Black Hairstyles in Video Games
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- Опубліковано 24 лис 2024
- black hairstyles have come a long ass way in gaming and i have always felt a way about how some games choose to represent them if at all. i could talk all day about this so another video regarding this topic will be up next frr. sorry this one took so long lol
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The idea of the hightop fade existing in the 1800s implies that the wizards had the knowledge to do it and kept it a secret from the muggles is very funny to me
Makes zero sense. The muggles live among the wizards a good portion of the time how would that be a secret
@@GRIMM2197 flying cars, giant spiders, griffins, the beginning of the fourth movie, etc
1890s
Im assuming that wizards are a minority, so it wouldn’t be seen so often and people would just be like “what an odd hairstyle” and move on until it eventually caught on around our time.
We come from Africans.
Bro it's even more of a pain when you're trying to make a black woman in a game but the options are even more limited than a male character lmao
Real! Sad he didn’t talk about the severe lack of black female hairstyles cause it’s genuinely bad.
They be having the same ones for males for the girls too. Maybe they'll add the double puff ponytails 😭
@@sllkp5747right like what black female you know walking around with a damn taper fade 😂😂😂
@@chnnychnnnchnnnhonestly? Masc lesbians ahah and they’re rocking that shit too
They add in the afro, 2 puff ponytails and call it a day I personally don’t mind since I wear sew ins anyways but still😭
I was talking to a buddy one time about a pet peeve I have with modern Pokemon games where you can customize the character's skin color but when it comes to hairstyles, the choice for black hairstyles is almost non-existent, usually between short dreads and a buzz cut. And he jokingly said "yeah, try asking the Japanese developers to have more diverse hairstyle options". and I got what he meant but I told him my point was why give me the option to customize the character to look more like me but then not put in the work to give me hairstyles to make it feel more personal. I never minded just playing a pre-established character like in the older Generations. It just comes off as lazy pandering when there's like 58 other unique hairstyles in a game but only like 3 for black characters. I've always had a problem with the lack of black hairstyles in games. because what's the point of having a choice if the choices don't have substance? Like is it so hard to ask for curly hair that's between a buzzcut and Huey Freeman?
This. These Japaneyes have probably only seen a single black person (no offense or smth) and just base it off of that one guy they’ve seen in that Two Kick anime.
@@giganticmoonJapan eyes
@@giganticmoon"Japaneyes" I know this was probably a mistake but holy hell
@@BrandonWhatTheF ain’t even boutta fix that
@@giganticmoon Nah bro you good, I'd actually prefer you leave it as is
As an Australian, I feel seen when I see terrible hairstyles in videogames. It makes me feel like I'm playing as my authentic self
😂
Yeah I love seeing s mullet option
bye lmaooooo . need more dark curly mullets. and neck tattoos
As a black woman, I always find myself asking these questions while playing videogames, thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and creating a safe space where we can acknowledge that ''Black people are nerds too".
Because you represent a small percentage of the overall player base. Apparently, that makes me racist according to this guy.
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@@mantisnt1335 duck
@@toradoraificationeat glass
@@NeoKunoichi haha, big boy can't use his words. Go play 2k
I’ll never forget when somebody told me ‘black people dont exist in Elden ring’s world. That’s why there’s no hairstyles’ 😂😂
Right? They include literal dragons, creatures that are half-animal half human, literal demigods, giant talking turtles but black people can't exist in this universe? Lmao spare me
I mean, I don't remember seeing any in my incomplete playthrough. It's pretty fucked tbh
but black people exist in TES universe, so you know what to do
There’s hardly even an afro bruh
@@KujiraFElbut the combat sucks, so you know what to do
I really appreciate this video. I am a white uni student going to school for game design and development and I haven't ever really noticed the lack of styles for black characters in games before. Very helpful perspective!
I appreciate the honesty, it just drives home the point of under representation in games and in general. You likely never tried to build a black character before so it's like a blind spot because your just looking for options that fit the build your going for. Not something you would have missed.
It's really cool seeing devs finally put some effort behind it. Black hair is dynamic and can be very cool when styled with care.
