Apparently, Medieval-Themed Video Games ‘Legitimize’ ‘White Supremacy’

National Review Online ^ | July 22, 2015 | Katherine Tempf

[C19fan]

If you like playing medieval-themed video games, you might not be just some harmless nerd — you might be a nerd who is also kind of a white supremacist. At least that’s the opinion of Victoria Cooper, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Leeds in England, who presented a paper titled “Playing Politics: Exploring Nationalism and Conservatism in Fantasy Video Games” at the International Medieval Congress earlier this month. “The Middle Ages is a space where white supremacy is legitimized,” Cooper said, according to an article on Medievalists.net. “The maintenance of white privilege. The gamer community use ‘historical facts’ to legitimize this kind of literacy.”

[BitWielder1]

Another truckload of trash from people who see racism in daylight and shadows.

[Pearls Before Swine]

This is a Ph.D worthy topic? Snort.

[left that other site]

There are plenty of Serfs, Varlots, Vassels, Oafs, and Esnes of the Caucasian Persuasion who would beg to differ! LOL!

[Old Sarge]

Everything is RAAAAcist...

[BigCinBigD]

All these weirdos coming up with this garbage need to be punched in the head and told to sit down and STFU!

[Boogieman]

Basically a bunch of whiners are upset that there aren’t a lot of black people running around Middle Earth.

[LambSlave]

The gamer community use ‘historical facts’ to legitimize this kind of literacy...

LoLoL!! We can't have that now can we.

[Red Badger]

Way before there were any video games there was a board game that you played as one of the sides in ‘The War of the Roses’, House of Plantagenet or House of Lancaster/ House of York. It was fun, and was called Kingmaker..................

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingmaker_%28board_game%29

[MrB]

Any opposition to leftism is raaayy-sisss.

[rjsimmon]

Will Ms. Cooper please list all of the great nations that have been erected out of Africa? All of the civilizations, the advances in medicine, the railroads, the airplanes, sailing vessels, freeways, and skyscrapers? How about the last time Africa sent a man to the moon?

[Mamzelle]

Game developers are old white men, and liberals. I’ll enjoy this.

[Ohioan]

Another pseudo-intellectual poseur, who has uncritically accepted the idiotic notion that it is somehow wrong for people to honor the historic achievements of their kith and kin.

Anyone who understands the difference between achievement and privilege; between legitimate pride in one's heritage and abuse of others; will recognize my point. To understand the game of academic charlatans & poseurs: Myths & Myth Makers In "higher" education.

[left that other site]

Plenty of dog-whistle-racist-sexist-white-supremicy-micro-aggression in THAT one, I’ll betcha!

[himno hero]

nawwwww,
lets just change the history file set/ library for a different “reality” game....

you are in the jungle, throwing spears at the space shuttle...

is that the “un” racist view she prefers?

[showme_the_Glory]

gibbs met dat meet whitey privilege.

[Red Badger]

It was a lot like ‘Risk’ only on a map of the UK. Players could make deals, alliances, double cross allies, and do all sorts of treachery to win the throne of England......................

[Steely Tom]

Another academic wannabee reaches for her fifteen minutes.

[Godebert]

"Basically a bunch of whiners are upset that there aren’t a lot of black people running around Middle Earth."

They're called 'Orcs' in Middle Earth.

[left that other site]

Sounds like fun! :-)