Comments on: Acclaim: Being Black Is Awesome!

By: This. Isn't. Sparter. | Broken Toys

This. Isn't. Sparter. | Broken Toys — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:19:17 +0000

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By: DANCE! Online: Black Is An Extra Feature » PS3 Game Players

DANCE! Online: Black Is An Extra Feature » PS3 Game Players — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:15:36 +0000

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By: Kode Prox » Dance! Online as a Black Man, Pay Extra!

Kode Prox » Dance! Online as a Black Man, Pay Extra! — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:09:25 +0000

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By: Streetwise, Gamewise, Earthbound at microscopiq

Streetwise, Gamewise, Earthbound at microscopiq — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:03:31 +0000

[...] we found out that it costs extra to be black in Acclaim’s new online dancing game. Emily Short talks pushing the text adventure envelope [...]

By: =j

=j — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:06:31 +0000

Will spenind the 1P allow me to dance without biting my lower lip? Not that I need that or anything….

By: Nicks

Nicks — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 02:59:12 +0000

I actually have the beta for Dance! Online.

The ability to be African American costs 1P.

Yes, they do have 3 types of currency. P is free and is earned by simply playing. Then there’s the “give us money for it” C and the “random bonus points” B.

I basically see absolutely no big deal here, seeing as you start the game with like 1500 P. And I’m African American myself. What IS the problem is that there are no African American hairstyles in the game besides dreads. It’s almost like the game was designed with white people in mind and then added black people as an afterthought.

Maybe I DO have a problem with it…

Oh, and the game is a DDR knockoff with out-of-sync arrows and so-so songs.

By: bits bytes pixels & sprites » Archives » Black guys not included

bits bytes pixels & sprites » Archives » Black guys not included — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 19:03:57 +0000

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By: Kotaku

Kotaku — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 18:40:22 +0000

Dance! Online as a Black Man, Pay Extra!…

Acclaim is rolling out their new MMO, Dance!, where it’s gonna cost you to ride this Soul Train as an African American as one user found out while talking to a moderator: User: I GOTTA PAY TO BE BLACK?……

By: Boanerges

Boanerges — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 14:55:51 +0000

Could have been worse. Acclaim could have said that the black head makes you articulate.

By: MatW

MatW — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:20:26 +0000

Certainly…. gameguard stays running as a background driver at all times, and injects code into all other running processes.

“High possibility of nProtect Gameguard being a rootkit.”

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=136414

I’m not a security tin-foil-hatter by any means, but I really would have preferred to be informed about this stuff by Acclaim.