^^^
We need more black Latin american and Asian hair styles
I think theres enough
More American developers…
This is has always been a thing. There’s been the obligatory 5 black hairs styles forever. Meanwhile there’s 20 shitty anime options. I’m glad people are pointing it out more, it’s always felt off, even as someone who has straight hair.
Ok tbh, theyre japanese companies, ofc theyre going to have the anime hairstyles, but yea there should be more black hairstyles, but looking at er and dark souls hair is so obviously such a afterthough, i mean have you seen the textures on the hair my guy
Anime… or Japanese pop culture options.
you don’t have to be racist to asian people to promote black people
@@RusticRonnie ? what did he say that was racist? he's clearly talking about the ones that are anime references
@@RusticRonniewhat are you talking about
@@RusticRonnieit’s not racist to call hairstyles in a game trash
It’s even funnier when the only black hairstyle is a giant afro with a comb 🪮 in it. Like, the last time the devs saw a black guy was during the disco era.
LMAOO
Bro as a black woman, I feel everything you’ve said. In our corner you’ve got either space buns or afro. I was so excited when they added space buns to animal crossing only for it to look god awful (imo).
you don't like the space balls from Animal Crossing?? I actually never heard a negative opinion on the Afrocentric hair update until now. 🤔
The big, poofy afro was my favorite back when I played.
Bro, I'm so sick of the basic ‘space buns’ and no effort cornrows. (also white players keep using our like 2 hairstyles and getting mad when black players call it weird).
Why can't we have afros [of all curly textures], boxbraids, faux locs, butterfly locks, jadebraids, locs [of all lengths], and etc. But there can be 70 different types of straight hair. It's almost as if they think they're the, “default” and “normal choice” and we’re just secondary or a rare extra thought. Dude, we’re people too, we’re also people who like games. What the hell, bro.
and the people that say, “I don't like to make things about race” Its always been about that, it's just the truth. Say that shi straight up, don't dance around it. Stop running away from that fact just because you don't want to seem like “that guy” to white folk. Sick of appeasing the BS.
Sorry for the rant.
@@Sephora_Sade well, you gotta remember it is a video game, so gatekeeping afro-centric hair is backwards since there are plenty of black folks (including myself) who have straightened their hair at least once. and I'm sure it isn't just 'white players'. the same way they can't stop us from wearing our hair is the same we can't stop them. whether it'd be in Animal Crossing or in real life. 😌 besides, it's a compliment. if someone likes something, they wear it! ⭐
also remember straight hair is common amongst humans, so we're gonna see it much more than any other type, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't see our lovely poofy hair in things as well, ya know?
@@B0BBYJ4CK🦝
A girl got doxxed and death threats only for using space buns on her fictional white character in that game
Another thing I notice sometimes is that white hair styles always so well done while black ones aren’t. Like damn, you couldn’t open up Pinterest for a reference photo 😭
This the type of shit that make me want to sock a BioWare/ Bethesda employee.
Tbh those white hairstyles are way simpler, and as a developer on many different games, hair is such a aftertjough on most games, its a lotta premade assets and stuff
@@macvadda2318 this does little to assuage my ire, Mx. Bethesda employee. I hope you have good boxing fundamentals.
@@human-animalchimeraprohibi2143i didnt work for bethesda, them working conditions suck, also i want to clarify that simple≠better, however it requires less effort to get a decent looking model, if you look at the games hes listing most of those games have you wearing a helmet, which is a very big factor. And this is especially apparent in japanese games, which have a lot of trashy hairstyles becauses theyre using more asian hairstlys and hairstyles in anime, its like how most western games dont have asian hairstyles
@@macvadda2318 Just so you know you aren’t saying anything that the unwashed masses don’t already know.
The knowledge that game dev is hard work (duh) doesn’t change the fact that black hair is ALWAYS where the corners get cut when y’all are developing y’all stank ass character creators.
Ask the people at Larian to loan you some meshes or sum.
"Why's everything about race" this really isn't if you paid attention. It's just about being able to be yourself in a fictional setting. This doesn't stop at Black people either it's just easier to explain as a Black person. I would love for all people to have just as many ethnic styles as Whites in video games, thats objectively fair. Blacks are the most vocal about it since our hair's just that different.
