Wow, you nailed it. As a white boy who spent 8 years hanging out in south dallas I never knew why I hardly encountered any racism but as soon as I went to University in Dallas black folks started being shit to me. It must have been exactly what you were talking about with the suburban people who try hard to be super black. Hood folks just take you for who you are. And they show respect regardless of what you look like. Real talk, sir. I never thought of it like that before.
Brother I grew up in Atlanta Georgia, there was no talks of racism until I moved to the city. I understand exactly what you’re saying. It’s like the more privileged black people become the more they want to feel like victims and complain because they never had to struggle lol. It’s an identity crisis with them lol
Uhhhh. . . . Hood folks do NOT do that. . . . Depends on the hood folk tbh. . . But if you're white and stay in your lane? They generally are good to you. But if you're black and don't act hood? Expect to be treated like a doormat. Basically , speaking well and having a brain while black is a threat to my own kind so much that they won't respect me if I do. I end up keeping quiet when I'm around hood people at first.
@@jtheconcept4143 It's because people "struggling" have more important shit to worry about than imaginary problems or the "problems" of other people. They got their own stuff to worry about.
this is super true , im an asian who live in America , my family weren't that rich , u can say i live around the hood , the hood folks actually are super respectable to me , since i can cook asian foods , sometimes i cook for my neighborhood , and their mommies cook their food for me, their food are nice . life's good , never took any kind of racism or anything . we even hang out together really often playing trading card games or PlayStation , lol . but the moment i went to college for bachelor degree years ago , people there keep remembering me that im a minority there , in many ways . and telling me that "it must be hard for minority" - even though i already forgot how does it feel to be "minority" for years before that . oh the irony
Eddy Gordo is Brazilian and as one myself let me tell you, in my 30 years living here, i never, not even once saw anyone with that hairstyle here lol. Btw, every black woman character that i see nowadays also has the same hair, wich is a big afro.
I don't understand why it matters what you've seen to pretend that no one in the entire world has that haircut is just a lie. If you want to say it's uncommon then fine but to pretend that no one has it.
It’s the same problem with the Gwen Stacy haircut, it was nice when a few characters did it out of originality, but when it becomes a mould that almost each new character fits into, it becomes less of an expression of character and more like a phenomena
You couldn't have said it any better J about the different kinds of black people. i fall into a different space being biracial in the working class so its difficult to really fit in with either side so i abandon the idea of trying to be something i know im not and just stick to who i am.
Exactly be an individual, it’s only when you’re actively trying to represent a group of people is where I have a problem especially if you do it wrong lol
Also, I wore this Hairstyle once. . . . . That style is NOT meant for natural hair. I got traction alopecia for it and my hairline went even further up. You have to get it re-twisted every month or the hair will rot. If you DO get it re-twisted every month , you're basically damaging your scalp with all of the heat and the hard twisting it demands to stay good looking. Michael B. Jordan wasn't using his natural hair when he wore this, his braids were weaves.
These progressive types always end up designing/writing such caricatures of whatatever minority they're trying to represent, it's honestly hilarious. Christ on a cross, just create your characters and don't think about being 'culturally sensateeve like omagaulll', just make the character YOU WANT as an artist, instead of trying to appease people. Of course, if your goal is to show different demographics accurately in your work, then research is needed ofc, but outside of that? The reason people follow artists' work is for their unique flavor, so give people your flavor in your work, instead of copying what others are doing because it's what's in now, or it's culturally sensitive or whatever. Also good point about alot of the Killmonger cut dudes being 'afro-tryhards' so to speak.
"why are they obsessed with this haircut?" Which one? There was a time that all white men in games had the atomic heart haircut, then we god the side cut for all the female characters like v from cyberpunk and the shortie in saints row and then we have all female characters having afro or afro with dreadlocks and now we are here.
Oh I agree with you. All those trend style haircuts gets on my nerves. But it’s a difference when it comes to the black community because we for some odd reason always have to “represent” the culture in everything. And because they do this they end up looking stupid because they don’t even know what the culture actually is
We went from White guy with stubble and a buzz cut to black men, clean shave(Or stubble) with a killmonger, Same with women. Every "Strong Independent women" Has the Shaved sides with bangs.
The hairstyle was nothing new, their were a few people back in the early 2000s who rocked it but it wasn't that many.. or maybe it was just here in Texas. That's probably where it came from... Because Michael B Jordan was in Texas back in 2017
I'm from Florida, and people definitely get creative and express themselves with freeform dreads, every nigga got they own style. But game devs would have to really tap in to the culture to even know about that.
But you really hit the nail on the head about black people who didn't grow up in black communities and go out of they're way to be as black as possible.
