The first time I saw the new Resident Evil 5 trailer, I was simply in awe. Sure, I suck at them and usually get to a point where I'm too scared to finish playing the games to completion, but I always end up buying the new ones it seems. However, watching it a second time, though I was still in awe, I had the feeling someone would cause a fuss about this, seeing the game as nothing more than a white person shooting black people. Does this writer have a point? Why was this issue not brought up by Spaniards with the fourth game? Can people not overlook race to see zombies (or zombie-like people)?

From the article:

Capcom’s Resident Evil 5 hasn’t even got a release date, but it’ s already drawn the ire of a blog devoted to African women.

Black Looks calls into question the game’s setting as depicted in the trailer, first shown at this year’s E3 in Santa Monica:

The new Resident Evil video game depicts a white man in what appears to be Africa killing Black people. The Black people are supposed to be zombies and the white man’s job is to destroy them and save humanity…

This is problematic on so many levels, including the depiction of Black people as inhuman savages, the killing of Black people by a white man in military clothing, and the fact that this video game is marketed to children and young adults. Start them young… fearing, hating, and destroying Black people.

Read the full article over at gamepolitics.com