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[Topher]

Luckily sometimes don't have to ask.

Stopped at convenience store today in southern IN and some binary looking individual was working the register and their name tag said THEM

Did he look like a giant insect?

 

[kpopSuperstar]

Luckily sometimes don't have to ask.

Stopped at convenience store today in southern IN and some binary looking individual was working the register and their name tag said THEM

 

[uncreativename]

Haven't played the new ones, but I'd be totally fine with a black Kratos if they ever decide to go that route tbh. In the originals at least, he's less of a character than a rager who does hilariously brutal kills on mythnical monsters.

So as long as he stays that angry, I'm good with it.

 

[bitbydeath]

He was white as a kid.

He also has white parents.

And white kids

 

[FoxMcChief]

Kratos never paid child support while away. Just saying. Does he change the 9volt batteries in his smoke detectors? Is that why we had to throw his axe at birds?

 

[davidjaffe]

He was white as a kid.

He also has white parents.

And white kids

Yeah, at that point you are getting into other games that I had little or nothing to do with. Which should explain why the idea of cannon for at least the Greek saga is kinda useless in terms of questions like this. If you look at him in GOW 2005 before he gets the ashes on him, he is clearly olive skinned. Which doesn't mean he didn't have sex with a white as snow woman to have his first kid. But the other images were after my time so I guess - since there is no real answer (other than my answer of 'who really gives a shit?')- you can imagine it any way you like .

 

[proandrad]

Kratos before he killed his family.

 

[adamsapple]

He also has white parents.

Zeus is Greek, Kratos is Greek. Neither of them are White or Black.

 

[Pasta la Vista]

Can't people just not be weird about race, in games and out, for just one fucking day?

It wasn't like this in the 90s and early 2000s

 

[bitbydeath]

Yeah, at that point you are getting into other games that I had little or nothing to do with. Which should explain why the idea of cannon for at least the Greek saga is kinda useless in terms of questions like this. If you look at him in GOW 2005 before he gets the ashes on him, he is clearly olive skinned. Which doesn't mean he didn't have sex with a white as snow woman to have his first kid. But the other images were after my time so I guess - since there is no real answer (other than my answer of 'who really gives a shit?')- you can imagine it any way you like .

Even for Callisto and Zeus?
I thought you would have been still involved for that?

 

[uncreativename]

Like I said above, it doesn't matter to me what race Kratos is, but Greek (and Italian) people are white lol

 

[davidjaffe]

Even for Callisto and Zeus?
I thought you would have been still involved for that?

Calisto yes. And Zeus yes but it never occurred to me to think of him as white. If I recall we were just riffing on the 'old god in the clouds with white beard' trope that we've seen in the movies.

 

[Madflavor]

LMAO, internet is so retarted.

Uh oh. Somebody didn't play ANY of the God of War games.

 

[Crayon]

^^oh hey what's up dude. Good to see you around!

 

[Xenon]

Looking at his skin tone it is obvious.

 

[Aenima]

Like I said above, it doesn't matter to me what race Kratos is, but Greek (and Italian) people are white lol

Americans have throuble grasping the concept of tanned white ppl, because they get red.

 

[MayauMiao]

Jaffe also says that race had nothing to do with the selection of TC Carson. The voice was chosen from a number of options from recordings.

A very rare W for Jaffe.

 

[Bark]

I love listening to the west talking about my country.

 

[Topher]

I love listening to the west talking about my country.

No one is talking about your country. It's a character in a video game

 

[Bark]

No one is talking about your country. It's a character in a video game

That's what makes it more funny

 

[Gamer79]

I thought Greek because of story location? Does not make sense that a European or Southern African .

 

[Topher]

That's what makes it more funny

You guys do need to do something about that whole Gods of Olympus problem though

 

[Unknown?]

#1- This was a response to an email I got sent and I saw it being a pretty heated topic on Brazil twitter so I answered it on my stream and made a stand alone video.

#2- GOD OF WAR CREATOR reacts or whatever I call it has everything to do with the algorithm. My name is searched as is TWISTED METAL and GOD OF WAR. The more I get those words in various key places (title, descriptions), the more people get served the video and thus the more people discover the channel and perhaps watch other videos. It's simply the cost of doing biz w/the youtube algo BUT the good news is, with LLM AI, Youtube is slowly pivoting to looking at the context of the whole video via the actual transcript and so it can get better at serving videos to people it thinks will like them based on a lot more than just some key words and phrases. Trust me, if it said 'Director of Drawn to Death' or 'From the guy who picked up Krispie Kreame at Kroger Last Night...' it simply would not reach as many people.

Come on, that title would be hilarious to do on a smaller, less important video! I dare you to do it and also come to Rumble plz.

'From the guy who picked up Krispie Kreame at Kroger Last Night...'

 

[Tajaz2426]

Luckily sometimes don't have to ask.

