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[Bob White]

It seems like most black chicks in games have hair colors that's unnatural to them (to make them look LESS black maybe). It's like if a black chick isn't in a FPS or some sports game, she will most likely have silver hair.
Bah, if you guys have pics or names of black chicks in games that prove me wrong go ahead and post them. If I'm wrong so be it. Just writing what I notice.

More fuel to the fire?

 

[Firest0rm]

I think its really sexy, if only some real black girls had white hair. That would be great.

 

[neptunes]

black chicks with white hair look too bizarre and out the ordinary.

 

[beerbelly]

I think its really sexy, if only some real black girls had white hair. That would be great.

Hair colors like white, green, purple and blue look presentable only in cartoons and anime. If you can really imagine a women with white hair it's actually disgusting.

 

[Culex]

Works perfectly with Storm. DO NOT CHANGE A THING!

 

[sprsk]

i have to say black chicks with platinum hair (atleast in video games) is pretty damn hot.

 

[XS+]

The black girls in JSR/JSRF were 'hip' and 'cool,' and they had regular hair. And I think that's the only example in videogamedom.

 

[Neutron Night]

Hair colors like white, green, purple and blue look presentable only in cartoons and anime. If you can really imagine a women with white hair it's actually disgusting.

Have you seen the X-Men movies?

 

[XS+]

Have you seen the X-Men movies?

Have you seen real life?

They can make anything look good in movies. Real life examples look horrid.

 

[beerbelly]

yes and imo they are disgusting so stop trying to use the stereotypical internet-user-who-don't-go-outside argument.

 

[Tellaerin]

Hair colors like white, green, purple and blue look presentable only in cartoons and anime.

You were never part of the oldskool rave scene, I take it.

If you can really imagine a women with white hair it's actually disgusting.

Hardly.

 

[shpankey]

Have you seen real life?

 

[Mike Works]

It's simply a contrast or optional fashion choice. Some white girls have/want black hair, so some black girls want white hair. Also, it's a way to differeniate yourself from the norm, considering pretty much all black/asian people are born with black hair.

 

[explodet]

Black woman, white hair, real life.

 

[Lyte Edge]

I don't see how it's any different than all the Japanese characters with red/blue/green/yellow/etc. hair in all the other games.

 

[Ranger X]

The chick from MGS2 and from X-men are black chicks yeah right...

 

[Socreges]

Black woman, white hair, real life.

Wow, that really IS hot.

 

[AlphaSnake]

Some of those characters aren't black, btw.

 

[radios shipping overview]

The FFXII chick isn't black. She's...uh...rabbit-people. Viera.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

the girls from SF3 and VF4 are Brazillian, correct, wouldn't that make them black?

 

[belgurdo]

Hair colors like white, green, purple and blue look presentable only in cartoons and anime. If you can really imagine a women with white hair it's actually disgusting.

There are tons of people (of all races) that have white hair, and they look fine.

 

[XS+]

Elena (SF3) isn't Brazilian, but Christie from Tekken is (aslo with regular dark hair).

 

[radios shipping overview]

the girls from SF3 and VF4 are Brazillian, correct, wouldn't that make them black?

Elena (SF3) is from Kenya, and Vanessa's country of origin is unknown, AFAIK. If they were Brazilian, that would make them Brazilian.

 

[DarienA]

Truly I say unto you... this... is a dumb thread.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

brazillian would be their nationality. thats not a race.

 

[btrboyev]

um..there are black people in brazil, but brazillians are not black.

 

[NotMSRP]

Urban Chaos has a black chick with black hair and is the star of the game.

 

[neptunes]

Urban Chaos has a black chick with black hair and is the star of the game.

but that wasn't the point of the thread.

 

[NotMSRP]

but that wasn't the point of the thread.

Read the OP's post again.

 

[RiZ III]

its a good contrast.

 

[Barnimal]

i cant wait util games look like this

 

[RiZ III]

theres a lot of games with plastic graphics.

 

[Mejilan]

Too many games already look plastic and fake.

 

[Barnimal]

IMO that doesnt look plastic and fake. its the clarity and the depth of field in that camera shot. i cant wait until games can do camera effects and still remain sharp just like that photo. all the effects added today make games look plasticy or blurry or washed out.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Raven couldn't be anymore of a Wesley Snipes ripoff...

I don't know what the deal is, but I don't mind it.

 

[WasabiKing]

 

[TekunoRobby]

Most of the pictures you've shown were from Japanese artists. It's definitely not a racial issue, it's more of a cultural difference in how they choose to portray people.

Though I'm quite sure for every black woman with white or discoloured hair I'm sure you can find just the same with a common hair color in another game. A lot of western designed games seem to have characters with more "traditional" hair colors.

 

[Dujour]

I know that some people from the carribean that have dark skin and have blonde hair. btw, the only characters on that list that it works for are Storm (since the 70's, damn it) and Fortune.

 

[Tellaerin]

Though I'm quite sure for every black woman with white or discoloured hair I'm sure you can find just the same with a common hair color in another game.

Nice way of putting it. Why don't you tell all the sisters out there who bleach or dye that their hair is 'discoloured'? And let us know what they say when you tell 'em, too.

 

[TekunoRobby]

Nice way of putting it. Why don't you tell all the sisters out there who bleach or dye that their hair is 'discoloured'? And let us know what they say when you tell 'em, too.

I meant within the context of videogames only! I know I'll get a beating from any woman if I say that to them.

EDIT: I really meant to say "altered hair color." HEE HEE

 

[Belfast]

Yeah, half of those girls aren't even black and Storm isn't even originally a video game character and was conceptualized by a Western artist, so you can't chalk her up to racial misunderstanding (the white hair thing has a lot to do with lightning/thunder gods, too).

Also, Fortune's hair is blonde not white and what's his name from DoA has green hair. Considering he's sort of a raver/DJ type, its not really surprising.

That leaves us with Raven, who looks kind of like Wesley Snipes anyway (and he had similarly-colored hair at one point, right?) and Elena.

Besides, I see a lot of black girls (and other people in general) with various forms/levels of coloration in their hair. Its not all pitch black.

 

[FriScho]

In fact, this is biological possible. Some aboriginals in Australia are black with blonde hair. Contrast is beautiful. That's why the eyeliner was invented

 

[The Faceless Master]

I know that some people from the carribean that have dark skin and have blonde hair.

yah, i do too... but they're the exception...

 

[The Faceless Master]

yah wesley had blonde hair in demolition man...

and zack also has red hair, and a bald look too...

 

[Ninja Scooter]

um..there are black people in brazil, but brazillians are not black.

eh?

 

[Notorious]

I think he means that the real Brazilians are Indians

 

[Gattsu25]

Vanessa = HOT

 

[Mock]

I don't know, but they look hot with white hair. Even the white chicks do. Just look at Ivy from Soul Calibur - hot! Christie from DOA - hot!

White hair on young, fictional women with comic book anatomies = hot. Its like a rule or something.

 

[Alcibiades]

wow, I'd never noticed that...