@@jtheconcept4143 lazy have u developed games yk its up to 3 or 4 on on a single model and ill go even further to if u want to do it urself u can im a game dev but obviously studio is different i get what youre saying about the safe trends part tho
Not black (or American for that matter), but I never understood Killmonger's haircut. Why would a soldier/mercenary have long hair of any kind? That shit just gets trapped in the helmet and like they point out in fight club, gives the enemy something to grab in fight. Any tough action star black or white should look like fuckkng marine, even if they've never even done basic training. Iconography aside it just makes practical sense. Also, how much care does something beyond a cesar(like I have) a fade or other short style take to maintan? My understanding of dreds, like Eddie Gordo always had, was that it's essentially unwashed or uncombed hair. It why the vikings and celts had them, too. Really it's worse than not representing the 'x' community, it makes the characters in question (Killmonger, Eddie, Miles Morales) look vain and self-obsessed(like the writers) instead of the serious men of action or selfless young heroes they're meant to be. It's just another example of writers/artists who neither understand proper pcharacterisation nor proper masculinity.
i live in uk london im 32 iv never met a person with that hair style i live in peckham which is the trenches like you said, dudes ain't got time to be grooming around here, we just get a nice fade, something that can fit under the hood LMAO
I was not expecting or ready for this video to make me think about this topic as much as I am now. Great video dude love your thoughts on this, too many conversations are so surface level in the gaming community or are just not critical at all.
Most black guys don't even rock their hair like that. Pur gair doesn't even stand up like that when it is locked or dreaded. You have to literally tie it up to make it stand like that.
I’m a character designer so I know everything is intentional when designing characters and how they look. When they’re to convey something I can clearly see it because it’s my job to. It’s not because it’s just a video game, trust me artists know what they’re doing
They should have given miles morales corn roll braids or the asap rocky braids or the normal dread head, or the fade or a short buzzcut with a line up or the high top fade or the brocolli hair cut
Whe nyou pointed out the killmonger and the blade heaircut i just realized that this is happening because the vidoe gmae industy immitates hollywood, WHICH IS A HORRIBLE IDEA, so they rip off "popular culture" aka movies from holywood and we end up with this mess because i dont know if you noticed, hollywod sucks now, so do most netflix tv shows, so the inspiration for modern games is literal utter trash.
Oh I know, and I know it’s orchestrated too. The same companies that are responsible for regulating entertainment in the movie industry is the same for the gaming industry. All it’s about are quotas and checkmarks ✅
To me is a different style. Eddie Gordo has been rocking dreads since his inception in Tekken 3, now they complain? You've never seen Eddie with the fade, not once. it's the developers decision at the end of the day
I’m more cool and understanding with Eddie like I said in the video because of his Brazilian heritage. But even people I know from Brazil said this isn’t even close to being accurate lol so idk 🤷♂️
i seriously think this need to stop. miles hair on the previous games was 10x better than the new ones. eddy's dreadlocks was smooth af in 7. come on, these black dudes are starting to look all the same and thats lame. dear developers please be more creative and original
Bro from what i remember Raven from Tekken when he first came out has this short hair and it fits cause he's a ninja (???) And it'll be practical too cause having long hair will be a detriment, though there's tons of unrealistic stuff in Tekken so lol. But yeah going back to Raven though, he looks stylish! I just dont use him cause i find him difficult to play as AND when i fight against CPU opponents using Raven lol. But yeah he's cool!
+ok firstly i'm not a black man i'm a mix raced man and i wanna say this is regards to tekken 8 especially, i aint got a problem with having a hairstyle on eddie that's fine that's your vision for that character, i don't agree with it i don't like it but i can live with it, but least let me change it, now where i have a massive issue in tekken 8 is with the black mens hair options in the customizations, if you look at every black chracters so leeroy and raven they've only got like 4 believable styles for example leeroy has of set of dreadlocks, like 1 you least not gonna give the guy 2 or 3 plus a few other styles like a fro or what i really wanted to see was a 90's box aka the de la soul special, i mean he's got more white and asian options than his own, it's pretty lazy and very shortsighted
Artistically yeah I agree with you. But I don’t expect a bunch of black hair options from an Asian developer. I just hate the fact that it became a staple for black characters in 6 different games lol. Which just shows bandwagoning and straight up laziness, and being out of touch lol.
I feel like there's one thing you're completely overlooking. You're thinking about this from the perspective of someone who lives in whatever country you live in. You may not see that hairstyle but other black people from other countries may. My point is these games aren't being sold to just people who are from where you're from.
I live in America where all the influences get scrapped at the bottom of the barrel because we lack creativity here. Everything the industry does is to represent us, the US has the largest entertainment consumer base in the world. So they try to do things that are “inclusive” 🙄 but will fail because of laziness and being completely out of touch with the people they want to represent
I dont see japanese people complain that Male Protagonists have been looking the same for over 20yrs... I get what you mean. but a lot also comes down to budget and just pure design. We do need more cool characters of all races tho tbh.. I know exacty one Gaming Character that has the same nationallity as me..
I think Japanese people don’t complain because they live in a society that’s majority Asian. They mainly share the same values and views on society. But black Americans lol…there’s like 4 different cultures within the black community that separates us when it comes to our experiences with each other. I think that’s the disconnect between certain black people
Oh my god we get it! You hate this hairstyle, get over it!! I’m sure you can customize it when he comes out!!God you will find any and everything to whine about.
