Diversity - Why Do Games Lack Diverse Characters? - Extra Credits

Many games fall back on tired, overused tropes in character design and writing instead of creating more interesting and relatable characters that reflect the incredible variety of people in the real world. What are some ways that we can improve this in tomorrow's games? Subscribe for new episodes every Wednesday! http://bit.ly/SubToEC (---More below) (Original air date: October 13, 2010) _______ Get your Extra Credits gear at the store! http://bit.ly/ExtraStore Play games with us on Extra Play! http://bit.ly/WatchEXP Watch more episodes from this season of Extra Credits! http://bit.ly/2nrLiSZ Contribute community subtitles to Extra Credits: http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_p... Talk to us on Twitter (@ExtraCreditz): http://bit.ly/ECTweet Follow us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/ECFBPage Get our list of recommended games on Steam: http://bit.ly/ECCurator _________ Would you like James to speak at your school or organization? For info, contact us at: [email protected] _________ ♪ Intro Music: "Penguin Cap" by CarboHydroM http://bit.ly/1eIHTDS ♪ "Quick Fix" by Dj Redlight http://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01375/