stromfront research

After looking through hundreds of posts on Stromfront looking for what white nationalist think of video games one thing came out clear. They love video games, more importantly they prefer games with violence. I was very surprised by a few things though. My thought about them playing games was that they preferred games that were specifically made for white nationalist (i.e. ethnic cleansing) but rather they like mainstream games that incorporate a main character that is white and the game is to kill basically anyone even if it is not what the intentions of the game is.

 For example, the game grand theft auto, having played the game before there is actually a plot to the game where you have to travel the city and complete "levels" in order to complete the game. For a white nationalist playing the game there is a completely different objective. They see the game as a way to play a white character and kill as many minorities, pay cops off for killing minorities and paying the white women for sex.

This isnt just the case for Grand Theft Auto, games that are often talked about on stormfront include, duke nukem and mafia. These games have all came out on major gaming platforms.

Another game that was for PC which I could not find the name for was really popular because you are based in Nazi Germany and the object of the game was to conquer all of Europe. As history has shown us, when the Nazis took over Europe they also put all the Jews into concentration camps where many million were killed for the purpose of ethnic cleansing.

Blog 1- History

This blog is suppose to be based on the history of my subject. Being that I am focusing on the use of video games in White Nationalism, I have searched upon countless hours of finding a good source to trace its history so instead of a good history base I am sharing some of the ideas that White Nationalism games are based on.

White Nationalism games are found mostly online or ordered through various outlets, but rarely do you find a game made on a traditional popular platform (i.e. Xbox 360, Playstation, Wii). The reason behind this is because a major manufacturer does not want to be associated with White Nationalist groups. Along with the major manufacturer who allows which games are allowed to be made/ produced for its platform, you rarely find a major video game developer (i.e. EA sports, Activision) to produce a game for the same reasons. But rather you find games being produced in Flash that are available online which are often times produced by Resistance Records who is actually a music label owned by National Alliance. 

These games are made to promote the White Nationalist ideologies of a pure white race and cleansing the world of the "others". In games where a first character is played you find the majority of the controlled character being a white male "More than 50% of player-controlled characters are White males" (http://nideffer.net/classes/270-08/week_07_gender_economy/rimpofrace_leonard.pdf pg. 84). This is a stunning fact but the way these characters are used is even more stunning. Most games produced are based on the foundation of killing minorities, not just killing one but killing all. The more ethnic cleansing completed the further you are to proceed in the game. 

Here is an example of one of the most popular or well known game produced by Resistance Records.

intro

This blog is going to be about how white nationalism uses media games (ie. flash computer, xbox, playstation, wii) to convey its message of white power. I hope to look at not only the use of games made specifically by white nationalist groups but also by mainstream game makers and how the graphics and game play is intended to be a major threat to the inferior races as well as the ideologies behind how inferior races are depicted in a mainstream society.

** this is my first ever attempt at blogging so bare with me while i figure out the style i want to use as my blogging style.