I like how people who are pussies categorize the people who speak up about shit “Whiners”. You pretty sure don’t know shit, you’re just a docile person who lets whatever happens. I’m gonna fuckin speak up. If you don’t like it bounce ✌️
@@jtheconcept4143thanks for putting this video!! I've been rolling my eyes everytime I see this haircut on a character . It's too close to the sjw mental health side shave for me....
@@jtheconcept4143 No. 😀This is not what i say. I say, that a new agenda of wokeness started to be pushed. They allow new hairstlyes now. And they allow white males as main characters now. Look at " guardians of the galaxy" "Immortals of aveum" " Star Wars Jedi Survivor 2" "street fighter 6" and more games which were released in the same time frame. Compare the main character. White male character. SAME HAIRSTYLE. Very similar looks. Caucasian. Has not been allowed for quite a while. Black males or women were dominating. ( Black women with an irokese hairstyle were everywhere ). Which has been clearly a change in comparison to characters before 2016. And there is another component, which is also part of the script of w0k3n355, which WEF, Blackrock etc. give them in one way or another. For them to follow it. ALL OF THOSE GAMES have an EXTREMELY huge female. Bigger than freaking Ronnie Coleman. This is how they compensate for the white main character. They pushed wokeness too hard. It became very obvious. Now they are doing it a little more subtle. They allow white males in main roles again. In the same way "prince of persia" and "tekken" and more games got the hairstyle for the black character as part of a script. Look at the patterns. Remember. Recognize common patterns. There are too many for normal freedom of art. It is all a scripted game. Before that, since 2016 the games were flooded with red haired stronk independent females. Battlefield 5. Horizon zero dawn. Control. Call of Duty Vanguard etc. Those are NOT coincidences my friend. It is a theater. They clearly get their instructions.
All I've ever heard it called is the "Killmonger" I don't know why one character set off a trend of what "Black" hair should look like in video games. One of my best friends rocks dreds and every time I see him when I visit it's a new style so you can do so many things other then the killmonger.
It’s lazy pandering to a group that doesn’t even exist lol. Like I said they trying to not be stereotypical so much that they end not relating to anyone lol
I think the idea of representation is an odd one in entertainment. It makes sense in government and product testing but past that I think it’s self destructive. I play games and watch movies for escapism. Last thing I want is a three hundred pound man flying around manhattan calling himself Spider-Man. I want to see people more attractive, cooler, more put together than I am. I can only imagine what a goofy mess James Bond would be if he spoke like me everytime he tried to woo a woman. There’s not enough time in the world to say everything I’d like to say on this subject. My hair is kind of tight and wirey for a white person. I struggle to find good hairstyles that aren’t just brushing it back, curly-top with a fade, or just the white version of a fro. I struggle with that a bit, but I haven’t thought about it too much since I got bullied out of using moose to slick it back in elementary school. I didn’t go a day without a sly Elvis remark. I had a few people tell me I looked like Danny McBride when I tried to grow it out in college. I wish I had straight hair all the time. There really isn’t anything I can do with mine that doesn’t bring an unwanted comparison..
@@jtheconcept4143 That's an utterly fantastic way of putting it. So many people are too busy trying to be someone or something else other than what/who they are. It's the same reason those kinds of people are constantly searching for new labels, or pronouns, to apply to themselves or others.
As a Hispanic who'se family is diverse I've seen various hairstyles, dredlocks wasn't the predominant hair form, I've seen bald,shaven down, shapeup, lowtop, afro, cornrows,etc.
I think I grasp your opinion J, but your phrasing threw me off initially. I’d say I have more of a wholistic view when it comes to hair style diversity. Black or African male characters in video games until recently tended to have less variety with their hairstyles for various reasons, and I’m excited to see more realistic and unrealistic hairstyles in fictional works such as video games for all ethnicities to enjoy.
My thing is this, I don’t mind generic haircuts if that’s what the story or world they are creating calls for. It’s when they try to be unique to “represent” us is where their lack of understanding really shows. Especially when it’s the only option like in Miles Morales case lol. It’s like first you put a Cuban flag in his home which is crazy lol, then you put an African hairstyle when he’s half Puerto Rican.
i don't get the hate. i really like the hairstyle. it's like gambit from x-men, but African. maybe the reason is because i have stopped watching any media from after 2010 until a couple of years ago. the first time i saw this hairstyle was on kilmonger in wakanda and he looked handsome in it. so i don't know that it's been done a lot in other media. but it just means that it's a really cool hairstyle.
Hopefully, you can change it with the customization options in the game (at least you have that option in Tekken). I personally like Eddy's hair in Tekken 3. Even though I am not black, I get your issue with the hairstyle and even I found rare the choice of hair (his outfit looked like an off amalgamation too xD).
