“I was real drunk. You know how it is.” was my mom’s senior quote.
In case you’re like my grandfather and have been living under a rock for the past week (technically he was buried there), let me bring you up to speed in the world of video gaming: Tuesday, Rockstar Games released Red Dead Redemption and it’s pretty much changed forever the way you sit around in your underwear.
Anyway, now Ireland’s Evening Herald newspaper is trying to sh-t all over everyone else’s parade. Apparently a character in the video game is being labeled as an offensive stereotype. Why they would think this -I have no idea? The character in question is portrayed as the resident town drunk and his name is “Irish”…wait, that could look pretty bad, I guess.
RED [sic] Dead Redemption is the biggest video game in 10 years but eager Irish gamers may be in for a nasty surprise.
The stereotype of the drunken Paddy will again be taken advantage of, as the game’s town drunk is called “Irish”.
On a popular gaming forum, the “Irish” character is described as “the town drunk. Usually found stumbling around and getting into trouble with sober townsfolk while attempting to talk his way out”. [harold.ie]
Rockstar Games is really no stranger to controversy. Its highly successful Grand Theft Auto franchise has been under fire from critics ever since its games were first introduced on the original Sony Playstation.
Also in Red Dead news today: INVISIBLE HORSES! In what’s being described as a glitch, online players are experiencing “horselessness“, which as scarring as that may sound, looks incredibly hilarious when experienced. Personally, I’ve caught this hiccup several times since the game released on Tuesday and if you ask me, the goof seems like the result of Rockstar’s online server being slammed full with an unanticipated number of gamers. I figure either that’s the case or black magic is somehow to blame. I’m not sure though, I mean what do I look like, a f–king wizard?
Crotch thrust to kotaku for the tip and epicponyz for the video.
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The stereotype of the drunken Paddy will again be taken advantage of, as the game’s town drunk is called “Irish”.
I don’t see the problem. Hell, being the town idiot hasn’t hurt my feelings. Being the only person in town with the moniker of “Bohonk” takes all the confusion out things when my Mom yells for me to come inside because the street lights are on.
I’m Irish and I’m drunk right now.
I’m also taking a shit while I type this, which is probably why the librarian is yelling for security.
SHHHHHH! You can’t yell in a library, you stupid bitch!
They should just change his name to Indian. Problem solved.
Please tell me there are horses in this game named Sarah, Jessica and Parker.
There should be a guy that humps all the horses. He can be called Washington.
Where did anyone ever get the idea that the Irish liked to drink a lot?
I’m Irish and I don’t know any alcoholics. In fact evidence suggests that the Irish have a very low incidence of alcoholic disease.For example, rate of liver cirrohis and alcohol related deaths per 100,000 of total population.; France 46.1, Italy 23.6, Germany 23.6,USA 14.1,England and Wales 3.O,Canada 7.4, Israel 5.4, Netherlands 3.7 and Ireland 3.4.
Clearly the Irish are among the least inclined to alcoholic damage and Isuggest other countries adopt Ireland’s drinking culture as a harm reduction measure. Stereotypes are the bread and butter of the ignorant and stupid and need to be challenged by imperical evidence.
Fintan, your head is in the sand. Ireland has a serious drinking problem and don’t try to brush it aside with bogus stats. It just ranked in the TOP for binge drinking which is the absolute worst type of drinking. Where are your stats from?
[www.irishhealth.com]
Fintan, that’s because after centuries of alcohol abuse, the Irish have grown unnaturally strong livers. Their entire genetic code has been modified to accept high levels of Guinness with no detriment to their health.