It's all about ticking those diversity boxes and that means putting black female front and centre, at least it makes it easier to know whether a game is going to be shit now.
It's actually kind of funny -- back in the early '00s, the best way predict if a game was derivative, unimaginative garbage was if its cover featured a jacked (generally white) guy with a crew cut.
Now it's a black chick with ugly frizz hair. Progress!
Most of the games featured fit white guys with short hair because 1) white males were the target audience and 2) short hair was easier to render. The good games and the bad games had similar protagonists.
It's all about ticking those diversity boxes and that means putting black female front and centre, at least it makes it easier to know whether a game is going to be shit now.
It's actually kind of funny -- back in the early '00s, the best way predict if a game was derivative, unimaginative garbage was if its cover featured a jacked (generally white) guy with a crew cut.
Now it's a black chick with ugly frizz hair. Progress!
Most of the games featured fit white guys with short hair because 1) white males were the target audience and 2) short hair was easier to render. The good games and the bad games had similar protagonists.
Or the woman with side shave