Eddy is not jamaikan, he's brazilian. The basic haircut for black people here is the same you described from you hood, i never saw a black man using this hairstyle. My father is black and my older brother is black, never saw them rocking this weird popato cut.
Interesting, I’ve asked a couple of Brazilians the same thing and they said what you just said lol. I thought someone would be rocking that over there lol
Monster Hunter World: Iceborne, Monster Hunter Rise, and The Finals, are the ONLY games by far, to offer "black" hairstyles by a variety outside of Afro or Bald that I've seen thus far. Props to them.
the equivalent of the lesbian hair style in video games. Like tracer hair from overwatch. How difficult is it to just visit a black barbershop and look at the variety of hairstyles that are available.
Im a black guy from the Caribbean in the twin island state of trinidad and tobago, and I've never seen any dreadlocks afro Trinidadian or indo Trinidadian rock that hair style lol.
I call it the black version of the Skrillex hair cut that is still rampant for characters in video games. Or the Redfall black woman over exaggerated afro. They think this is how normal people look, we dont, and its okay to be generic.
Bit of a tip, Milles is supposed to be from Puerto Rico. So you would never ever catch anyone with that haircut, short hair with fade is the most common hairstyle here being realistic.
Yeah that’s the thing I found interesting too, that’s what they would call an African hair style but he’s half Puerto Rican lol. And they shot themselves in the foot again by putting a Cuban flag in Mile’s home lmao 🤣. That’s a complete lack of understanding and just trying to be WOKE lol
@@Jackrost01 definitely unique...but unique doesn't mean good or even representative .. Personally it's not that bigger deal to me.. because I don't think they do it maliciously...I think they do it because to them it looks cool
What are you even trying to say lol? I don’t care if there’s any black characters, I care that they desperately want to represent black culture but ultimately fail because they have no perspective on it. I don’t require black characters to enjoy a game. But if you wanna be “inclusive” so much than at least do your research
Chicago reporting in. I've never seen this hairstyle either. Not saying it's not out there. But never once have I seen it out in the wild. But I do find this whole thing hilarious. Always had a more limited selection, then they got 1 new style. And just ran with it.
Wow, you nailed it. As a white boy who spent 8 years hanging out in south dallas I never knew why I hardly encountered any racism but as soon as I went to University in Dallas black folks started being shit to me. It must have been exactly what you were talking about with the suburban people who try hard to be super black. Hood folks just take you for who you are. And they show respect regardless of what you look like. Real talk, sir. I never thought of it like that before.
Brother I grew up in Atlanta Georgia, there was no talks of racism until I moved to the city. I understand exactly what you’re saying. It’s like the more privileged black people become the more they want to feel like victims and complain because they never had to struggle lol. It’s an identity crisis with them lol
Uhhhh. . . . Hood folks do NOT do that. . . .
Depends on the hood folk tbh. . .
But if you're white and stay in your lane? They generally are good to you.
But if you're black and don't act hood? Expect to be treated like a doormat.
Basically , speaking well and having a brain while black is a threat to my own kind so much that they won't respect me if I do.
I end up keeping quiet when I'm around hood people at first.
@@jtheconcept4143 It's because people "struggling" have more important shit to worry about than imaginary problems or the "problems" of other people. They got their own stuff to worry about.
this is super true ,
im an asian who live in America ,
my family weren't that rich ,
u can say i live around the hood ,
the hood folks actually are super respectable to me ,
since i can cook asian foods , sometimes i cook for my neighborhood , and their mommies cook their food for me,
their food are nice .
life's good , never took any kind of racism or anything .
we even hang out together really often playing trading card games or PlayStation , lol .
but the moment i went to college for bachelor degree years ago ,
people there keep remembering me that im a minority there , in many ways .
and telling me that "it must be hard for minority" -
even though i already forgot how does it feel to be "minority" for years before that .
oh the irony
Eddy Gordo is Brazilian and as one myself let me tell you, in my 30 years living here, i never, not even once saw anyone with that hairstyle here lol.
Btw, every black woman character that i see nowadays also has the same hair, wich is a big afro.
Usually Black Woman in games have either a Fro Hawk, Short Fro, bald, or the Killmonger cut too
I don't understand why it matters what you've seen to pretend that no one in the entire world has that haircut is just a lie. If you want to say it's uncommon then fine but to pretend that no one has it.
@@Grimjr7no one has that if you’re not black don’t speak on it .
@@thetrashcanman7537 you have absolutely no way of knowing whether that person is black or not so you can't tell them not to speak on this topic.
and also have their eyes almost gouging out ot their sockets, want to see what i mean look at amanda waller in the suicide squad game.
It's like the Black version of Emo/Scene hairstyle trend
Oh my god I never thought of it that way buts it’s true lol! It is like a rebellious against the system type of hairstyle lol 😂
It's like default lesbian hairstyle but with dreadlocks.
