Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 included an optional mission called "No Russian" in which players joined Russian terrorists in an airport massacre. Players could choose to shoot into the crowd or not, or the level could be skipped entirely.
Controversy ensued as many thought this was training players to commit mass murder and terrorism while the developers argued that their goal was to evoke the horror of terrorism. A scriptwriter for the game reportedly said the intent was to make the scene "upsetting, disturbing, but also something people would relate to
Controversy ensued as many thought this was training players to commit mass murder and terrorism while the developers argued that their goal was to evoke the horror of terrorism. A scriptwriter for the game reportedly said the intent was to make the scene "upsetting, disturbing, but also something people would relate to
RapeLay is a "realistic sexual simulator"Japanese video game where the player takes on the role of a rapist who stalks and rapes girls in a number of explicit situations, with the ultimate goal of making them his sex slaves. The player's target is a mother and her two daughters.
Resident Evil 5 is set in a fictional town in Africa, and after the first game footage was released, concerns over racism quickly surfaced.
Initial game footage features Chris Redfield, a white male, cutting down scores of African zombies, which critics argued played into colonialist notions of Africans as "savages" that must be controlled by the "white man." Another scene later in the game was seen as having strong rape insinuations as a group of male African zombies are seen dragging a white woman off to be "infected." However, others have disagreed: a senior lecturer at the University of Kent opined that the game had an "anti-colonialist" theme, and the the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) ruled that there was "no issue around racism" in the game.
Initial game footage features Chris Redfield, a white male, cutting down scores of African zombies, which critics argued played into colonialist notions of Africans as "savages" that must be controlled by the "white man." Another scene later in the game was seen as having strong rape insinuations as a group of male African zombies are seen dragging a white woman off to be "infected." However, others have disagreed: a senior lecturer at the University of Kent opined that the game had an "anti-colonialist" theme, and the the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) ruled that there was "no issue around racism" in the game.
Postal," released in 1997, ostensibly referred to the concept of "going postal," or intense workplace rage. It was one of the first games that gave players the ability to kill innocent bystanders and was one of the first games to focus on kill percentage instead of surviving levels. The game developers were sued by the U.S. Postal Service and many retailers pulled the game from their shelves.
Bully allows users to play as James "Jimmy" Hopkins, a school trouble maker who must complete a series of "minigames," such as world scrambles.
The game was seen by many as a "Grand Theft Auto for kids" that glorified bullying and antisocial behavior in school. Lawyer Jack Thompson went so far as to claim the game was a "Columbine simulator," training kids to exact revenge through violence. Jimmy's ability to sexually harass girls and even kiss a boy only served to increase the furor over the game.
Bully allows users to play as James "Jimmy" Hopkins, a school trouble maker who must complete a series of "minigames," such as world scrambles.
The game was seen by many as a "Grand Theft Auto for kids" that glorified bullying and antisocial behavior in school. Lawyer Jack Thompson went so far as to claim the game was a "Columbine simulator," training kids to exact revenge through violence. Jimmy's ability to sexually harass girls and even kiss a boy only served to increase the furor over the game.
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Plus, is it just me, or do the statistics kinda point AWAY from the fact that video games give people ideas on how to do horrible things? Out of how many million copies of MW2, how many of them went to an airport with an L86-LSW and started mowing down bystanders? None you say? Hmmm. Interesting.
Now out of the SEVERAL MILLION copies of Halo 3, Grand Theft Autos, Resident Evils, how many people (who weren't found mentally insane) shot someone, bit their head for brains, blamed racism on the game, stole cars because they got he idea, ect.? A whole... one or two? Hmm. So about a 0.0000002% of them got any sort of idiotic idea and hurt someone. Is that to say that all horror and gore movies should be banned, because people have imitated them? Should we ban tables because we stub our toes on them? Should we oust buildings for hindering the flight paths of airplanes? Can we shun air because it can carry toxins in it? Hmmm?
PS: For those idiots who took this seriously and would downrate it, that was a joke.