
14: Diversifying Play with Greg Johnson (ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove)
Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games
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The Importance of Diversity in Gaming
"i'm frustrated at our industry for taking the safe road always going generic and quite honestly kind of white bread um because it's safe," he says. "There's no reason why story makers and game makers should be confined to creating stories and characters of their own ethnicity that seems silly when you actually step back, look at it but i do believe there is a place down inside that matters" 'I come from a mixed background as you know,' adds Kotaku editor-in-chief John Defterios. "[Doki Doki] universe was all about going to different planets and discovering humanity... even star flight", writes defterios.
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