The people saying that we should stop making everything about race are the same ones that lose their minds when they see a black character in a fantasy game (especially if that character is an elf. God forbid we have black elves 💀)
@@SocksWithSandalsEnjoyerbro that side of youtube is annoying comparing about every game with a character that’s black calling it “woke”
the only time i really find it annoying is when a conversation is literally completely unrelated from race and someone brings it up, but most of the time i see people say “why is everything about race” to things that SHOULD include race as a topic
But since it's fiction, you can put a green bob cut on a black ass moolie and it wouldn't make a diffrrrnce because it's not real.
@hdmi__ cant even have that option so...
I get what you mean about how hopeful you feel when you see black hairstyles, and you feel represented! I'm not black (I'm Southeast Asian/Burmese) but whenever I see our culture and people talk about us and we're shown in movies I just feel like....happiness that we're being known to at least someone. That we look like the people on our television screens, It just brings joy instead of seeing the same white girl. Yk?
THIS THE TYPA SHIT IM TALKING ABOUT BRO 😭 that feeling just being seen hit different iykyk 🫡
@@TonyBustaroni Shows/charcathers such as Never Have I ever, Shimmer and Shine, Pravitr Prabakhar, Raya and the Last dragon, Girl from Nowhere, Bad Genius say otherwise. They were meant to be entertaining while having diversity. (especially for Shimmer and Shine and Raya, they could've just been white girls but they chose for them to be Southeast/South Asian.)
Omg fellow burmese here!!!! I’m glad you felt you could resonate with Raya, although other SEA’s don’t feel the same way. I saw a video hosted by Xiran I think? About the movie. But yeah, literally when I see anyone mention burma nowadays its so touching
I feel like Filipinos now, like once theyre called a crap load rushes in
@@beesnquackers OMG IM FROM CHIN STATE WBU?!!
Amazing video, you are hilarious dude!! But Hi hi, I’m a black girl with specifically 4c hair and I’m right with you on this, I usually wear my hair in pigtail styles and I wish they would add more for black fems bc there is an insane amount of black hairstyles we have but they will forever put that dumbass lord farquaad looking ass bob in every game like who the hell is choosing that😭
When Cyberpunk came out(well when I could play it lmao, I love that game to death but the launch💀) I deadass just let my girl go bald bc even though I know it’s not that serious to other ppl it is to me. I’m glad mods exist though, I’m getting into 3d modeling myself so I can make my own too!
the lord farquaad lookin ass bob LMAOAOOA
I had to get mods to fix the skin tones. My V was ashy, and some of the hair was giving... trap house. I had to get a mod and hc my black V straightens her hair. 😭
@@wangdangatomictango I’m cryinb not it was giving “trap house” exactly like😭😂
The dread comb over A.K.A The Killmonger cut. That shit is everywhere😂
Like he said it looks good tho it's the one thing they consistently get right 😂
we suffered when we were kids trying to create a character😭
Legit bro
As a Latino (not a race, sorry for not clarifying), I also feel seen when I see good black hairstyles in games. when that game has the set of curls that I wear on the crown of my head, it feels like I'm playing my authentic ethnic self. It's very freeing to actually have my hair and not resort to their basic options.
You described it perfectly. it’s almost like a blessing feeling, I am a Latino with curly hair and damn does it feel good inside when I see hair that looks similar to mine instead of straight hair lol
exactlyyy let my have my frizzy curly hair and not some wavy bob cut 🙏🏽🙏🏽
im indian and same i got curly hair
Latino isn’t a race there’s black Latinos, white, indigenous…
@@rollitupmarswho tf asked. He said he feels represented so get yo hating ass tf out
Yooo 1000000% this video means so much. As someone big into aesthetics and fashion, I would complain to my non black friends for years how awful the black hairstyles are but they didn't see the big deal. I'm just trying have dreads that don't look like dookie
Monster Hunter Rise had been making strides with black hairstyles too, and the country that game is based on is literally inspired by early Japan. If that isolated country could get black hairstyles, there is no excuse for any other settings.
