Something I've seen happen with comics lately, especially Marvel comics, is changing characters to be more diverse in their cast. Here's a couple examples.
Female Thor
Black female Iron Man
While technically they are new characters, it's pretty easy to see these are characters created solely to make more diverse incarnations of iconic characters.
This got me thinking, should the game industry also attempt to change iconic characters to be more diverse or should developers simply make new characters that promote diversity? If we make new characters do we try to subdue or even stop the use of the established and less diverse characters?
Not trying to stir a beehive here, just curious to see what ERA thinks about these questions and ideas.
Female Thor
Black female Iron Man
While technically they are new characters, it's pretty easy to see these are characters created solely to make more diverse incarnations of iconic characters.
This got me thinking, should the game industry also attempt to change iconic characters to be more diverse or should developers simply make new characters that promote diversity? If we make new characters do we try to subdue or even stop the use of the established and less diverse characters?
Not trying to stir a beehive here, just curious to see what ERA thinks about these questions and ideas.