All: Activision responds to accusations of racism

NCXCStud · 02-February-06, 10:24 AM

Publisher defends depiction of Native Americans in GUN

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Originally Posted by GamesIndustry


	Activision has responded to accusations that PC and console title GUN promotes racism and genocide, apologising to Native Americans who have complained about the game for any offence caused. In a statement issued to GamesIndustry.biz, the publisher said: "Activision does not condone or advocate any of the atrocities that occurred in the American West during the 1800s. GUN was designed to reflect the harshness of life on the American frontier at that time." Full story at GamesIndustry

Foe · 02-February-06, 11:16 AM

FFS! It is a game, and during that time that Gun is set in cowboys and Indians were not buds. How can that be depicted in a negative way? It was what it was.

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02-February-06, 11:16 AM		#2 (permalink)
Foe Apex Tech God	FFS! It is a game, and during that time that Gun is set in cowboys and Indians were not buds. How can that be depicted in a negative way? It was what it was.