It's shocking to see how many people disagree with this. It's fine, just surprising.
Individual > Group, when it comes to writing about characters in a game. Good writers can make people stand out, and not just be yet another member of a group, based on their other personality traits, their appearance (Which is pretty badass, if anybody has actually looked at Jackie), their personal style. Oh, and in Kofe's case, the numbers on their character sheet.
I seem to have to keep repeating this, so I'll say it one last time now that the discussion has calmed down a bit, but Jackie is an
individual. Maybe he wants to talk like a tough gang-banger. Maybe it doesn't actually matter what journalists think, because they aren't the ones who have spent years writing excellent characters in video games.