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RAFI KAM told me the story of how he created an avatar of me for his Nintendo Wii gaming system because his son is a big fan of mine.

*Thanks EDDIE*

RAFI KAM is singlehandedly doing what NONE of the programmers in the gaming industrial complex are capable of or care to do for that matter. RAFI is giving people of color heroic possibilities within the gaming culture.

If RAFI can do this why can’t the industry recognize and address the need to make the characters of their games, and by extension those playing them more inclusive? It isn’t just a color issue either but a gender issue as well. The representation of women in video games was proactive only as far as getting Lara Croft to be naked.

People like to play games, but people LOVE to play games where they can also relate to the avatar, gliph, first person shooter or whatever is represented on the screen. This is the message that CELESTINE ARNOLD delivers at a PSFK conference. Check it out…