Categories
Assassin’s Creed exec: Japan devs’ stories criticised less because of journalists’ “subtle racism”
“Subtle racism” within the games industry means Japanese developers aren’t criticised as much for storytelling in video games as their Western competitors are. “It’s condescending to do this,” according to Alex Hutchinson, creative director of the Assassin’s Creed series. He said some Japanese games’ stories were “literally gibberish”, but that journalists forgave and even praised them. But then a Western game like Gears of War comes out, and its story is picked apart by the same bunch.Read more…
You May Also Want To Read:
