I could care less if my person was blue

The article was not that great but not for the point I see others have made. I agree that character customization exists but it is usually limited so saying that games have customization will only get you so far. Games made by Asians about a eastern country's mythology I totally understand the lack of other races since by story line, the game shall focus on the people living in that society at that time.

The article lacks the opinion of the writer. It was mainly based on something he found on the net. When he does try to give something, its totally disconnected from the article so thats where I find fault.

I will leave saying this though, in games (and on the internet) gender and race have very little value. So it really shouldnt matter what your avatar looks like, just what personality are you going to fill him with.

Ugh I wish I coudl edit to so I dont look like a noob double poster, but let's just say all the chars are asian with dif skin tones. Or no race, just a character.

No one is white. Asian with no slanty eyes or Black Asians.

"If you are a white male, the chances are pretty good that you will have something in common with the character you play in your favorite video game.

If you are a woman or ethnic minority, not so much."

Change "white" to "asian", and your first statment would eb true.  Like the others have said, this is a artical just made for seriing up somthing that does not need to be messed with.  WIth custome character creation and lots of other stuff, there is no argument.  Plus..... I play tons of RPGs, you think I ever get "mad" because I am not asian, no I dont.  Hell most games dont take place on "Earth" so they dont have to unclude anything but asians lol.

 

I could care less what color the characters are that I am playing, if the game plays good, and has a good story, then its worth my time.

Perfect World is the probably the only game where you can really try and ma king your character look like you, but it's hard. I saw a character creation that looked like Yaoh Ming.

 It is true that the racial default is typically white.This can be changed in some games depending on customization options. 

this article wasnt that great lol. most games do offer customization. and second of all, the majority of games that come from japan arent white. their asian(because there games made in japan). Theres even a black guy in the new FF game. >_> really racial stuff in videogames is fine.

OK, this is a dumb article. In an age where most games offer character customization it is really dumb to think of racial differences. Also how Hispanic can be a 12th century militiamen or an elf? How about a robot or an antropomorphic fox?

Uhh...