I noticed recently that there's a kind of tropical fish called a Moorish idol. I find it interesting because it is one of the only features of the game that makes reference to a real world ethnicity. This seems like a sort of blunder, since it doesn't seem to align with Minecraft's design philosophy.
IE: Minecraft is a self contained world, and it's strange for a tropical fish to be called a Moorish Idol, since the Moors as an ethnic group don't exist within a Minecraft world (unless you're doing some crazy modding) . That being said I have respect for people of any ethnicity, and I am sure Mojang does too, it just seems odd.
Anywho, I think it'd be more consistent to rename it to something like Horned Idol? since It'd be a somewhat quick change and I don't know how many people are say, Nostalgic about niche tropical fish names.
:)
Please sign in to leave a comment.
0 Comments