MY DAWG 🤝🏾🤝🏾🤝🏾
Yo keep up the quality content my g. You got a talent to put into words in a funny and engaging way what so many overlooked people may be feeling, but haven't quite seen yet. I'm rooting for you! @@Toonarii
I’d mainly give props to Capcom for doing their research and getting the aesthetic right. Their one of the few (very few) Japanese studios who know how to accurately portray other cultures/races.
The rest of Japan and their media though… Not saying they have to, it is their media, but I at least wished they tried. 🙁
Kinda suprised too, since 4th gen monhun hair styles were like 3 pixels wide
i think there should also should be trans represantation as well.@@Toonarii
i’d like to also bring up the point that japanese people (where a lot of these games come from) have been enamored by black culture since the 60s and 70s. they’ve been rocking dreadlocks and created a technique to turn their hair into kinky afros decades ago. they can figure out how to code those styles into games.
Now we just gotta wait till game devs start giving us durags to wear😂😂
I’d be UNSTOPPABLE
There’s a story I heard somewhere about the development of the mii channel on the wii. Basically, once they got it working, they realized that all the facial features and hair styles they had would only really work for people who were East Asian, so they decided to spend a solid portion of the next year researching facial features and hairstyles from around the world to make it more inclusive. I’m not sure how well they did with black hairstyles, but it’s impressive how versatile the OG mii maker is if you know what you’re doing.
Black hair styles are eh.. in mii maker not that many rlly
The styles for blacks was mid sadly
@@itsmereem6748 oof, that sucks. still, any effort is better than no effort.
@@ianhoopes6650yeah you could see the effort, there were a few for the guys like locs, buzz cut, and Afro. Maybe a few more for girls. But not that many all in all, not the worst ever though either
lmao wii had zero black girl hairstyles, i was always using the male dreads. iirc all they had for men was weak dreads, weak afro, buzz cut and bald.
the facial features are very good though, and they have better hair in miitopia
this man got some good editing and funny commentary, underrated af bro
No offense but I think you got paid it to say that
@@Thebiggestbird156 nope, don’t even know the guy I’m just saying what I believe🤷♂️
you can see the CoryxKenshin influence in the editing but its not bad
why i subscribed
So true
Being mixed and having no hair styles to pick from has always sucked. I’m glad there’s more now that fit my hair type.
Same here. I'm in the pokemon fandom, and it sucks all thr hairy styles are white nit even Hispanic or even weirder asian when it's literally from Japan I haven't played the newest game but I heard it's been improving
America moment
@winter_aqua09America moment ig 🤷🏾
@@Quintapionrandom ass reply
@@Quintapion tell me you are a white european without telling me
3:18 the game is set in a period where the people were racist, so to fully immerse our staff we fired all black workers
I have always thought about this as a kid growing up with games that had character creations. It was so weird to see so much variety in white customization compared to the little bit you'd see tucked away at the back for hispanic or black customization. Glad someone who can speak on it properly has cause shit's wack
I was so surprised when I saw the animal crossing hairstyles in new horizon, I felt so happy having the cute little Afro with the side part.
Black Hairstyles are part of Black Culture. Black hair salons have hundreds of styles you don't see in games or media much. Because we don't make alot of media ourselves, you'll only see the most popular selections everywhere. Especially hairstyles that got so popular other cultures picked them up. As a artist, i'm always building reference material and its hard finding detailed styles like i be seeing in the solons. Now i wonder if solons have a hair cetology i can buy.
It makes me cringe whenever I see movies/games give black characters PIN STRAIGHT HAIR, like come on now...
@@khawln-b1v Not sure if they still do it today but back in the 80s and 90s i remember getting my hair like that. That was rare tho.
@@IN-tm8mw I know many black people straighten their hair/ wear wigs. But it’s better if games and animated movies give ACCURATE black hairstyles yk?
Oh? Strange how many black people I see around with braids or straight hair (wigs)? Seems like “black culture” is stealing whatever the fuck you want from other races…ironic.
Well, at least one of you has the self-awareness to realize that you people are trying to colonize other people's spaces instead of building up your own.
