Post by blackcrowheart on Feb 2, 2006 9:00:56 GMT -5
American Indians Call For Gun Boycott
www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=7992
Representatives of the Association for American Indian Development
(AAID) have announced the launch of a boycotting campaign against
Activision for publishing Neversoft's Western title Gun. In a
statement on website www.boycottgun.com, they complain that the game
contains "very disturbing racist and genocidal elements toward Native
Americans".
The website lists a number of specific complaints concerning the
game, including the requirement to kill and scalp Apache Indians. The
AAID also raises concerns over what it describes as the implied
righteousness of these action towards Native Americans and the
necessity to kill multiple Apaches in order to progress through the
game.
The AAID also question whether any other racial group would ever be
treated in a similar manner and complain that the alternative reality
game (ARG) used to promote the initial release failed to feature any
positive portrayal of American Indians, despite being set in the 21st
century.
The organization's complaints clearly come after a thorough appraisal
of the game than many criticisms of other high profile titles such as
Grand Theft Auto. The AAID have even gone so far as to praise the
treatment of American Indians in Rockstar's Red Dead Revolver, as
well as similar analogies in Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath.
However, Gun was released in late 2005, and its popularity on shelves
has already waned, making it less likely that any major results will
occur from this attempted boycott and petition.
POSTED: 7.08am PST, 02/01/06 - David Jenkins - LINK
www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=7992
Representatives of the Association for American Indian Development
(AAID) have announced the launch of a boycotting campaign against
Activision for publishing Neversoft's Western title Gun. In a
statement on website www.boycottgun.com, they complain that the game
contains "very disturbing racist and genocidal elements toward Native
Americans".
The website lists a number of specific complaints concerning the
game, including the requirement to kill and scalp Apache Indians. The
AAID also raises concerns over what it describes as the implied
righteousness of these action towards Native Americans and the
necessity to kill multiple Apaches in order to progress through the
game.
The AAID also question whether any other racial group would ever be
treated in a similar manner and complain that the alternative reality
game (ARG) used to promote the initial release failed to feature any
positive portrayal of American Indians, despite being set in the 21st
century.
The organization's complaints clearly come after a thorough appraisal
of the game than many criticisms of other high profile titles such as
Grand Theft Auto. The AAID have even gone so far as to praise the
treatment of American Indians in Rockstar's Red Dead Revolver, as
well as similar analogies in Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath.
However, Gun was released in late 2005, and its popularity on shelves
has already waned, making it less likely that any major results will
occur from this attempted boycott and petition.
POSTED: 7.08am PST, 02/01/06 - David Jenkins - LINK