It’s the same problem with the Gwen Stacy haircut, it was nice when a few characters did it out of originality, but when it becomes a mould that almost each new character fits into, it becomes less of an expression of character and more like a phenomena
Oh yeah now that you mentioned it, it is!
You couldn't have said it any better J about the different kinds of black people. i fall into a different space being biracial in the working class so its difficult to really fit in with either side so i abandon the idea of trying to be something i know im not and just stick to who i am.
Exactly be an individual, it’s only when you’re actively trying to represent a group of people is where I have a problem especially if you do it wrong lol
The white liberal view of the ‘cool black guy’.
Basically what I was trying to say too lol.
Also, I wore this Hairstyle once. . . . .
That style is NOT meant for natural hair.
I got traction alopecia for it and my hairline went even further up.
You have to get it re-twisted every month or the hair will rot.
If you DO get it re-twisted every month , you're basically damaging your scalp with all of the heat and the hard twisting it demands to stay good looking.
Michael B. Jordan wasn't using his natural hair when he wore this, his braids were weaves.
That sounds like a lot of work lol, and if I know my people lol only 2% of us are willing to go through that especially men
@@jtheconcept4143 Eh, a stylist did it for me but its 120$ for a re-twist.
These progressive types always end up designing/writing such caricatures of whatatever minority they're trying to represent, it's honestly hilarious.
Christ on a cross, just create your characters and don't think about being 'culturally sensateeve like omagaulll', just make the character YOU WANT as an artist, instead of trying to appease people. Of course, if your goal is to show different demographics accurately in your work, then research is needed ofc, but outside of that? The reason people follow artists' work is for their unique flavor, so give people your flavor in your work, instead of copying what others are doing because it's what's in now, or it's culturally sensitive or whatever.
Also good point about alot of the Killmonger cut dudes being 'afro-tryhards' so to speak.
lol exactly my point, this issue just shows lack of awareness and trying to be overly unique. And it ends up looking stupid
The two white dudes look so uncomfortable lol.
It is a cool hairstyle, but I agree there should be way more options.
It was cool at first lol
"why are they obsessed with this haircut?"
Which one? There was a time that all white men in games had the atomic heart haircut, then we god the side cut for all the female characters like v from cyberpunk and the shortie in saints row and then we have all female characters having afro or afro with dreadlocks and now we are here.
Oh I agree with you. All those trend style haircuts gets on my nerves. But it’s a difference when it comes to the black community because we for some odd reason always have to “represent” the culture in everything. And because they do this they end up looking stupid because they don’t even know what the culture actually is
We went from White guy with stubble and a buzz cut to black men, clean shave(Or stubble) with a killmonger,
Same with women. Every "Strong Independent women"
Has the Shaved sides with bangs.
@@jtheconcept4143 i for one i am tired of inoffensive black woman with afro hair called Grace written by white liberals.
IGN may be stupid sometimes but I agree with this….kinda
The hairstyle was nothing new, their were a few people back in the early 2000s who rocked it but it wasn't that many.. or maybe it was just here in Texas. That's probably where it came from... Because Michael B Jordan was in Texas back in 2017
I’ll be honest it look good on killmonger 😂
Aye that’s Micheal B Jordan lol I think it’s him pulling it off and not the other way around 😂
Im a fohawk dude and its sad to see that hairstyle hasn't been implemented in todays games
I respec it
I'm from Florida, and people definitely get creative and express themselves with freeform dreads, every nigga got they own style.
But game devs would have to really tap in to the culture to even know about that.
But you really hit the nail on the head about black people who didn't grow up in black communities and go out of they're way to be as black as possible.
They too lazy lol they never will do that. They just care about following safe trends.
Those suburban black people be corny with that shit, but what makes it worse is that they try to be a spokesperson for the entire black community lol
@@jtheconcept4143 lazy have u developed games yk its up to 3 or 4 on on a single model and ill go even further to if u want to do it urself u can im a game dev but obviously studio is different i get what youre saying about the safe trends part tho
Not black (or American for that matter), but I never understood Killmonger's haircut. Why would a soldier/mercenary have long hair of any kind? That shit just gets trapped in the helmet and like they point out in fight club, gives the enemy something to grab in fight. Any tough action star black or white should look like fuckkng marine, even if they've never even done basic training. Iconography aside it just makes practical sense.
Also, how much care does something beyond a cesar(like I have) a fade or other short style take to maintan? My understanding of dreds, like Eddie Gordo always had, was that it's essentially unwashed or uncombed hair. It why the vikings and celts had them, too.
Really it's worse than not representing the 'x' community, it makes the characters in question (Killmonger, Eddie, Miles Morales) look vain and self-obsessed(like the writers) instead of the serious men of action or selfless young heroes they're meant to be. It's just another example of writers/artists who neither understand proper pcharacterisation nor proper masculinity.
i live in uk london im 32 iv never met a person with that hair style i live in peckham which is the trenches like you said, dudes ain't got time to be grooming around here, we just get a nice fade, something that can fit under the hood LMAO
Exactly, see people who didn’t grow up like that wouldn’t get what I’m trying to say here. It’s a cultural thing.