The biggest point of a character creator is to make the character you want, so better representation & styles is the most important in that context. Historical accuracy argument only works in games expressly saying that is there goal. I want a star wars game where i can make the sickest jedi in the underworld
I mean it holds up when its placed in that era
@@macvadda2318 yea we need that exactly. The best character creator for more types of people
@@zuffin1864you gotta remember that hairstyles are a huge afterthough in most of these games, because ur barely ever seeinh ur head, so why would they waste money on that stuff, especially when you see that most games with no black hairstyles dont have em because of that, in any other situation tho theres no excuse
@@macvadda2318because it's not a guarantee that you won't see your face or take off a mask/helmet and sometimes we just like to admire our avatars
@@macvadda2318they spend the money on other hairstyles, why would it be a waste for black hairstyles?
This video is so important and it's so dissapointing how so many non-black people still don't see the issue (or just don't want to if we're being honest). I'm white but I have curly dark hair so I always noticed the lack of diversity in games, how there would be a gazillion hairstyles with straight hair, 3 semi wavy hairstyles and maybe one black hairstyle and it was always the afro😭
Right? Thats the whole argument, its that easy
As a black woman. I feel we have even less hair options for our characters 🫤
I feel bad for yall
Most of our options are just puff balls or an afro. I wish more games would give black female characters loc options because black women wear locs too. I have locs myself.
I think it's even worse for Black women. They have just as many (or more) different hairstyles than the men. I think many game developers believe that Black women don't play video games, that's the only thing I could think of. Game developers would be surprised of the number of Black women that play video games.
I played the new Harry Potter game and felt lowkey disrespected with the hairstyle options smh 💀
They only Black hairstyles I think most game developers have are either Afros, locs, cornrows (one version) and Afro puffs. And even with those styles there are different versions. Even when Black women straighten their hair, there are differences.
This MIGHT sound insane but what if I told you that roblox lowkey be representing with black hairstyles 😭
roblox b cooking up like that? 😂 bro imma do some research cuz wtf
Robloxians be decked out 😂
because of user created items !! the community itself took this upon them to add more representation 🧏♀️
God this video was so good to see. I wasn't even aware 2K had that legendary selection or seen some of those styles.
You can stylr blackhair in so many free form ways it's honestly crazy they're just absolutely not capitalized on.
2k is really good with black hairstyles. They have to be, 95% of their player base is black.
I’m glad you mentioned this.
I want long wavy and curly hair, curly ponytails, every dang possible black hairstyle but with curly hair, not just dreadlocks, Afro, and cornrows. Give us more because some black people know how to pull off some sick styles.
“It’s an Eastern game, they don’t have to cater” THEN DON’T ADD THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE??? Plus black people in Eastern countries exist too.
Also like they have the options for dark skin tones so add the hairstyles that people with those skin tones have
every person who has “weird” (long hair as a guy or bangs as a girl) hair knows that feeling of picking a hairstyle intended for the other gender bc its the closest to your actual hair, only to regret it later and just go with Default Hair 1.
right. Curly hair styles seemed to be really hard to see in games.
Black people in eastern countries only exist in a small quaintity though
As an Asian, whenever white people say Asian games aren’t obligated to put afros in games because they’re Asian, just shows to me how skewed the perception of ‘Asian’ is in the west.
In my country, afro hair isn’t really rare, and didn’t have any black connotations til the internet became a thing. But black Americans did introduce most of the afro hairstyles to my country. Except those long asf dreads, we’ve been doing that since forever.
Never heard any white people say this, stop putting words in our mouths. Thanks.
Dreads have been around since 1600-1500 BCE… maybe Greece, Ethiopia, or Egypt…. You sure about that?
@@TheRealRa0ulDuke no idea what you’re trying to contest my guy
I agreed with everything you said, except for the last part. The samurai did look beast rocking them though.
@@TheRealRa0ulDuke it’s only because there’s no written evidence though, I’m Indonesian and at least in my part of the country it’s associated with traditional shamans. But we also have people uncontacted til the 20th century rocking them. We’ve got our own indigenous word for it, East Asians like the Japanese just say ‘dreadlock’ or ‘black hair’.
