Thomas Jentzsch Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Really? What do you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 I think every claim he makes is a gigantic "stretch" and he's obviously utilizing confirmation bias with each game. You can find racism or really anything you want to in anything.....provided you simply look hard enough. He's looking very, very hard. I mean, he's stating that in Basketball the players are purposely racially biased because when you switch the console to black and white mode the players are......wait for it.....black and white. He asks why it couldn't be brown. Uhh, because that's not how black and white mode, or black and white televisions work? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 This guy has problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roland p Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 (edited) Someone should hack Basketball for that guy so the players are skin-colored. Oh wait, then it looks like they're butt naked... Edit: and the matching lines and scores would be skin colored too, emphasizing the difference in color even more... Edited July 8, 2013 by roland p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Don't feed the Troll, peoples. I wouldn't take a web page seriously that starts with the words "Atari Poop" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted July 8, 2013 Author Share Posted July 8, 2013 (edited) This guy has problems. I tend to think he is just pretending. But then, the Internet is full of strange people. EDIT: He is definitely pretending. Edited July 8, 2013 by Thomas Jentzsch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 I think that page was supposed to be funny not serious. On a more serious note, was there a 2600 game that had a 'black' player? Early 2600 games were way too primitive to really allow for it, but later ones could. Maybe RS Boxing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustygraves. Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 this fool needs to lay off what ever designer crack it is he smoking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Everyone who thinks this is a joke is ENABLING RACISM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted July 8, 2013 Author Share Posted July 8, 2013 Everyone who thinks this is a joke is ENABLING RACISM! He is trying to be funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarifanjay Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 "Raciscm". I agree with Tempest; I believe this was supposed to be a humorous article. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 He is trying to be funny. But then he's just marginalizing real racism claims! He's making a joke of everything with his cisgendered white privilege! Does he not realize just how joke privileged he is, and he's offending those that are "less humor-abled"? How dare he! [This is what Reddit users actually believe.] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zwackery Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 I think that page was supposed to be funny not serious. On a more serious note, was there a 2600 game that had a 'black' player? Early 2600 games were way too primitive to really allow for it, but later ones could. Maybe RS Boxing? Didn't Activision Boxing feature a "black" character and a "white" one? And don't get me started about Othello! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 And don't get me started about Othello! What does Shakespeare have to do with this? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sqoon Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 (edited) What about the Eskimo who jumps across ice flows in Frostbite? If that isn't racial profiling, nothing is. Edited July 8, 2013 by sqoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofrills100 Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Represent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nofrills100 Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Lol... Stumbled upon this. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 (edited) He seems to be confusing racism with stereotyping IMO. Why does Chuck Norris wearing a white karate outfit lump him in with the KKK? Edited July 9, 2013 by AtariLeaf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulBlazer Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 The thing I'd agree with the article on is Custers Revenge. Bad game all around, for many reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Dart Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Really? What do you think? It's a joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAtarianGuy Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 The author of that article is a joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLegend Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 (edited) Some additional information for you folks, to confirm one thing: Yes, it is satire. The Atari Poop series is a weekly column that satirizes Atari 2600 games. Here is the link to the whole series, if you would like to check out some samples. And here are some specific examples, to further drive home the point. One of my favorites is when he cites Body Harvest (an ugly Nintendo 64 game) as being the worst-looking Atari 2600 game ever. Here is one where he displays his specialty, which is concocting outrageously absurd explanations, often of a conspiratorial nature, as to the "true" motives of an Atari 2600 title: Asteroids, which is actually a simulation of being a teenager. His most recent entry is Pitfall!, and you can read the opening paragraph where he lets readers peek behind the curtain and pretty blatantly explain his prior methods. I have subbed for him a few times; most recently, I wrote about Radar Lock... and made the silly claim that it was used to train American fighter jet pilots. In other words: Yeah, they are humor pieces, but we totally understand that satire is not for everyone! So reading through this thread, as his editor, is very amusing. We occasionally catch some flak when Atari fans read one of his articles and fail to realize that it is just for humor, not reality. Some people are REALLY SUPER SERIOUS and actively dislike him for writing these humor pieces. Whatever the case may be, we at 1MoreCastle just love old video games, and I think we can agree on the greatness of the hobby. I apologize, though, if we occasionally ruffle some feathers in an unpleasant manner! But, yes, that's totally why the series is called Atari Poop: It's bullsh*t. [ Edited just to add my own personal example. ] Edited July 9, 2013 by NintendoLegend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Dart Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Some additional information for you folks, to confirm one thing: Yes, it is satire. Heyo, glad to see it spelled out for all the nutcases and loonies here. We have a freakin' lot of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cebus Capucinis Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Heyo, glad to see it spelled out for all the nutcases and loonies here. We have a freakin' lot of them. Stop expressing your sane privilege! You're marginalizing my unique trans-schizophrenic worldview, REPRESSION! OPPRESSION! I am going to go loudly blog about this! Okay, I'm done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLegend Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Heyo, glad to see it spelled out for all the nutcases and loonies here. We have a freakin' lot of them. Haha, no problem. Like I said, every once in a while one of his articles will get attention like this, and by now we just get a kick out of. One quick funny story: When we launched the site, he was one of our first writers, and that Asteroids piece was his first contribution. I remember having to do some damage control that day on Twitter, trying to explain to people that he doesn't actually believe that Asteroids is a teenage simulator. Lol. All in good fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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