On the other hand:
N’Gai’s famous quote about the Resident Evil 5 trailer was, “Wow, clearly no one black worked on this game.” My thought after winning the minor circuit belt in the new Punch-Out!! was, “Wow, clearly no one French, German, gay, or Pacific Islander worked on this game.”
I don’t want to get too deep into the weeds on this. Still, it’s odd that RE5 could provoke such a firestorm of controversy starting almost two years before its release, and Punch-Out!!, which similarly relies on questionable and outdated images as shortcuts for characterization, has so far been given a pass everywhere I’ve seen.
via Insult Swordfighting: Gettin’ punchy; or, Insult Swordfighting, ruining your fun since 2006.
Richard Clark (Co-Founder/Editor-in-Chief) has spent his entire life writing, reading, listening, and playing. He has a Bachelors in Theology from the Baptist College of Florida and has a Master of Arts in Theology and the Arts from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He lives in Louisville, KY where he is the classroom technology manager at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. In addition to writing at Christ and Pop Culture, he is also a staff writer for 
