Chris Williams stole the words out of my mouth.

I think we need more diversity in general instead of the usual Nathan Drake style guy with short brown hair and stubble thats in practically everything.

TJORLY

Yeah, I started playing Spec Ops today and I can testify to that popular "Nathan Drake" look.

No. Minorities are MINORITIES and shouldn't be represented as if they're 50% or 75% of the population in games or anything else. That's just pure political correctness and shoving an agenda down people's throats.

Jackc8

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No. Minorities are MINORITIES and shouldn't be represented as if they're 50% or 75% of the population in games or anything else. That's just pure political correctness and shoving an agenda down people's throats.

Ilovegames1992

Is most of the population white...?

Not the best source, I know, but I try.

type race diversity extra credits in google and watch the videos.dakan45

The video you mentioned [here] is a pretty interesting take on the whole thing. The speaker doesn't take a definitive stand on the topic, but the one statement that stuck out to me is the fact that attempting to create a minority character can actually enforce stereotypes if done the wrong way. It's certainly true. I can't really address in a timely mannor the other million things he mentioned that held good ground. :)

I think the bigger issue behind this is that we need to see a greater diversity of roles for protagonists. Or going even further back we need a greater diversity of games that can create a situation where there can be greater diversity of protagonists; a FPS where you play from the US-side automatically type-casts the protagonist into a recognisable trope. Change the situation, and the character changes, change the character and racial diversity should happen on its own.Articuno76

@thphaca who said there's no asian in videogames...Onimusha, streetfighter, tekken and mostly japanese dev gameshippiesanta

Nonetheless, you have a good point. Asians do play an important roll in that genre, but Asian protagonists shouldn't be limited to just fighting games. That's one of the points I'm trying to get across.

Firstly, I'm not here to to raise the "race card..." or maybe I am, but not in a very condescending way.

I'm fairly neutral with my stance. Some of my favorite games (FF7, Half-Life 2, Mass Effect, KOTOR, GRAW2, etc.) have somehow featured a minority at least to the smallest extent. I think we're in decent standing in terms of diversity, but maybe we can have a few games where the protagonist isn't a Caucasion male? The Walking Dead was one of the few games to do this recently and it pulled it off well IMO, paving way for some interesting dialogue and tension.

Concerning games with a "baked in" story (no customization), there's San Andreas, Mirror's Edge, Crysis 2, and many others I've missed, but generally, I rarely get to play as a Black, Hispanic, Asian or any other non-Caucasion race. No big deal to me- a game's a game. I don't believe this task should be done forcefully, as story-telling is an artform, but it would just be nice to put a different ethnic spin on things sometimes.

Many games offer the customization of your own character for race and sex. Few even go as far as to personalize the voice acting to suit your character (namely, Saints Row 3). There's no doubt that steps have been taken to personalize the experience among a diverse clientele.

What's everyone's take on racial diversity of games?

Of course it's still competent. We'd all have intel chips if it weren't.

The 955 overclocks easily right out the box. Excellent value for the price, no doubt. Comparable to the 2500k? With good cooling and a ton of OC'ing perhaps..

Saints Row 3 made me actually like the whole sandbox concept while still having a compelling story worth playing. The fact that you have your own gang makes SR3 pretty much pwn GTA4. I can't take the GTA series seriously when it comes to the story. Though SR3 isn't as realistic, it's still fun as hell in comparison.

Try adjusting the screws that hold the mobo in in the case. The slightest overtightening of a screw can pretty much make the system unbootable. I've learned this twice on two different mobos.

If all fails, start from square one and take the whole mobo out to isolate the problem.

Craigslist dude. Yeah, it's risky but the guy who gave me my current 560ti for $120 told me to always smell the back of the card to make sure it's not fried. If it's fresh, you're probably fine.

Yeah, my Asus m5a97 came with UEFI. It's quite amazing for a BIOS interface. Mine is actually very slow upon loading up, but the interface is nice.. using a USB mouse and all. Plenty of options and it's pretty interface. It's cool how there's a sort of emulation too. You can use a USB drive to emulate an optical drive or HDD, for example. I can't find a reason you'd want to, but if you did, you can. I installed Win7 via USB too (I have no optical), but alot of BIOS can do that.