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Throughout history, games -- board, card, physical, and video -- have been a source of controversy, and many have been outlawed. The following is a list of games that have aroused some sort of social controversy; more information about each game's controversy is available in the article on that game.

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[edit] Controversial games

[edit] Physical games

  • Bloody Knuckles (and variants, a game involving striking the other player's hands even to the point of drawing blood)
  • Push (similar to bloody knuckles except the players push each other by open hand palm thrust and try to see who can fall to the ground first or sometimes who moves first.)
  • British Bulldog Like Red Rover played in British and Commonwealth Schools
  • Chubby Bunny (a game where players place marshmallows in their mouth to see who can say the phrase "chubby bunny" (sometimes chubby monkey) with the most marshmallows in their mouth. The marshmallows can lodge in the trachea causing the player to suffer from asphyxiation and can prove fatal)
  • Dodgeball (many people argue that this game humiliates the weaker players)
  • Mumbletypeg (throwing a pocketknife into the ground by progressively more difficult tricks)
  • Red Rover (may result in injuries)
  • Russian roulette (placing a single round into a revolver, spinning the cylinder, and firing at the head)
  • Smear the queer (Tag variant alleged to be a veiled reference to gay bashing and potentially as injurious as tackle football)
  • Wink (also known as Ratchet Screwdriver) has been actively discouraged at some British Quakers events due to the fact the game contains physical contact that some could find uncomfortable and is potentially violent, possibly resulting in minor injuries or broken property.

[edit] Role-playing games

[edit] Card games and gambling

  • Billiards (pool halls were targeted by community activists as inspiring gambling on the outcome of games and 'pool sharking')
  • Collectible card game (the general template for these games was patented by Wizards of the Coast)
  • Magic: The Gathering (players must purchase new cards frequently to stay competitive)
  • Marbles ("playing for keeps" in which players, usually children, could win the marbles of their opponents. Often banned in American schools)
  • Online gambling (Accessibility to minors, perpetuating gambling addiction)
  • Pinball (accused of inspiring gambling when players could earn money to "buy off" free games won, led to "for amusement only" labels) (Newer stern pinball games have the TOPS tournament system which can be used for in house cash price tournaments)
  • Pogs (In a similar vein to marbles as above, some children would "play for keeps")
  • Slot machines (see Compulsive gambling)
  • Strip Poker (players remove an article of clothing with each losing hand until they are completely naked)

[edit] Board games

[edit] Video games

[edit] Crime and Violence

These games have been the subject of controversy mainly due to depictions of violence, bloodshed, and criminal acts.

[edit] Adult content

See also: Adult video games

These games have been the subject of controversy mainly due to sexual themes, graphic nudity, obscene language, or drug use.

  • Beat Em and Eat Em (Bold sexual nature)
  • BMX XXX (nudity; the PS2 American version was toned down at Sony's demand.)
  • Conker's Bad Fur Day (profanity, scatological humour)
  • Custer's Revenge (1980s video game with "rape" goal)
  • Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball (alleged exploitative and overtly sexualized display of the Dead or Alive series' female cast)
  • Duke Nukem 3D (player can pay strippers to dance and reveal breasts)
  • Fahrenheit (because of some strong sexual content the game was cut in the United States and released as Indigo Prophecy)
  • Final Fantasy VI (formerly Final Fantasy III in the US) (Japanese version included minor nudity and was reformed through U.S. transport)
  • Gals Panic (a Qix-like game where you uncover images of scantily clad or semi-nude models)
  • Gotcha (controls look similar to breasts)
  • H-games (H-items are animated pornographic items)
  • Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (a mini-game of simulated intercourse was left in the game's programming but disabled: See Hot Coffee)
  • GUN (for sexual themes/humor during gameplay and cut-scenes)
  • The Guy Game (for revealing the breasts of an underaged female)
  • Kingpin: Life of Crime (profanity)
  • Leisure Suit Larry series (goal of game is to "score"; constant sexual humor and dialogue)
  • Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude (for strong sexual content, nudity, alcohol usage, and strong language)
  • NARC (Presence of "adult book shops" and prostitute non-combatants as background scenery in one stage, drugs are present throughout that are confiscated by police as evidence)
  • Night Trap (vampire-themed brutality and non-graphic voyeurism)
  • Panty Raider (players fire green goo at female characters, dissolving their outer clothing and photographing them for aliens)
  • Phantasmagoria series (graphic rape scene)
  • Playboy: The Mansion (sexual)
  • Rule of Rose (sexual themes involving underaged characters)
  • Scarface: The World is Yours (graphic profanity during gameplay while pressing the circle button, adult-themed cut-scenes, explicit discussion of sexual humor while talking to someone or yourself, and selling grams (drugs) to get money)
  • Thrill Kill (graphic, brutal nature and sexual theme

[edit] Social issues

These games have been the subject of controversy due to recent or historical events and precedents that make a game potentially inappropriate.

