XBL style racism on Wii Wi-Fi
Perhaps I'm a bit naive, but having played lots of Xbox Live with lots of stupid/obnoxious/racist strangers (mostly teenagers), I figured that the big three had figured out how to ban obviously offensive screen names from their systems. I also figured, based on nothing but assumptions, that Nintendo's Wii Wi-Fi Connection would be the least likely place to find that kind of thing since Nintendo's the most "family friendly" company and seems like the place where racist idiots would spend the least amount of time.
So imagine my bemused surprise Saturday night when I went online to play "Mario Kart Wii" for the first time and immediately discovered one of my opponents had the charming moniker "I h8 nigas." I think Nintendo may want to put a little more work into the technology it uses to screen player names.
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Posted by: buy hero gold | March 11, 2009 at 09:52 PM
That is very discouraging and disheartening. I just purchased a wii for myself and my girlfriends kids got one for Christmas and MarioKart is the game we got to play against each other on, and now I'm nervous to let them play the game online. I feel this is something kids should not have to be subjected to while playing children's games. It is a shame that hatred is a learned behvior (primarily from parents) and those that hate, usually have no idea why they hate. In a country where the name is THE "UNITED" STATES and used to say the moniker, "ONE NATION" under God, seems pretty oxymoronic when we are at war with ourselves and telling the world to be more like us.
Posted by: Duffy | January 06, 2009 at 05:04 AM