Arabs in video games often out of step with times
Popular video games often depict minorities as exaggerated stereotypes restricted to predictable roles, but game developers in the Middle East could help break that mold for Arab characters.
While the gaming world experiences an explosion of popularity and success, a closer look reveals stereotypes and caricatures that seem stuck in the past, especially with regard to Arabs.
If I want to find out more about, say, the Okami clan or shinobis video game characters to write about them, the only way to begin is to log into the games themselves. And what I learned is some creators have over-generalized beliefs about particular categories of people, which is the definition of stereotyping.
