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May 5, 2008

A handful of games and the criticisms that have been leveled against them.

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

Criticism: The lead character, who is white, goes around killing characters that appear to be black, Latino, and Asian.

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

Criticism: The game encourages players to kill Haitians and Cubans

Carnival Games

Criticism: Players can change the clothes and hairstyles of their avatars but not their race.

Resident Evil 5

Criticism: The trailer shows a white man gunning down zombified black people.

LocoRoco

Criticism: The evil characters are black with big lips and hair that appears to be Afros or dreadlocks.

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