*It was the 1800s, those hairstyles wouldn’t fit in the setting* are words spoken by someone who thinks Black people were invented yesterday
I swear as a overwatch fan when I was younger for some reason Lucio.. was just cool as heck with them dreads I swear and his new design had me on the top of the world I swear the dreads look so clean to me idk how to explain it💪
FACTSS i love all of his different hairstyles in his skins. Space Prince is 👌🏾👌🏾
Bruh, with Lucio I also really loved the hairstyle he had on his special skin too, the one where he is wearing a hat and gold outfit.
The one benefit of being bald is my hairstyle is almost always included. Although there's some goofy ass head shapes sometimes.
Bro this showed up on my recommended and imma jus say you legit underrated as hell man
Hilarious edits an commentary, you best keep up the good work cuz I gotta Feelin you can hit it big. Liked and subscribed
THANK YOU
such an amazing video. lots to think about. thank you for creating this, can't wait to watch more of your videos.
Really glad you brought up animal crossing new horizons, I've been playing it since launch, as a black woman with dreads, you best believe I used that Dread cut, it's surprisingly gender neutral. Then when the BLM movement started to happen ACNH decided to drop even more black hair styles, my favorite being the Afro Puffs and the Afro Updo.
in all honesty its good to see the game industry stray away from eurocentric conventions of not only what it means for a character to look attractive but what is given for players with regards to character customization, a lack of black hairstyles is not only disrespectful but it is an implied expectation that players would not prefer to have black hair for their characters in the first place
Please stop using the European conventions of communication, coloniser
@teebonesteak8015 im not allowed to speak English if I criticize Europe?
eurocentric conventions? my brother in christ most people on this planet will have straight hair this really isn't eurocentric when most people will usually share the same hair type and its just that more natural curly hair is rarer and really only seen in mass in the black race.
@@teebonesteak8015Stay mad.
@@tim3line nope. Go to Africa little boi
Youre p funny, keep up the good work.
I can agree, the lack of recognition for black hairstyles in games are wow. Black ppls hair can b styled in many different ways but yet game designers choose to capitalize on other races hair instead 🤷
I agree. I'm tired of there being these ugly afros in video games. I would love to see some cute afro puffs, two strand twists or braids in more video games.
As an amateur hairstylist that prefers to work on black hair due to the variety of awesome styles, and a dreadhead myself, this type of representation always makes me *so* happy to see!
Great video by the way. Great pacing, dope edits, great points. I definitely sub’d.
Also want to mention the sims 4 when it comes to black hairstyles. They are getting a looot better with hairstyles, even having fans of the game design some amazing hairs, nails, and other clothing, but also at the same time, they gave us cauliflower as a hairstyle in the early years (unforgivable). Plus, you gotta pay for some black hairstyles, but most of the good ones aren’t behind a paywall. Honestly, just use custom content if you can, highly recommend it.
Bro i get what you mean it’s really nice to feel seen on the screen yourself. Even just hairstyles add an extra layer of immersion personally to see someone with the same hairstyle or same culture as me i get happy like giddy 😭😭 im mixed so i dont see that a lot and even i dont really know what i am exactly so its just nice to have something where you can be you or anything you want and that means more representation (i hope in all games with customization) 😁
Honestly, while we're at it, better facial hair as well.
Fr fr most have have the weakest beards, let me pose as a dwarf ffs, the only game that has scratched this beard itch is Deep Rock Galactic, them beards would make any Nordic god proud I tell you
@bonelesschickennuggets1868 see I just want variety cause the options are homeless crackhead, mutton chops, fu man chu, cop, or 5 O' clock shadow. A lot of times if I make a male character I try to make myself and my facial hair grows naturally like some Conquistador which is never an option.
You know it's bad when Snapchat's Bitmoji has more hair options than a triple A game released in 2023. I made a Mii for the first time since 2014 when I used to straighten my hair... I have never felt so helpless 😭
One thing of note, is that we are getting a surge of black Game artists. So we are starting to see more black hairstyles. Since some people are scared to make characters that are too different to them.
Also you can Cover more people with “white/asian” hair styles. Where black hair is more limited. Was a common belief for many devs.
but once again, now that we have black artists who work at higher levels you will see this change
Overall I always figured if I could make a character from scratch in a creator then they should have as diverse hair styles as possible.
