Travelling through space and time in a police box requires white skin, according to several Internet morons today. As Ncuti Gatwa began his stint as the new Doctor, lots of angry idiots have spent …
I tried to be upfront with the fact that I know nothing real about the game. If he’s the main protagonist, I could see that being a thing. If he’s just a character in the cast, then no, that wouldn’t be particularly sensible.
I don’t think it would be totally unfair for people to feel less than fully represented by someone who doesn’t look like them, even if they’re a legitimate historical figure. He’s also not a native historically either. Japan in particular does have a lot of racist tendencies, as far as who’s considered Japanese, to add to the issue.
If the Japanese didn’t think this guy represented the history of Japan very well, then why did they go through the trouble of representing him in their history to this day, for more than 400 years?
I think I heard a Youtuber bitching about this saying that the black samurai (based, probably very loosely, on an actual historical character) is one of two playable characters.
It is my understanding it’s an Assassin’s Creed game, of which I’ve never played a single one and will continue to not play them. I don’t like how Ubisoft treats their customers or their employees, so I am not a customer of theirs.
I tried to be upfront with the fact that I know nothing real about the game. If he’s the main protagonist, I could see that being a thing. If he’s just a character in the cast, then no, that wouldn’t be particularly sensible.
Why would it be a thing for the game about Japanese history to have a protagonist from Japanese history?
I don’t think it would be totally unfair for people to feel less than fully represented by someone who doesn’t look like them, even if they’re a legitimate historical figure. He’s also not a native historically either. Japan in particular does have a lot of racist tendencies, as far as who’s considered Japanese, to add to the issue.
If the Japanese didn’t think this guy represented the history of Japan very well, then why did they go through the trouble of representing him in their history to this day, for more than 400 years?
I think I heard a Youtuber bitching about this saying that the black samurai (based, probably very loosely, on an actual historical character) is one of two playable characters.
It is my understanding it’s an Assassin’s Creed game, of which I’ve never played a single one and will continue to not play them. I don’t like how Ubisoft treats their customers or their employees, so I am not a customer of theirs.