Stopped at convenience store today in southern IN and some binary looking individual was working the register and their name tag said THEM

Yeah, it crept into Indiana. When we go west from Louisville, we go up from Evansville to Terre Haute over to Paris and up in Illinois to see the ladies dad.

My favorites are the little in between towns that only exist for fuel for truckers and farmers and the slots machines. The cashiers look like a cross between 80ish punk rock while maintaining the look that they drink grass smoothies.

Always enjoy it.

 

[Bark]

You guys do need to do something about that whole Gods of Olympus problem though

What problem?

 

[The Fartist]

 

[Sketchball]

Agreed. I choose well written characters.

 

[nikos]

I love listening to the west talking about my country.

Γεια σου ρε φίλε.

 

[Gaiff]

Like I said above, it doesn't matter to me what race Kratos is, but Greek (and Italian) people are white lol

Depends who you ask. They're European, no doubt, but I've heard a white supremacist claim Ukrainians aren't white lol. If those guys aren't white, then who the fuck is?

 

[Bark]

Γεια σου ρε φίλε.

Έλα ρε μαλάκα!

 

[uncreativename]

Depends who you ask. They're European, no doubt, but I've heard a white supremacist claim Ukrainians aren't white lol. If those guys aren't white, then who the fuck is?

I'd like to see his reaction when I tell him that most Jewish people are also white lol

People who care about race that much are big Dumb

 

[xanaum]

Aside from the "We Wuz Kangz" meme, the ancient world wasn't diverse and didn't have kings and generals of every color all over Europe and Asia.

Either way, the original voice of Kratos is one of the greatest of all time in gaming. It's a shame they changed it to tone down the aggression.

 

[TGO]

I always thought Kratos reminded me of Teal'c from Stargate SG-1, kinda funny that Christopher Judge ended up doing the voice, but not once did it ever cross my mind that he was Black, and I'm not sure why anyone would think he is.
And as graphics improved it became very obvious that he wasn't.

 

[Cert.in.Death]

He's Greek. Hell if I know what that is supposed to mean.

 

[lughnasadh123]

It wasn't like this in the 90s and early 2000s

I blame the lack of booth babes for the chronic insanity.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

I always thought Kratos reminded me of Teal'c from Stargate SG-1, kinda funny that Christopher Judge ended up doing the voice, but not once did it ever cross my mind that he was Black, and I'm not sure why anyone would think he is.
And as graphics improved it became very obvious that he wasn't.

Only a particular type of retard could think that a greek, let alone a spartan general, would be any other than mediterranean white. Europe is very diverse because every country has a particular kind of WHITE, with recognizable features and skin tones. Spaniards, French and Italians have different features, that local people can recognize. Of course, for leftists a continent with a myriad of white tones is not "diverse", because for them that word means only Afroamerican.

Kratos, like Cleopatra, could only be white. It's very annoying that people whose idea of culture is to watch Netflix history shows lecture Europeans on stuff they don't know the first thing.

 

[Arsic]

I was hoping Jaffe would confirm he's actually from Spain.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

America and its obsession with race is surely something.

 

[icecold1983]

He was a Spartan. Spartans were predominantly white people with well tanned skin. Someone go post this on retardera for the inevitible hilarity.

 

[Varteras]

Only a particular type of retard could think that a greek, let alone a spartan general, would be any other than mediterranean white. Europe is very diverse because every country has a particular kind of WHITE, with recognizable features and skin tones. Spaniards, French and Italians have different features, that local people can recognize. Of course, for leftists a continent with a myriad of white tones is not "diverse", because for them that word means only Afroamerican.

Kratos, like Cleopatra, could only be white. It's very annoying that people whose idea of culture is to watch Netflix history shows lecture Europeans on stuff they don't know the first thing.

Naw dawg. We wuz philosophers and shit. Socrates wuz a brutha!

 

[consoul]

He is clearly white ...and a little bit red.
Open your eyes, people.

 

[Kenpachii]

He's probably Asian.

 

[Radical_3d]

Ugh… This is such an American question to ask. Here we would ask: "is Kratos paying his debts?"
He is not

 

[lifa-cobex]

 

[Doggyred]

WE

 

[Soodanim]

America and its obsession with race is surely something.

Ugh… This is such an American question to ask. Here we would ask: "is Kratos paying his debts?"
He is not

In fairness to the Yanks, Jaffe himself ITT has said it was in response to a debate in Brazil.

 

[The Cockatrice]

He is absolutely not black lmao. He's a greek white male, with a more tanned/olive skin color. His voice actor has no relevance. To even question this is fucking ridiculous.

 

[Salmonboy]

 

[Radical_3d]

In fairness to the Yanks, Jaffe himself ITT has said it was in response to a debate in Brazil.

Brazil is in America so it counts as Americans saying dumb things. But this one is our neighbour's fault. GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER, JOAO!!

 

[GymWolf]

It was clear for anyone with a fucking brain.