But just remember, many games also get black skin wrong with forgetting the changes in skins tone throughout the body // many asian developers also mess up white people in the same way.
Yea in most games growing up making a black character was so hard either they dark as night or just light skin which really doesn’t even look black cuz of most hairstyles being straight 🥲
Who are the black game artists I wanna check their work I got to support em
Honestly well written, well spoken, and your points are so valid. I really hope you find success on here
3:56 the Tyler Igor pic had me dyin 😭😭😭
Lmao I’m literally so in love with your voice and your videos are so funny I’ve been binge watching them, keep up the good work 🎉
thank you!! : ]
I like the pictures he use to convey different emotions shit funny af gj😂
this vid was pure catharsis- thank you
im a white girl and honestly i had never really thought about this topic before, but after going and looking at all the hair options for black people in my games bro they got some raggedy ass hairstyles💀. i almost feel guilty that ive never noticed this before because when i choose a hairstyle in a game i dont even question the options yk so thankyou for shedding light on this and educating us white folk
I will admit: the dread comb over had me wanting dreads for a minute. Then I found out how much maintenance it took to even keep a fro healthy and nice and said "nah".
6:30 Nah you really had to pull out the Dc Universe Corn-rolls 😂😂😂😂
I'm not black but I do have curly hair, I TOTALLY get your gripes with hairstyles
I was literally talking to my brother about the comb over dreads trend. I appreciate the vid.
Mods will forever be my saviour, y'all working for free just to provide my brown ass curls thank you
This video been due for 20 years. Thank you. It cant be overstated enough.
I have been using Caucasian/eastern female characters aince the 90s purely because the alternatives A) Didn't exist or B) Was so unrepresentative or low effort I felt like I would be doing harm to my own identity by accepting it as a representation of myself.
Like ari says, its hard to explain but here is one more element of it. Many identities get to look absolutely amazing and have appearances beyond what would be achievable. Meanwhile, black hairstyles are often reductive and literally make some characters look like a joke if not outright ugly. Maybe if we start looking normal then we can dream of having gravity defying, excess length, iridescent colored magic hair (despite the fact black hair has been doing amazing things in real life before fantasy media even started adding it to other races)
Think about how long its been an ongoing internet meme to make extremely ugly and amusing characters. What is the #1 hairstyle for trolling? The afro.
The thumbnail geeked me Tf out 😂
I also wanted to say that this video is funny asf while also highlighting a big issue black people face in the gaming community. Keep it up.
Special shoutout to black modders who made sims playable for my childhood years
Animal Crossing nailed black hairstyles. Even the way black hairstyles look in hats is fire on New Horizons.
Even for old 🥷 like me that makes my character rock the baldie and beard on there.
This video alone is a DEF follow. You hit now 1 not 2, but damn near ALL the talking points and with valid takes nonetheless. 💯💯💯
DO NOT feel like you JUST gotta be "happy with the progress." You can be happy with the progress and still ask them not to stop!!! +1 hairstyle is great, devs, but keep going!
It was crazy when I played animal crossing and realized they had more than 2 black hair styles like. I dead ass bought the second hairstyle pack (which is free with in-game currency) and was surprised they had a decent amount, even for the black girls, too, like damn. And here this nigga tell me they got FUCKING waves in that shit too?! I didn't even know that and I thought I seen all the hair styles they got. Actually had a hard time picking hairstyles and not because my only option wasn't just dirty ass corn rolls or near bald buzz cuts that make you look like a Fallout 3 character. It was because I had many options. That all looked good.
I never noticed that. They truly should do some more hairstyles for black people in game, it would be nice. o-o
black people have like the coolest cultural shit and it takes a marvel movie coming out for people to pay attention to ONE thing
There’s a clean box fade, locks, & fro variations in Deep Rock Galactic, which is a game about dwarves mining in space. It was pretty impressive
Nah, lmao. The bit with black panther made my jaw drop(Cuz it's true).
