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Majority of characters in the, well, majority

By Greg Kline
Sunday July 1, 2007

Robert K. O'Daniell

University of Illinois Professor Dmitri Williams has done a 'census' of characters in top-selling video games like 'Grand Theft Auto.' They're mostly young males, white or Asian.

In video games, it's a man's world, a white world and a world without a lot of senior citizens.

Don't expect to see many American Indians, either, or Hispanics. You'll find a fair number of blacks.

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