• WideningGyro [any]@hexbear.net
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        5 months ago

        Whatever site that is really knows their audience. Not only is Yasuke, famously a real human being who actually lived and was black, “originally depicted as a black man”, the mod also apparently turns him into an “authentic Japanese character”. Which is apparently a more fitting description for whatever generic Japanese dude the modders think up than an actual historical figure. Christ.

  • DiscoPosting [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    5 months ago

    joyce-messier — “According to our survey across various platforms, it was revealed that certain modders are actively developing a means to transform Yasuke, originally depicted as a Black man in the latest Assassin’s Creed installment set in Japan, into an authentic Japanese character.”

    de-reaction-speed [Trivial: Success] — The run-on chaff breezes past you, leaving only the core conceit. “Depicted as”. Changing him “into an authentic Japanese character.”

    de-conceptualization — Certainly takes far less imagination to view a Black samurai as a Black samurai than the tone of this article would suggest.

    de-volition [Challenging: Success] — I need you to not listen to what your instincts are about to tell you. Ignore them and walk away from this. Close the tab, close the article. It isn’t worth your time.

    de-half-light — Pull your gun.

    • -6-6-6-@lemmygrad.ml
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      4 months ago

      DiscoPosting we need you again. I miss big announcements like this weekend and seeing a disco post about it

    • prof@infosec.pub
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      5 months ago

      You can’t expect those neckbeards that haven’t touched grass in a century to understand that ethnicity is independent from citizenship.

  • Dolores [love/loves]@hexbear.net
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    5 months ago

    be pretty funny when the plot and characters bring attention to the fact yasuke is black and then some dead-eyed worse rigged background samurai model they subbed in for him stares back

    its been a long long time since i played AC but it was never very mod friendly, the closest i ever saw to replacement of characters was replacing the model with an existing one ingame, which will break customization, cutscenes and more.