Kotaku has a running summary of an discussion taking place over twitter over whether the Tiny Tina character in
Borderlands 2 is racist, based on the white character's use of clichéd African-American slang. Some have expressed the opinion that this is "verbal blackface," and after originally resisting, lead writer Anthony Burch moved on to try to expand the discussion to see if he needed to re-work the character's dialog
in future releases.
Randy Pitchford's take on this is that it's not racist as long as it was not written by a racist: "@reverendanthony tina is not racist because you are not racist. You're a pillar of tolerance and inclusion." Thanks nin.
Here's this week's report of the 10 bestselling games on
Steam:
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Dragonborn
- Hitman: Absolution
- Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
- Antichamber
- Sleeping Dogs
- Omerta: City of Gangsters
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Arma II: Combined Operations
- Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Season Pass
- DmC: Devil May Cry
Happy Groundhog Day! Neither of the local celebrity rodent weathermen,
Punxsutawney Phil and
Staten Island Chuck, saw their shadows, a harbinger of early spring. Actually I assume it's other people looking for their shadows, as who can really see into the mind of a groundhog? And I don't know how it worked out like that, because it was sunny around here, but I'll take an early spring.
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