Racism and homophobia in gaming

[Jazzy]

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — It's not just cyberbullets that are exchanged during firefights on the XBox Live version of Call of Duty.



Many gamers also exchange hate speech over their headsets as they stalk each other across the virtual battlefields. Players trade racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic insults so frequently that game makers are taking steps to tone down the rhetoric



Story Link: http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/...orrodes-online-video-game-experiences/1396765

 

[Evil Eye]

Big surprise...

 

[Pulse]

It's happening more because you don't even know who the hell you're talking to.