I was not expecting or ready for this video to make me think about this topic as much as I am now. Great video dude love your thoughts on this, too many conversations are so surface level in the gaming community or are just not critical at all.
Yeah I hate surface level conversations, I try to go a little bit deeper. Glad you appreciate that man!
Most black guys don't even rock their hair like that. Pur gair doesn't even stand up like that when it is locked or dreaded. You have to literally tie it up to make it stand like that.
"How can we slap this hairstyle on everyone? Oh I know! Just make them dreds!". I can't wait to see a new Predator movie with that hair style.
lol original right smh
I think a video game is a video game. And over exagerated features in video games is not a new thing. Black or white or yellow or orange.
I’m a character designer so I know everything is intentional when designing characters and how they look. When they’re to convey something I can clearly see it because it’s my job to. It’s not because it’s just a video game, trust me artists know what they’re doing
They should have given miles morales corn roll braids or the asap rocky braids or the normal dread head, or the fade or a short buzzcut with a line up or the high top fade or the brocolli hair cut
Whe nyou pointed out the killmonger and the blade heaircut i just realized that this is happening because the vidoe gmae industy immitates hollywood, WHICH IS A HORRIBLE IDEA, so they rip off "popular culture" aka movies from holywood and we end up with this mess because i dont know if you noticed, hollywod sucks now, so do most netflix tv shows, so the inspiration for modern games is literal utter trash.
Oh I know, and I know it’s orchestrated too. The same companies that are responsible for regulating entertainment in the movie industry is the same for the gaming industry. All it’s about are quotas and checkmarks ✅
@@jtheconcept4143 the video game industry wants to be like hollywood so much its insulting to the industry.
In Tekken everybody have same hairstyle than before. Expect Paul, Nina and Eddy
Those characters are staples in Tekken since the beginning. I think that’s why for them
To me is a different style. Eddie Gordo has been rocking dreads since his inception in Tekken 3, now they complain? You've never seen Eddie with the fade, not once. it's the developers decision at the end of the day
I’m more cool and understanding with Eddie like I said in the video because of his Brazilian heritage. But even people I know from Brazil said this isn’t even close to being accurate lol so idk 🤷♂️
i seriously think this need to stop. miles hair on the previous games was 10x better than the new ones. eddy's dreadlocks was smooth af in 7. come on, these black dudes are starting to look all the same and thats lame. dear developers please be more creative and original
lol or just stop trying to fit into a crowd that’s less than 5% of your audience
Eddy is not Jamaican, he's Brazillian lol.
But great video anyways.
Yeah I realized that after the video 😂
this is interesting and as a non black non artist i got your perspective of both those things, you explained it well
Thanks man it’s an iffy topic to cover because of how lost in translation it can be
The fact that someone okay with this haircut trend...
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Bro from what i remember Raven from Tekken when he first came out has this short hair and it fits cause he's a ninja (???) And it'll be practical too cause having long hair will be a detriment, though there's tons of unrealistic stuff in Tekken so lol. But yeah going back to Raven though, he looks stylish! I just dont use him cause i find him difficult to play as AND when i fight against CPU opponents using Raven lol. But yeah he's cool!
+ok firstly i'm not a black man i'm a mix raced man and i wanna say this is regards to tekken 8 especially, i aint got a problem with having a hairstyle on eddie that's fine that's your vision for that character, i don't agree with it i don't like it but i can live with it, but least let me change it, now where i have a massive issue in tekken 8 is with the black mens hair options in the customizations, if you look at every black chracters so leeroy and raven they've only got like 4 believable styles for example leeroy has of set of dreadlocks, like 1 you least not gonna give the guy 2 or 3 plus a few other styles like a fro or what i really wanted to see was a 90's box aka the de la soul special, i mean he's got more white and asian options than his own, it's pretty lazy and very shortsighted
Artistically yeah I agree with you. But I don’t expect a bunch of black hair options from an Asian developer. I just hate the fact that it became a staple for black characters in 6 different games lol. Which just shows bandwagoning and straight up laziness, and being out of touch lol.
I feel like there's one thing you're completely overlooking. You're thinking about this from the perspective of someone who lives in whatever country you live in. You may not see that hairstyle but other black people from other countries may.
My point is these games aren't being sold to just people who are from where you're from.
I live in America where all the influences get scrapped at the bottom of the barrel because we lack creativity here. Everything the industry does is to represent us, the US has the largest entertainment consumer base in the world. So they try to do things that are “inclusive” 🙄 but will fail because of laziness and being completely out of touch with the people they want to represent
I dont see japanese people complain that Male Protagonists have been looking the same for over 20yrs...
I get what you mean. but a lot also comes down to budget and just pure design.
We do need more cool characters of all races tho tbh.. I know exacty one Gaming Character that has the same nationallity as me..
