blog 6

Before I begin writing this blog please take a second to watch this video from youtube then read what i have to say and comment if you want.

I really do not know where to start with this video. Everything said by the person who posted this video is shocking, after watching this for the first time I wasn’t sure if it was a legitimate video or someone just playing a joke to see how people reacted, well it was not a joke the youtube name for this guy is Fockboxx and he has multiple videos of him using racial slurs and very inappropriate language.

                First thing I want to point out is that this video is an extreme example (in my opinion) of people acting out in racial ways via video games but in reality this is not too uncommon. I do not play games that are connected to the internet and involve multiple players playing in unison and have the ability to talk to each other but I have a lot of friends who are playing games like this. I showed 3 of my friends this video to get their reactions of what they saw. Asked if profanity and racial comments are made during game play all 3 of them said yes and that it is not uncommon to hear swearing, which they did not care about really because they all admitted to swearing while playing as well. All 3 of them heard racial slurs and comments made as well and when asked if it happens a lot they said it is common for them to hear some comments that are offensive but never resulting in rants like this example in the video.

                This leads me to the belief that companies that host online gaming sites that allow interaction between consumers whether it be live talking or instant messaging don’t monitor its users very well. Yes this user ended up getting blocked and not allowed back into the game in the long term he is able to get back on and start his rants on different games. Why I think this is important is the possibility of having the possibility of white nationalists grouping together and starting games where they are all in playing, unsuspected players could join this game and start hearing these comments and think it is acceptable and once leaving these games they can help spread the white nationalist ideologies that they have learned. Yes I know this is an extreme example but it is possible.

                What I think that made me post this video is not the video itself. Yes it is horrible what foxboxx is saying but shocked me most is the comments made on this video. I was half expecting people to go off on him and just get mad at him for using these types slurs but it was actually the opposite. Most of the 112 comments completely agree with the words said in this video and think it is really funny. This leads me to believe that the general acceptances of white supremacist ideologies with gaming are becoming more and more acceptable. Its horrible to think that the youth playing games might potentially be lead to believe faulty information said by white nationalist or extremists playing games. We can almost connect this to the hidden messages in cloaked sites on the internet.