Comments on: Archive: July 4th-August 15th, 2006: Letters from the Metaverse / GameSetWatch http://www.mathewkumar.com/2006/08/22/27/ Mathew Kumar's Workblog Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:57:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Persona http://www.mathewkumar.com/2006/08/22/27/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Persona Wed, 23 Aug 2006 01:25:41 +0000 http://www.mathewkumar.com/2006/08/22/27/#comment-12 The moment you find an island where they have little Pokemon-like monsters with trainer belts and RPG-like gameplay with menus and whatnot, I'll be there. I tried playing Second Life for a few hours back before you started your article series, and the game just lagged so terribly on my computer that I couldn't really do anything beyond changing my face. Even then, I remember being really frustrated at not being able to make a Koreany appearance. Do Americans only think of Chinese people when they think of Asians? I've noticed that in comic books especially, all Asians are portrayed with Chinese facial features. The nuances of easy breezy Japanese faces or Mongolian chop squad Koreans aren't really a force at all in their world. Then again, I suppose the same could be said of anime where everyone looks like idealized Japanesey versions of old French poster art. The moment you find an island where they have little Pokemon-like monsters with trainer belts and RPG-like gameplay with menus and whatnot, I’ll be there.

I tried playing Second Life for a few hours back before you started your article series, and the game just lagged so terribly on my computer that I couldn’t really do anything beyond changing my face. Even then, I remember being really frustrated at not being able to make a Koreany appearance.

Do Americans only think of Chinese people when they think of Asians? I’ve noticed that in comic books especially, all Asians are portrayed with Chinese facial features. The nuances of easy breezy Japanese faces or Mongolian chop squad Koreans aren’t really a force at all in their world. Then again, I suppose the same could be said of anime where everyone looks like idealized Japanesey versions of old French poster art.

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