I think Japanese people don’t complain because they live in a society that’s majority Asian. They mainly share the same values and views on society. But black Americans lol…there’s like 4 different cultures within the black community that separates us when it comes to our experiences with each other. I think that’s the disconnect between certain black people
who asked
Genuine question or sarcasm?
Oh my god we get it! You hate this hairstyle, get over it!! I’m sure you can customize it when he comes out!!God you will find any and everything to whine about.
I like how people who are pussies categorize the people who speak up about shit “Whiners”. You pretty sure don’t know shit, you’re just a docile person who lets whatever happens. I’m gonna fuckin speak up. If you don’t like it bounce ✌️
My thing is ive never seen that haircut with a job or career that isnt entertainment....
Yeah it’s not a regular haircut you would see in average black communities.
@@jtheconcept4143thanks for putting this video!! I've been rolling my eyes everytime I see this haircut on a character . It's too close to the sjw mental health side shave for me....
No. You do not have options. You have only the options uncle Schwab allows you. After he has been taught by uncle Fink and Soros and others.
Your trying to say hairstyles are learned by association and people take trends and pass them down to the next generation
@@jtheconcept4143 No. 😀This is not what i say. I say, that a new agenda of wokeness started to be pushed. They allow new hairstlyes now. And they allow white males as main characters now.
Look at " guardians of the galaxy" "Immortals of aveum" " Star Wars Jedi Survivor 2" "street fighter 6" and more games which were released in the same time frame.
Compare the main character. White male character. SAME HAIRSTYLE. Very similar looks. Caucasian. Has not been allowed for quite a while. Black males or women were dominating. ( Black women with an irokese hairstyle were everywhere ). Which has been clearly a change in comparison to characters before 2016.
And there is another component, which is also part of the script of w0k3n355, which WEF, Blackrock etc. give them in one way or another. For them to follow it. ALL OF THOSE GAMES have an EXTREMELY huge female. Bigger than freaking Ronnie Coleman. This is how they compensate for the white main character. They pushed wokeness too hard. It became very obvious. Now they are doing it a little more subtle. They allow white males in main roles again.
In the same way "prince of persia" and "tekken" and more games got the hairstyle for the black character as part of a script. Look at the patterns. Remember. Recognize common patterns. There are too many for normal freedom of art. It is all a scripted game.
Before that, since 2016 the games were flooded with red haired stronk independent females. Battlefield 5. Horizon zero dawn. Control. Call of Duty Vanguard etc. Those are NOT coincidences my friend. It is a theater. They clearly get their instructions.
All I've ever heard it called is the "Killmonger" I don't know why one character set off a trend of what "Black" hair should look like in video games. One of my best friends rocks dreds and every time I see him when I visit it's a new style so you can do so many things other then the killmonger.
It’s lazy pandering to a group that doesn’t even exist lol. Like I said they trying to not be stereotypical so much that they end not relating to anyone lol
Isn't it also kind of like a Juice world at home kinda cut?
Kinda wish they brought back Tiger Jackson 😂
I think the idea of representation is an odd one in entertainment. It makes sense in government and product testing but past that I think it’s self destructive. I play games and watch movies for escapism. Last thing I want is a three hundred pound man flying around manhattan calling himself Spider-Man. I want to see people more attractive, cooler, more put together than I am. I can only imagine what a goofy mess James Bond would be if he spoke like me everytime he tried to woo a woman. There’s not enough time in the world to say everything I’d like to say on this subject. My hair is kind of tight and wirey for a white person. I struggle to find good hairstyles that aren’t just brushing it back, curly-top with a fade, or just the white version of a fro. I struggle with that a bit, but I haven’t thought about it too much since I got bullied out of using moose to slick it back in elementary school. I didn’t go a day without a sly Elvis remark. I had a few people tell me I looked like Danny McBride when I tried to grow it out in college. I wish I had straight hair all the time. There really isn’t anything I can do with mine that doesn’t bring an unwanted comparison..
That’s why I say being unique isn’t the mission, it’s being yourself 👌. But I agree with the first point you made as well
@@jtheconcept4143 That's an utterly fantastic way of putting it. So many people are too busy trying to be someone or something else other than what/who they are. It's the same reason those kinds of people are constantly searching for new labels, or pronouns, to apply to themselves or others.
ive never seen a black dude with that hair style irl
Me neither 🤷♂️
Even latest Prince of persia has this bs. It is infuriating bc its so bad
lol never played but it looks like it
As a Hispanic who'se family is diverse I've seen various hairstyles, dredlocks wasn't the predominant hair form, I've seen bald,shaven down, shapeup, lowtop, afro, cornrows,etc.
I seen all those too but not whatever TF is on Myle’s head lol
@@jtheconcept4143 Eddie Murphy in The nutty professor once jokingly called them "Shidlocks".
I think I grasp your opinion J, but your phrasing threw me off initially. I’d say I have more of a wholistic view when it comes to hair style diversity. Black or African male characters in video games until recently tended to have less variety with their hairstyles for various reasons, and I’m excited to see more realistic and unrealistic hairstyles in fictional works such as video games for all ethnicities to enjoy.
