie-fied people who happen to be black. The counter argument is that it just happens that all the zombies are dark-skinned blacks, and that if you're being attacked by zombies, you're probably going to shoot them regardless of the color of their skin. It doesn't really matter. They could be purple for all you care. But of course, they're not. They're black. And you have to kill them... all. You need to shoot all the black people.
If you're concerned with the fact that this game was conceived by a number of individuals who had a say in whether or not the zombies are black... you should be. To quote industry commentator N'Gai Croal, "Wow, clearly no one black worked on this game."
2.) Border Patrol
Platform: Flash.
Duck Hunt is one of those games that screams remake. The Wii especially needs an update on that classic. Little did many know that this game already got the refurbished treatment. It's called Border Patrol. And what it lacks in your computer targets being able to move vertically, it apparently makes up with those computer targets being Mexicans running for their life from you.
It's hard to fathom why the original developers of Duck Hunt didn't include Mexican stereotypes too. Maybe it's because the developers were too busy with Italian stereotypes.
You can play it here.
1.) Super Nazi Penis Cartel Freedom Fighters 1337
Platform: Emulator. Developer: Mr. Floppy. Publisher: Mr. Floppy.
I sarcastically wrote in my article, "6 Most Tasteless Game Concepts" about a figurative Nintendo hack entitled, Super Naked Nazi Bros. Upon further investigation, I found that I wasn't far off. Super Mario Bros. 3 hack, Super Nazi Penis Cartel Freedom Fighters 1337 boasts coins lined up as swastikas, Klu Klux Klan members replacing Koopas, and a giant penis named Pilke as a protagonist.
It should be noted that the KKK members are presented as the villains. Well, sometimes. You're a member of the hooded clan until you find a penis pump, then you're a giant Jewish penis. It's confusing. And it's difficult to tell which faction, the KKK or the penises, are meant to be heroes, since it turns out that many of the bosses are just penises dressed up as KKK members. And it becomes more bewildering. Pilke is supposed to be a circumcised Jewish penis, but it gains 1-ups from KKK symbols.
It only gets better. Several of the items have been changed to fit the theme. The raccoon which would originally transform you into a Tanooki Mario is now fried chicken which transforms you into an African American penis.
The stages are separated not into levels. Instead, each one is a Reich. And they're all creatively titled. For example, Reich 2 is named Hitler Land and Reich 6 is Ass Land. Disney Land, however, is not available.
It's all meant to be a satire. Dr. Floppy wrote the following in third-person on his Web site: "Dr. Floppy wondered what would happen if someone took clichés from every lowbrow ROM hack on the planet, and combined them into a single game? This is the result. While the hack was intended as a satire of the lowbrow genre, some mistook it for a poorly-designed satire of Mario 3 itself. Needless to say, the whine & cheez segment of the ROM hacking community didn't take too fondly to this hack."
It's also brilliant. Download Super Nazi Penis Cartel Freedom Fighters 1337 and other demented hacks at the great site, Bad Hacks, found here.
— The Son of a Bit,
Jonathan Plombon
Jason(7 months ago)
Not to defend it...but I've read that RE5 DID HAVE some "black people" working on it. I think if you include RE5 you should also include RE4 because in that game you have to shoot all the Spanish people you see (who happen to be zombies/infected/whatever).
Also, other than RE5, I'm hard pressed to name a game that features an African setting AND features a black heroine character (Sheva). I think the racism issue over RE5 is SUPER lame, and even though this is a "jokey" website (that I love) I'm sad to see it get pulled into this non-issue. The game is not racist (unless of course, you count that fact that it is very anti-plagas).
Alex(7 months ago)
OK....for all the fuss about RE5 I do not think its racist. In fact its quite OK. If it was whites who were the zombies like in the first games would we count it racist? I don't think so. This is just madness.
John Davis(7 months ago)
LOL, just gotta love those racist video games.
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Jordan(7 months ago)
You are a fucking idiot. Do you only kill black people in resident evil 5? Doesn't the game depict white people aka umbrella exploiting the black man and their primitive tribes? Isn't your partner black? She talks about how fucked up it all is, or is Capcom trying to pit black people against each other? Don't just look at face value, look a little deeper, maybe play the games you are calling racist. And Where is Custer's Revenge, you know the game where you rape Indian women? By your theory resident evil 4 is racist considering everyone is fucking Spanish but somehow that didn't make the list. EVERYONE IS TOO FUCK PC you can't please everyone.
Television Voyeur(7 months ago)
What about ethnic cleansing, a game that purports to have realistic "black" sounds - which are really the noises from various birds and donkeys.
Absolutely disgusting game, and the 'feature' list is even more depraved.
Whitney(7 months ago)
I'm pretty sure the people who say RE5 is racist have probably not even actually played it.
And also... there are some white zombies mixed in with the black ones. :)
Josh(7 months ago)
So, I have to disagree with RE5 being racist. The game takes place in AFRICA. Now, I don't have any real figures to back this up, but last time I checked a majority of Africans are BLACK. This doesn't make the game racist, it makes it realistic. If RE6 takes place in Russia, is everyone going to bitch because you are shooting almost exclusively white zombies? Or what about China? It wouldn't make sense to put a different demographic of people in a location where they wouldn't be...
Chris(7 months ago)
Wow, how predictable and Tipper Gore. You really fucked up on Resident Evil 5 there, friend. The previous game was set in Spain, where according to your logic the protagonist lead the Kristallnacht against an island of Spaniards, yet I'm willing to bet you don't have an article akin to this covering RE4.
The zombies are black because it's central Africa, and central Africa is for the most part, populated with black people. The series has ventured to a pretty broad set of locations throughout the years, and Africa was bound to be included in the plot sooner or later. Previous Resident Evils also included sprite populations that one could interpret as being entirely white, and again your zeal was nowhere to be found. Your bleeding heart would be cute if it wasn't tired and misinformed.
Kevin(7 months ago)
As an African American male im super confused as to why everyone attempts to cast RE5 as racist. Sure your killing waves of black people but it was in the context of the game its a RE game people are just attempting to create controversy.
I see no one complaining about the super racist portrayal of barrot in the FF7 movie.
hmmm(7 months ago)
so, how can you tell that the black penis is "african american"? is it wearing a flag around its balls, or holding a driver's license?
Jeffrey Wang(7 months ago)
Your shitty list just wasted five minutes of my time. At least you have a bunch of commentors already rolling their eyes at your inclusion of RE5 and your insipid politically correct fussing.
Frank(7 months ago)
per Resident Evil 5. I'm so sick of people saying this game is racist just because the zombies are all black. Resident Evil 4 was set in Spain and nobody whined like little girls that it was racist against Spaniards. And all the previous RE games had WHITE zombies. That was SURELY racist against white people.
Ur face(7 months ago)
your an idiot.
would white people complain if they were shot in a game?
no
double fucking standard there.
the only 2 that are actually racist are 1 and 2
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