Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Resident Evil 5

Ok check this out Im sitting in the lounge messing with my laptop watching youtube videos and I happen to be sitting next to this quite large black kid who was playing his gameboy or somthing like that. Keep in mind Im half alseep waiting for Calculus to start at 6:30pm. And I decide to look up the game trailer for Resident Evil 5 ( a popular game much better than the movies about zombies and such). Well Im watching the trailer and its unraveling the plot of the game...Like ever other movie or game preview does, and the game happens to take place in africa, in which the main character of the game is white and all the africans around him become infected with the virus and they become zombies and you know the rest, kill, kill, kill. As Im watching this amazed at the graphics of the game itself I fail to notice the shocked face of this black kid sitting next to me. I dont realize anything untill he says "I can't believe they're going to allow this game to come out". At first I thought he was talking about the graphic violence in it so I replied with "Itll have to go through the ESRB for its violence rating like every other game". He then looks at me pissed off and says "No I meant the [Insert some black people rights orginization here], theyre gonna be all over to get this game banned because it one white guy killing a bunch of Africans". I dont remember what orginization he was talking about but he was pissed at the game saying it'll never come out and blah blah blah. I really didnt want to argue with him due to the fact that I was so tired but in my head i kept saying "you have to be joking...". My thought now that i look back on this subject are thats a bunch of bullshit. Its a game based on a virus that just happens to take over africa...the other games before it were all white people and some blacks too...but its a god damn game, shutup and ya know what if you dont like it dont buy it simple as that...There one game the ESRB hasnt even let come out yet b/c its so damn violent and bloody, its called MANHUNT2 which you play the main killer in a live action snuff film. But this kid was so focused on the fact that a bunch of digitall africans were the main victims to a viral infection of a GAME! And plus the company behind the game Capcom, has had a very good reputation and If any racial problems showed up in the game that brought negative attention to it, they would have changed it quickly. But this game has been in production for at least a year. And I honestly see no issues with it, but if anyone else does please let me know b/c I dont. People are just to damn sensitive sometimes...pisses me off especially if you have the choice to buy the game or not...and this kid was tellin me he loves the Resident evil series, so i bet you anything despite his attitude towards it hes gonna buy it so he can finish the series and find out how the game ends....And the Resident evil series is know for making their story lines quite believable in how they happen as in they all take place in modern day and make you believe theses things can actually happen thus the shock factor is greater for gamers, which this kid is a serious gamer...
heres the trailer.

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