Hey gamers! Let's all be dismissive and hostile towards minority
groups!  | No Comments | 1 TrackBack  paynoattention.jpgBecause
that's what happens every time some social issue is raised in
gamer space.  Women pointing out that gaming being overly
focused on masculine, juvenile power fantasies? Shouted down.
African-Americans cringing about that first Resident Evil 5
trailer being at best unsettling and at the worst outright
racist? Shouted down.  Muslims complaining that a song in
LittleBigPlanet features a vocal interpretation from their holy
text, which some would find terribly offensive? Shouted down.
PETA making a parody of Cooking Mama in another attention-grab
for their animal cruelty cause? Shouted down.  And now,
homosexuals vowing not to buy Shadow Complex on the 360 because
it comes from the works of noted anti-gay rights activist Orson
Scott Card? Shouted down.  This latest sortie comes barely a
week after a public service campaign - Think B4 U Speak (or some
such title marred by trendy interne