My thing is this, I don’t mind generic haircuts if that’s what the story or world they are creating calls for. It’s when they try to be unique to “represent” us is where their lack of understanding really shows. Especially when it’s the only option like in Miles Morales case lol. It’s like first you put a Cuban flag in his home which is crazy lol, then you put an African hairstyle when he’s half Puerto Rican.
That is a yee yee ass hairstyle. I think Lamar from gtav would also agree
lol I wanted to put that clip in there too 😂
i don't get the hate. i really like the hairstyle. it's like gambit from x-men, but African. maybe the reason is because i have stopped watching any media from after 2010 until a couple of years ago. the first time i saw this hairstyle was on kilmonger in wakanda and he looked handsome in it. so i don't know that it's been done a lot in other media. but it just means that it's a really cool hairstyle.
Hopefully, you can change it with the customization options in the game (at least you have that option in Tekken). I personally like Eddy's hair in Tekken 3. Even though I am not black, I get your issue with the hairstyle and even I found rare the choice of hair (his outfit looked like an off amalgamation too xD).
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Eddy is not jamaikan, he's brazilian. The basic haircut for black people here is the same you described from you hood, i never saw a black man using this hairstyle. My father is black and my older brother is black, never saw them rocking this weird popato cut.
Interesting, I’ve asked a couple of Brazilians the same thing and they said what you just said lol. I thought someone would be rocking that over there lol
@@jtheconcept4143 To keep a haircut like that here, one would need a lot of wealth. It's clearly a very expensive haircut to keep.
Monster Hunter World: Iceborne, Monster Hunter Rise, and The Finals, are the ONLY games by far, to offer "black" hairstyles by a variety outside of Afro or Bald that I've seen thus far. Props to them.
Monster Hunter has an insane amount of customization so no surprise here 👌
Comparison, the half-shaved spikes on top long on the side female cut, or the stereotype black haircut, which looks worse?
Both
@@jtheconcept4143 they're almost the same hairstyle.
the equivalent of the lesbian hair style in video games. Like tracer hair from overwatch. How difficult is it to just visit a black barbershop and look at the variety of hairstyles that are available.
My guy thank you 👌😂
They're playing it safe. Everyone is afraid of taking risks these days, outrage culture is an extremely hostile environment for creativity.
It’s only hostile to the people who allied with or take part in that culture. You can’t pressure someone who doesn’t bend
Im a black guy from the Caribbean in the twin island state of trinidad and tobago, and I've never seen any dreadlocks afro Trinidadian or indo Trinidadian rock that hair style lol.
lol so it’s just not accurate at all then, because I at least thought the islanders would rock that if anything
I call it the black version of the Skrillex hair cut that is still rampant for characters in video games. Or the Redfall black woman over exaggerated afro.
They think this is how normal people look, we dont, and its okay to be generic.
Oh yeah that dreadful Afro for all black woman lol, yeah there’s nothing wrong with being generic at all
At first I didn't understand what you were talking about but when you described the type of black people they consult, I instantly got it
It’s a difficult subject to explain to other cultures that have different experiences
Bit of a tip, Milles is supposed to be from Puerto Rico. So you would never ever catch anyone with that haircut, short hair with fade is the most common hairstyle here being realistic.
Yeah that’s the thing I found interesting too, that’s what they would call an African hair style but he’s half Puerto Rican lol. And they shot themselves in the foot again by putting a Cuban flag in Mile’s home lmao 🤣. That’s a complete lack of understanding and just trying to be WOKE lol
Its Japan... they're known for giving black peeps goofy hairstyles..
The dude from dead or alive is the best example of this.
Right so I don’t look for Japan to represent us well when they don’t even represent themselves realistically in anime lol
At least they give them unique hairstyle
@@Jackrost01 definitely unique...but unique doesn't mean good or even representative ..
Personally it's not that bigger deal to me.. because I don't think they do it maliciously...I think they do it because to them it looks cool
I thought Miles had a fade into a flat top... I need to go look at a picture of him again.
He had a regular haircut if I’m not mistaken 🤔
@@jtheconcept4143 yeah, the image I saw was a fan art.
You definitely deserve more views. Keep it up.
Appreciate that my guy! 💪🔥🔥
How about if there is no Black characters... how about that... Why these people are always complaining
What are you even trying to say lol? I don’t care if there’s any black characters, I care that they desperately want to represent black culture but ultimately fail because they have no perspective on it. I don’t require black characters to enjoy a game. But if you wanna be “inclusive” so much than at least do your research
Chicago reporting in. I've never seen this hairstyle either. Not saying it's not out there. But never once have I seen it out in the wild. But I do find this whole thing hilarious. Always had a more limited selection, then they got 1 new style. And just ran with it.
Whatever’s comfortable and convenient lol they really don’t care about representing anything or anyone. They just care about quotas lol