Herbert Moon is the shop keeper in Armadillo, plays a lot of Texas Hold-em, is a world class bigot and is immortal. You are likely to encounter him behind the counter when he assures you that nothing he sells has been manufactured by Jews. If you go over to the saloon to play cards, you will likely encounter him at the table where he will continuously spout off more anti-Semitism.
“The railroad company is just a front for the Jews.”
And here’s the thing, to unlock a game achievement you must beat everyone at the table. That could mean spending real time hours sitting at the virtual table with Herbert Moon continuously regurgitating his hatred. And if, for example, you get caught cheating, you may think you could end this nonsense by meeting Moon out in the street for a duel. But, after putting a bullet in his head and leaving him a bloody heap, you can then walk over to the General Store and find him behind the counter. The next day, return to the back room gaming table and he’s there again as if nothing happened.
“The Jews killed Lincoln. That’s why there’s a triangle on the money.”
Now, if you were to go to the game developers and complain about the overt, un-escapable and un-killable anti-Semitism in the game, I have no doubt that they would respond that such racism was common at the period and it was just part of the realistic game environment. Yes, they are correct in that, but they could have given those sorts of attitudes as a throwaway line in the saloon or by someone in the street. An attitude that you would hear occasionally like the momentary dialogue of prostitutes propositioning you as you walk by of a guy in the saloon drunkenly exclaiming how he’s seen ghost riders in the sky. Instead they gave this hate filled monologue to a character that you are likely to spend hours of game time with. No other character in the game, even the libertarian anacro-tea-tards, get the sort of soap box that Herbert Moon gets.
“I hear that John Marston is a hired killer for the Jews.”
That sort of repetition is not for realism’s sake and is no accident.
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Date: 2013-08-03 12:08 am (UTC)“The railroad company is just a front for the Jews.”
And here’s the thing, to unlock a game achievement you must beat everyone at the table. That could mean spending real time hours sitting at the virtual table with Herbert Moon continuously regurgitating his hatred. And if, for example, you get caught cheating, you may think you could end this nonsense by meeting Moon out in the street for a duel. But, after putting a bullet in his head and leaving him a bloody heap, you can then walk over to the General Store and find him behind the counter. The next day, return to the back room gaming table and he’s there again as if nothing happened.
“The Jews killed Lincoln. That’s why there’s a triangle on the money.”
Now, if you were to go to the game developers and complain about the overt, un-escapable and un-killable anti-Semitism in the game, I have no doubt that they would respond that such racism was common at the period and it was just part of the realistic game environment. Yes, they are correct in that, but they could have given those sorts of attitudes as a throwaway line in the saloon or by someone in the street. An attitude that you would hear occasionally like the momentary dialogue of prostitutes propositioning you as you walk by of a guy in the saloon drunkenly exclaiming how he’s seen ghost riders in the sky. Instead they gave this hate filled monologue to a character that you are likely to spend hours of game time with. No other character in the game, even the libertarian anacro-tea-tards, get the sort of soap box that Herbert Moon gets.
“I hear that John Marston is a hired killer for the Jews.”
That sort of repetition is not for realism’s sake and is no accident.