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Captain Obvious: Racial bias exists in virtual worlds

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2008-09-12 06:03:29 by Jim Sterling in Destructoid - Hardcore video game blog
...racial ... differences ... exist online just as much as it does in the real world That said, researchers often feel a need to prove what we already know. Paul W. Eastwick, a graduate of Northwestern University, decided to conduct a study to prove that racial bias exists in online virtual worlds. That's racial bias , not racism as some people...
 
Tags: racial bias, racial bias exists, racial, percent increase, people, increase, percent, online virtual worlds, fairly imprecise test
 
 
 
 
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Exclusive screenshots of Vanguard's new racial mounts

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2008-04-18 12:45:00 by Michael Zenke in Massively
...racial mount coming to Vanguard : Saga of Heroes in Game Update 5 . The newest chunk of content for the game will be arriving on the test server very soon, and these racial mounts are one of the content drop's big selling points. Each race is going to have its own mount, which will be earned through faction questing for the race's capital...
 
Tags: vanguard, racial mounts, in-game, system, faction system, game, mounts, vanguard game, faction
 
 
 
 
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Massively: Exclusive screenshots of Vanguard's new racial mounts

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2008-04-18 13:03:05 by Editor in VirginWorlds MMO News
...racial mount coming to Vanguard : Saga of Heroes in Game Update 5 . The newest chunk of content for the game will be arriving on the test server very soon, and these racial mounts are one of the content drop's big selling points. Each race is going to have its own mount, which will be earned through faction questing for the race's capital...
 
Tags: vanguard, racial mounts, in-game, system, faction system, game, mounts, vanguard game, faction
 
 
 
 
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Resident Evil 5 wasn't altered after racial kerfuffle

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2008-06-04 00:00:00 by Alexander Sliwinski in Joystiq
...racial insensitivity haven't affected the game's design. Takeuchi tells the site that the team didn't "set out" to make a racist or political statement and he feels there was a misunderstanding about the initial trailer Takeuchi says there are Arab and Caucasian targets for Chris Redfield's bullets in RE5 and insists they were always going...
 
Tags: resident evil, initial trailer, takeuchi tells, takeuchi, blackwhite racial tensions, japanese developers, microsoft xbox, chris redfield, sony playstation
 
 
 
 
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DeathKnight no racial choice

2008-01-10 20:11:04 by Editor in WoW Juju
 
Source We don't currently plan on limiting racial choice for when you create your Deathknight. You don't turn your character into a Deathknight, but instead create a new one, yes
 
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Gears of War's Cole singled out as a racial stereotype

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2008-04-10 10:15:00 by Dustin Burg in Xbox 360 Fanboy
...racial stereotype finger at Epic Games When asked his opinion on how black Gears of War character Cole Train is portrayed in the game, Gray responded by saying "Cole Train is basically like every other effin' black character in a video game. Like here comes the urban stereotype. Where is this 1990's - not even 2000 - black slang, where does...
 
Tags: character, black character, cole train, gray, urban stereotype, morgan gray, racial stereotype finger, reinforce dumb stereotypes, video game
 
 
 
 
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Veni, Vidi, Bloggi: Vanguard Racial Mounts!

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2008-05-28 23:21:26 by Editor in VirginWorlds MMO News
...racial mount quests. Supposedly it involves a lot of faction grinding and obtaining random npc drops, so we'll see how it actually turns out. Still debating whether I want to try for one of these or the unicorn mount already in game. Here's some pics Ok now that lobster looks a bit corny. The bottom pic is what my main barbarian would be...
 
Tags: random npc drops, racial mount quests, main, main barbarian, bottom pic, unicorn mount, game, bit corny, lot
 
 
 
 
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MMO Avatars Affected By Racial Discrimination

2008-09-19 03:28:41 by Editor in MMOsite Gaming News
 
A Northwestern University study found out that virtual avatars created by MMO players are subjected to the same level of racial discrimination as their real world lookalikes, reported by Ars Technica
 
Tags: racial discrimination, northwestern university study, real world lookalikes, mmo players, virtual avatars, ars technica, level
 
 
 
 
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Vanguard Game Update #5

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2008-04-26 09:42:08 by caliga in MMO Gamers
...racial mounts. Therell be one for each of the 18 races which you can get by grinding faction and doing a quest at levels 30 and also level 50. So a total of 36 new mounts added to the game. You can find the list of mounts here Game Update #5 Racial Mounts Class Updates Anti-Hitching New Particles 1. RACIAL MOUNTS We have added a unique racial...
 
Tags: awesome mounts, mounts, racial mounts, faction based quests, faction, faction registrar, races, races mount, mount
 
 
 
 
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WarCry Network : Latest News: Vanguard: Sneak Peek at Update 5

2008-04-18 20:29:05 by Editor in VirginWorlds MMO News
 
...racial mounts Hey all! You should expect to see Game Update 5 on the Test sever after the weekend! Below is an outline of the main features included in the final update - please note though that they are not all fully implemented yet. As you play through the content on the test server, please keep an eye open for any bugs and be sure to...
 
Tags: racial mounts, vanguard, mounts, faction, faction based quests, quests, mount, official vanguard sitea, unique racial mount