Yet Another Reason To Question The Thing We Spend 3 Billion Hours A Week Doing

Food for thought: Do you see many people of color in the video games you or your kids play? Yeah, me neither. Find out a couple of logistical reasons why it’s harder to create characters who aren’t white at 1:55 and 3:08. They’re definitely legitimate reasons, but they’re also not good enough reasons. Wondering why…

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Nov 18, 2013

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