Posts tagged racist

Minecraft language update inadvertently contained racial slur (but it's fixed now)

by Jessica Conditt (Jan 28th 2012 12:00PM)

Minecraft has demonstrated some magnificent feats of community creation, but now it's also offering a lesson in the volatile side of crowd-sourcing. Changing the language to Afrikaans, spoken in South Africa and Namibia, yesterday caused the title screen to display the phrase "You are a NIGGER." As ...

Eurogamer notes racism in its Resident Evil 5 hands-on

by Alexander Sliwinski (Feb 5th 2009 9:00PM)

The Resident Evil 5 "racism issue" has reanimated itself in the latest hands-on preview by Eurogamer. The site believes the "debate is only going to get louder" once the game is released. It notes that Chris Redfield's partner, Sheva, fits neatly into the "approved Hollywood model" of a ...

Video Sandwich: July 23, 2006

by Andrew Yoon (Jul 23rd 2006 1:00PM)

Ah... the weekend. While the other Joystiq and Fanboy sites seem to offer absolutely no updates, PSP Fanboy strives to entertain you... at any cost. You should know the format of the Sandwich by now: you get two new interesting PSP videos, usually made by fans. In the middle of this video bread is ...