Racial Comments Trouble Philly Games Writer

September 15, 2007 -

My buddy Rob Watson, with whom I share video game coverage chores at the Philadelphia Inquirer, is concerned about some gamer reactions he's read online concerning Black College Football: The Xperience.

The new PC game from Baton Rouge-based Nerjyzed Entertainment is based on the Unreal 3 engine and should launch this fall. Writes Rob:

I have always bragged about how smart you gamers are and how open-minded and kindhearted you've been in terms of how the world works. Some of you let me down over the last couple of weeks...

Various forums and message boards were littered with "Why do they need their own game?" or "If there was an all-white football game, there would be an uproar!"

Sigh.

There was once a time when these schools were all that African Americans had in terms of higher education... this new game... includes some things EA (makers of the NCAA Football series) probably never even thought about when it comes to black schools; annual classic match-ups and a Battle of the Bands competition...

Stop the hate and investigate.

GP: We haven't been tracking BCF:TX up until now. However, after reading Rob's column we did check out some postings around the Net.

While some gamers have been quite supportive of the game concept, as Rob says, others have been less than accepting. Not to single out Joystiq (whose coverage was very fair), but the 200+ comments to Justin McElroy's article on the game are a good example of the various reactions to BCF:TX.

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Submitted by monolithic (not verified) on Mon, 09/17/2007 - 21:28.

Funny that a lot of the people telling black folks to "stop whining" when they cried racism at the RE5 trailer are more than likely the same ones complaining about this historically black football game. Not trying to get into a debate with anyone, just thought I'd throw that out there.

Frankly, I think both sides are wrong.

Submitted by Ronnie James Dio (not verified) on Wed, 09/19/2007 - 20:22.

I LIKE BLACK PEOPLE FOOD. ITS LIKE REAL GOOD.

Submitted by Mulk (not verified) on Thu, 09/20/2007 - 09:00.

Not to derail the topic at hand but did anyone catch the NBC Nightly News on the 19th? It seems traditionally black colleges are getting more white and Hispanic students because African American students are choosing to go to other schools since they can pick and choose now.

Well anyways figured it might be relevant to the topic at hand.

Submitted by Ronan (not verified) on Fri, 09/21/2007 - 07:30.

So where is the problem? I went to FAMU and still get that feeling every time I hear a band strike up, or see Orange and Green. There is nothing like my college football experience on any of those other games I have played. EA wasn't there and couldn't catch that feeling if they tried. If this game doesn't do it for you, then whatever, don't play it!

HBCU's were all black once, cuz white people didn't want us in their schools. White people made the schools -- now they want to get mad that we still enjoy them, and want to promote the experience. It's seriously time to get over yourselves. I don't watch your white world and count how many all white activities you guys do every day.

Submitted by Xpect the Un-Xpected. « Ludic Dreams (not verified) on Wed, 12/05/2007 - 01:43.

[...] The article can be found here. Basically, there is a game called “Black College Footbal: The Xperience.” Xperience is the correct spelling. The game involves exactly what is sounds like; Black, as in African American, football players, and their….Xperiences. It is a football game that may or may exclusively include black players. Apparently, a friend of Dennis (which makes me immediately respect the man, for the record)named Rob Watson is not happy about the negative press the game has been getting- namely, people calling it out as racist, and that no one would tolerate a white college football experience. Rob puts it thusly: “There was once a time when these schools were all that African Americans had in terms of higher education… this new game… includes some things EA (makers of the NCAA Football series) probably never even thought about when it comes to black schools; annual classic match-ups and a Battle of the Bands competition… Stop the hate and investigate.” [...]

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Andrew Eisen: Hey, the second to last link is the relevant one!10/20/2014 - 12:29pm

Neo_DrKefka: https://archive.today/F14zZ https://archive.today/SxFas https://archive.today/1upoI https://archive.today/0hu7i https://archive.today/NsPUC https://archive.today/fLTQv https://archive.today/Wpz8S10/20/2014 - 11:21am

Andrew Eisen: Neo_DrKefka - "Attacking"? Interesting choice of words. Also interesting that you quoted something that wasn't actually said. Leaving out a relevant link, are you?10/20/2014 - 11:04am

quiknkold: ugh. I want to know why the hell Mozerella Sticks are 4 dollars at my works cafeteria...are they cooked in Truffle Oil?10/20/2014 - 10:41am

Neo_DrKefka: Anti-Gamergate supporter Robert Caruso attacks female GamerGate supporter by also attacking another cause she support which is the situation happening in Syia “LET SYRIANS SUFFER” https://archive.today/F14zZ https://archive.today/Wpz8S10/20/2014 - 10:18am

Neo_DrKefka: That is correct in an At-Will state you or the employer can part ways at any time. However Florida also has laws on the books about "Wrongful combinations against workers" http://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2012/448.04510/20/2014 - 10:07am

james_fudge: he'd die if he couldn't talk about Wii U :)10/20/2014 - 9:16am

Michael Chandra: By the way, I am not saying Andrew should stop talking about Wii-U. I find it quite nice. :)10/20/2014 - 8:53am

Michael Chandra: 'How dare he ignore my wishes and my advice! I am his boss! I could have ordered him but I should be able to say it's advice rather than ordering him directly!'10/20/2014 - 8:52am

Michael Chandra: If GP goes "EZK, do not talk about X publicly for a week, we're preparing a big article on it" and he still tweets about X, they'd have a legitimate reason to be pissed.10/20/2014 - 8:52am

Michael Chandra: If GP tells Andrew "we'd kinda prefer it if you stopped talking about Wii-U for 1 week" and he'd tweet about it anyway, firing him for it would be idiotic.10/20/2014 - 8:51am

Michael Chandra: Legal right, sure. But that doesn't make it any less pathetic of an excuse.10/20/2014 - 8:50am

ZippyDSMlee: You mean right to fire states.10/20/2014 - 8:50am

james_fudge: some states have "at will" employee laws10/20/2014 - 7:50am

quiknkold: It says in the article that being in florida, you can get fired regardless if its a fireable offence10/20/2014 - 7:19am

Michael Chandra: If your employee respectfully disagrees with your advice, that's not a fireable offense. If they ignore your order, THEN you have the right to be pissed.10/20/2014 - 6:49am

Michael Chandra: I... Don't get one thing. If you do not want your employee to do X, why do you tell them it's advice or a wish? Give them a damn order.10/20/2014 - 6:48am

james_fudge: A leak that had me worried about being swatted by Lizard Squad.10/20/2014 - 6:03am

james_fudge: It should be noted that the author leaked the GJP group names online10/20/2014 - 6:03am

MechaTama31: I mean, of the groups being bullied here, which of the two would you refer to collectively as "nerds"?10/19/2014 - 11:30pm

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