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Are Games Insensitive??
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Cultural Appropriation came to the forefront of our collective consciousness last year under the auspices of Taylor Swift and Iggy Azalea, but games have suffered from this same insensitivity for a long long time. From Custer's Revenge to Grand Theft Auto 5, Far Cry 2 to Resident Evil - games don't exactly have the best track record when it comes to nuanced displays of cultures. Join Jamin on this week's episode of Game/Show as he looks at the how and why of cultural appropriation in games and looks at interesting games that actually do a good ob of displaying foreign cultures! Check it out!

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ASSET LINKS:

2:00 SPIDER GOAT Goat Simulator - Part 13
youtube.com/watch?v=zOMWIB2PAX0

2:42
Native American Actors Who WALKED Off The Set Of ADAM SANDLER Movie "Ridiculous Six"...SPEAK OUT!!
youtube.com/watch?v=V0y5112QEyE

3:12
Game Show: Do Games Give Us Too Much Power?
youtube.com/watch?v=9COt-_3C0xI

5:14
Giant Bomb: Second Life - Unprofessional Fridays
youtube.com/watch?v=Z_lL3wwU1Vs

5:29 Anthony Bourdain tries a bar game that involves explosives
youtube.com/watch?v=o16LyndAY2U

5:34 Minecraft Hololens at E3 2015 (amazing!)
youtube.com/watch?v=xgakdcEzVwg

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COMMENT LINKS:

Gerald Kamp
youtube.com/watch?v=sQzUuKJgSEY&lc=z12ih1sbaoetg1dwe04cjvax2rj4uxehfbo

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youtube.com/watch?v=sQzUuKJgSEY&lc=z134gtjgdnrrv3ceh22uzrciuomvz3ndi

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youtube.com/watch?v=sQzUuKJgSEY&lc=z134cbhigx3bsngp104cfldzdmubitxrd4o

necrogenesis1981
youtube.com/watch?v=sQzUuKJgSEY&lc=z12lf3xaltvzt1qtc22ee1gagsm3ulmvw

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MUSIC:

"Oh Damn!" by CJVSO
soundcloud.com/downpitched/cjvso-oh-damn

"Digital Sonar" by Brink

"Mindphuck" by Known To Be Lethal
youtube.com/watch?v=B-cyr7l9yBw

"After Hours"

"Lakes" by Chooga
youtube.com/watch?v=E8hnsQc9ST0

"Beautiful Days" by Extan
soundcloud.com/extandnb/beautiful-days

"Spectrum Subdiffusion Mix" by Foniqz
soundcloud.com/subdiffusion/foniqz-spectrum-subdiffusion

"Good Way Song" by Electronic Rescue

"Alice y Bob" by Javier Rubio and Parsec
archive.org/details/escala19_vvaa_escala_no_uniforme

"Sleet" by Kubbi
soundcloud.com/kubbi/kubbi-sleet

"Toaster" by Kubbi
soundcloud.com/kubbi/toaster

"Patriotic Songs of America" by New York Military Band and the American Quartet
freemusicarchive.org/music/New_York_Military_Band_and_the_American_Quartet/Edison_Amberol_457/cusb-cyl3890d

"Lets Go Back To The Rock" by Outsider
jamendo.com/en/artist/4402/outsider

"Run" by Outsider
jamendo.com/en/artist/4402/outsider

"Fame" by Statue of Diveo
jamendo.com/en/artist/352814/statueofdiveo

"Freedom Weekends" by Statue of Diveo
jamendo.com/en/artist/352814/statueofdiveo

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