The joke, of course, is "coon" is also a racial slur for black people.
This is a game where one of the main characters, Cartman, dresses up as a Racoon-themed superhero and calls himself The Coon. Nostalgia and references were enough to propel me through The Stick of Truth, but while playing the sequel, The Fractured But Whole, rose-tinted glasses haven't been enough, my nervous chuckles replaced with sighs. And yet, it was also a sobering trip down memory lane, a reminder of how much we change over the years, including our sense of humor and what (and who) we find ourselves chuckling at. Functioning both as a greatest hits tour of South Park's most popular and enduring bits, and a remarkably on-point sendup of video game tropes, it felt remarkably… earnest? There was a profound novelty in controlling the characters of South Park, turning the game into an unaired, interactive episode. And so, a confession: In 2014, I laughed at South Park: The Stick of Truth way more than I expected.
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