Comments on: The 25 Hottest Men in Gaming

By: Yum

Yum — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:25:26 +0000

I’m almost a year late for this post but Altair.. or should I say Francisco Randez (the real Altair).. is HOT!

By: Weefz

Weefz — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:46:41 +0000

[Apologies for the complete untimeliness of that response and yes, I realise that it's unlikely Angel H. is still checking this post for further comments. Still, gotta try...]

By: Weefz

Weefz — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:43:47 +0000

Hi Angel,

I was going to discuss this in more detail in my original comment but Latoya over at the Racialicious post on the same topic did it for me.

I’m not disputing Altair at all. He’s supposedly the dream-form of a modern white American male anyway.

Latoya pointed out that the Japanese characters tend to be drawn neutral and we fill in the rest ourselves. I agree – whenever I play any FF games, I don’t consciously think about the characters. As soon as a pre-rendered cut-scene pops up, I’m slightly jarred by the characters’ faces. To me, they look non-white and it’s often unexpected. Even the characters with blue eyes (eye colour is barely discernible on a PS2 anyway) – Scroll down to the pic of Tidus on the following link

http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=360

You honestly see white features there?

By: Angel H.

Angel H. — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:00:19 +0000

Weefz, most of the characters listed – except for Hwoarang, imo – have white features. Even Altair and the FF characters

By: The 25 Hottest Men in Gaming at Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:40:19 +0000

[...] by Guest Contributor Pat M., originally published at Token Minorities [...]

By: Weefz

Weefz — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:13:54 +0000

Is Japanese considered white these days? Hwoarang, Iori Yagami, Mitsuhide Akechi, Squall, Cloud, Sephiroth… They’re pale-skinned but I wouldn’t call them White.

By: tokenminorities

tokenminorities — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:32:54 +0000

dear kidkobun,

try reading the whole piece – and maybe the pieces i linked to – before talking shit.

love and peace,
pat m.

By: KidKobun

KidKobun — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:45:10 +0000

That’s ridiculous. The only white guy in any of these is Altair and even then I don’t know about his “whiteness.” Seems French or Spanish to me. Anyhow, just because they aren’t obviously Mexican or African doesn’t mean that they are simply “white.”

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:54:21 +0000

“cracka-ass-crackas”

Wow, that made me laugh out loud here at work. The librarian is lookin’ at me all weird now!

Anyhow, I agree with what you are saying. It seems that now-a-days, we can’t get past the fact that all main roles MUST be played by someone who is white. But, you know what? we do it to ourselves also.

I’m Mexican, and I notice that those in my race seemingly make fun of those who are darker, within our own race. Just look at Mexican soaps, all the leads are white while the darker people are usually the ones cleaning the houses. Look at all the games coming from Japan, with the fairer skinned characters lining up the box art.

Of course, this isn’t always the case but it seems like it is more often than not.