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Racism In Zelda

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Just when you think you beat the final boss,but there is one more boss and this one real and it requires teamwork.Gamers, both male and female no matter of what ethnicity, face a racial struggle within the game and in real life.

Gaming is a pastime that many people enjoy. With the issue of racism so prevalent in many games the gamers themselves are facing a backlash from society. If racism can be fixed by the gaming community, then with the influence gaming has on all of it’s fans, perhaps racism will cease to exist altogether.
Back in 1986 the series legend of Zelda first appeared in Nintendo’s Nes in which one of Gamings oldest recurring Villain appeared Ganondorf and series main protagonist is an Elf named Link. Many people …show more content…

Gamers are often vocal about what they want from the game developers. One study from the University of Michigan and Cambridge from researching 20 different games on four different gaming platforms( Playstation 2,Xbox,PC,Gamecube). They found that out of the 20 of the games 13 of the would-be heroes were white while 4 were in the minority. Judging from the results there is a bias towards Caucasians than minorities in the gaming industry. Clear indication that video games are almost always magazine interview from Engadget "The games industry is hurting badly as a creative medium in terms of diverse voices," Treachery in Beatdown City developer Shawn Alexander Allen told me. "We don 't see many prominent black or Latino (or really any other minority populace) representation in protagonists, critics, marketing or creators. I mention prominent because while many other cultural forms like music, movies, and writing have a dearth of black voices, they at least have people who are out there making their culture better at all levels and are very visible." (Engadget) Allen handled publishing aspects, marketing and minor game development duties at Rockstar Games from 2007 to 2012. He now owns his own studio, Nuchallenger, where he writes and designs. Nuchallenger 's About section includes the following line: "The goal is to eventually build into a company that can help train, employ and empower those who do not have voices in the games industry. Allen is biracial “He said he 'd never experienced "outright harassment," but he described scenes from his time in the industry that contained elements of harassment, or at least subtle forms of racism. Last year at E3, for example, someone asked him, "What are you?" (Engadget). Dr. Gray is an Assistant Professor at Eastern Kentucky University 's School of Justice Studies, and the founder and director of EKU 's Critical Gaming Lab, a hub for researching the immersive online environments within console gaming. She studies gaming

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