Is the term JRPG racist? The RPG Fanatic / JFreedan
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Two months ago I made a video that argued the term JRPG is often used in a racist way to discriminate against computer RPGs made by the Japanese. A lot of people misunderstood what I was saying. This new video should better explain what my position on the matter is.
The short version: JRPG is not a genre term. It should only be used to describe the Japanese computer RPG industry, which is composed of many different types of computer rpgs (rogue-likes, action rpgs, strategy rpgs, MMORPGs, etc). But the label "WRPG" is absolutely stupid and meaningless, and really shouldn't be used at all. "The West" is not a country.
Links mentioned in this video:
U.N. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/cerd.htm
List of non-linear Japanese computer roleplaying games
http://www.rpgfanatic.net/game-wish-list/non-linear-jrpgs
Proposal for new genre definitions
http://cmartell.blogspot.com/2011/04/proposal-for-new-genre-classifications.html
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4 comments:
I'll be honest, the fact that "The West" is so fixated on using the same coats of paint when it comes to OGL (with a couple rare exceptions) is one of the main reasons I have such a miniscule collection of so-called "WRPGs". If they really want to insist on using OGL....fine; but i'd suggest (dead horse, I know) using cases like the Crafty Games, True20, Mutants & Masterminds, or Pathfinder.... games that have tried to fix 3.5's flaws in their own way.
Yeah, I own several PDFs of OGL games (I don't list the PDFs on my website; maybe I should?) like Mutants and Masterminds and FantasyCraft. These systems have a lot of improvements over 3.5 and would be interesting to see as a Computer rpg.
why can I not watch the video? Youtube blocks me. :(
@PornoPiet: I looked into this. Germany apparently doesn't want anyone to show pictures of the KKK, so even though my video is anti-hate groups, someone flagged the video as having content that shouldn't be shown in Germany.
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