BG3 has some nice braids and textured hair, I was pleasantly surprised. Most fantasy games don’t have a lot of good black/textured hair. What’s nice too is that a lot of them aren’t real culture specific (tho they are infludenced) so you can really just play with unique appearances. I love creating teifling and elves with black features and dope hair, and they even added a vitiligo slider.
Even Warframe got some unique type 4 hairstyles for operators that feel part of that universe
If there ain't an appropriate hairstyle I just pull the ol Johnny Sins
Nintendo is the last company I’d expect to add more black hairstyles
And big ups for using jungle in your video got a sub from me
For some reason, Nintendo has actually been good with hairstyles. Even the original Mii Maker on the Wii was kinda clean with them. Nowadays, Animal Crossing and Splatoon both have great hairstyle game
Yall got black *men* hairstyles. We black women only got braids and an afro. Thats it
Right we barely got box braids
Right we don't get NUN 😂
We get like 1 type of braid this hurts man
Because black women rarely do natural hair
I remember playing animal crossing new leaf as a kid and making my character literally sit out in the sun so she could be my skin color oml...
Heavy on the “I’m not explaining shit to a racist “🤌🏿🤌🏿 that part 😂😂
got in my reccomended, you have serious potential I loved this vid
nothing but truth throughout this video nice work
Damn I ain’t realize this a small channel, you funny asf bro
I'm always impressed how much content there is around black hair, ever since I watched the documentary Good Hair with Chris Rock
Preach!
I'm an illustrator and I often get hired by white people to draw black people, and I always try to style it up beyond what they ask of me, cause I know how if feels to only have two types of black hairstyles and that's it.
I got very open curls myself, and that's already underrepresented, I SCREAMED when MHW hit me with the curly hair with the side-braids. I thought "This was made for me!" and it's an amazing feeling.
I was listening to this shi thinking it was made by someone with like around 451k but nah, mad underated.
Happy this got reccomended to me needs more attention fr
i absolutely love this video because yeah it made me realize games HAVE come a long way but we do still need more options...
something i remember is picking up pokemon x and y and being like "OH MY GOD I CAN MAKE MY CHARACTER DARK SKINNED LIKE ME!!" and now in gen 9 you can straight up have curly hair now(granted it's really not the best curly hair at all but my god. i can kinda make game me look like /me/ me now)
UA-cam was cooking with the recommendation! Subscribed. Sad how rare it still is to get variety for our hair in games and I've been playing games a long time.
Good video, very informative for us with the lighter tint
The cover: Nene Leaks, is that you?
I legit had tears in my eyes when they updated animal crossing with the afro puffs and THEM SHITS BOUNCE WHEN YOU RUN I got emotional as hell over being able to put the puffs on in that cute ass game ;o;
I’m actually impressed how well black hairstyles and even skin tones are being done in video games today. Especially since hair in games is generally hard to animate (even in 3d animation as well).
That panel of ultimate Peter is so freaking good😂
You having one of the sonic unleashed tracks in the background is all I needed to hear to subscribe. A man of culture I see. Also was a good video 😂
Hell, I’m WHITE and my hair isn’t in games. So many devs just don’t put in the effort to make curly hairstyles…
When I was younger I would spend hours (still do tbh) making a character and something I’d always do is view the hairstyles first. Don’t see something like me? Okay I’ll just make a completely new character with some other hairstyle that looks nice. Fast forward to today and only recently have I started creating caricatures/extensions of myself in games like Animal Crossing, MHR, and SF6. It’s nice to see someone like you doing the impossible
Side note- that crunchy clip of LTG screaming at the camera had me weak
I wouldn't say they have to add more black hairstyles but it's appreciated definitely
Definitely earned a sub bro haven’t seen such a good funny/ meaningful UA-cam vid in awhile
Fucked up cornrows are the bane of my existence last time I checked I’m not severely bald between each braid and my hairline doesn’t turn into a zig zag
Fr, I like gta but the cornrows are WAY too spaced out, if they added Franklin's braids into gta online I would actually use it
I already watched this video. I got the info, but why do I wanna watch it again just cause it’s funny?? Good job man! The commentary, editing plus the good and nuanced take together makes a great video. I not only felt seen, but I actually laughed out loud!!