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Geoff Keighley has acknowledged complaints about a lack of diversity around this year’s Summer Games festival, though he didn’t delve into the issue in depth.
In an interview with CBCHost Keighley simply said, “I think overall we do a pretty good job with diversity on our shows. That was something that was fair science.”
“We also want to be original to the games that are on the show and the developers that make them. So, yeah, I think we recognize that.”
He added that Melanie Liburd, the actor who plays the new protagonist in Alan Wake 2 Saga Anderson, was set to appear on stage but scheduling conflicts prevented that from happening.
Even if Liburd had been available, she would have been the only woman and only person of color to appear on stage. The seven people who appeared during the show, including Keighley, were all white men — something we discussed on our podcast.
Keighley’s next show – and the chance to correct that lack of diversity – will be Gamescom: Opening Night Live, broadcast from Koelnmesse in Cologne on Tuesday, August 22nd.
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