[edit] Specific examples

Video Games that Depict or Reference Spanking
  • Backyard Wrestling 2, one of the created female wrestlers says "Ooh, somebody needs a spanking."
  • In Codename: Kids Next Door Operation: V.I.D.E.O.G.A.M.E. two of the missions are based around a spanking vampire named Count Spankulot. The missions are named S.P.A.N.K.-H.A.P.P.Y. and S.P.A.N.K.A.R.I.F.I.C.
  • In Crash Twinsanity, the Crash Bandicoot is spanked by Doctor Neo Cortex. (clip)
  • Final Fantasy VIII is an RPG for Sony Playstation. There is a short spanking scene, a mother spanking her son for trying to take money from the main character. She scolds him, then bends him over and whacks his bottom twice, and he cries, "WAAAAH!" Later, he and his siblings/friends talk about grabbing the badguy and giving him a great big spanking.
  • Leisure Suit Larry has a spanking scene that can be viewed at http://www.hi5.com/friend/video/displayViewVideo.do?videoId=1753127&ownerId=55286105
  • God Hand (Playstation 2) allows the player to OTK spank non-player characters. This short film advertising the "God Hand" videogame shows a live action dramatization of the in game spanking. Further information about this game can be found here. (clip)
  • Outlaw Golf is a golf game for the XBox. The golf game features a system where you can improve your game by spanking your sexy stripper-like caddies when you earn enough tokens.
  • Persona Other RPG Quotes: "Maggie's so evil! She deserves a spanking!" -Mary
  • Shining in the Darkness is a video game for the Sega Genesis. This is the prequel to the Shining Force series of RPGs (system ?) noted for their cartoon-like animated style. The spanking sequence takes place roughly half way through the game, during an intermission in the game play. Pyra Myst, an elf girl who is the player's companion, encounters her mother at the tavern. Mrs. Myst is upset at Pyra because she has run away to go adventuring with the player. She grabs her daughter, holds her bent over in one arm, and begins spanking her. Mrs. Myst asks the player a question (insert question here). If the answer is yes, she sets Pyra down and the game continues. If the answer is no, she spanks Pyra repeatedly until the player finally answers in the affirmative. No reference is made to this scene throughout the rest of the game. (not-so-still)
  • Star Wars:Knights of the Old Republic is an RPG for the XBox and PC. If you create a female character in the beginning of the game, you can become romantically involved with a character named Carth. If you choose to use flirting dialogue on Carth in a certain part of the game, Carth threatens to put you over his knee.
  • In Tales of Symphonia an RPG for the GameCube, there's a short scene near the beginning. The half-elf girl Raine, a schoolteacher, gives her younger brother (and the game's black mage) Genis a spanking for ducking out of class and entering a temple infested with monsters. She gives him at least two whacks and then turns to Lloyd (the player's main character) and says "You're next!" However, instead of giving Lloyd a spanking, she drop-kicks him. (clip)
  • Riviera: The Promised Land (Gameboy Advance; RPG) contains a threatened spanking during the second chapter. A female vampire informs the archer girl Lina that if she's going to steal from her, she should be ready for a spanking. The player has the option of responding "You're on your own, Lina!" (losing 2 Trust and 1 Mood points) or "You're too old for that" (no change). However, regardless of choice, no spanking takes place: only the dialogue is affected. Notably, if the second option is chosen, Lina's sister Fia suggests it might be good for her.
  • In various games of the WWE Smackdown series (Shut Your Mouth, Here Come The Pain, Smackdown vs. RAW, Smackdown vs. RAW 2006, and Smackdown vs. RAW 2007), all contain a move called 'Hips Struck' in which the attacker assigned the move will place the opponent on their knee and spank him/her. In Smackdown vs. RAW and Smackdown! vs RAW 2006, there is a minigame that is centered around this move.
  • In WWF Attitude for the Playstation, a created female voice option says, "I see your blisters have all popped, come here for another spanking," "I'm the discipline your mother should have been," "When I whip you ...", and another one in which she mentions spanking.
Video Games that Depict or Reference Urination
  • Okami During fighting the player may urinate on enemies, and be rewarded with rare Demon Teeth.
  • Conker's Bad Fur Day In order to defeat fire demons, Conker must drink a large amount of alcohol and then urinate on them to put out their flames.
  • The Haunting Starring Polterguy features two children (a male and a female) who wet their pants when Polterguy scares them.
  • Primal Rage In this fighting game one of the character's "Fatality" involves him urinating on his enemy, dissolving him to the bones.
  • Stubbs The Zombie in Rebel Without A Pulse At one point the player urinates into the water supply for the city of Punchbowl.
  • Redneck Rampage players can urinate or defecate in toilets for health benefits, or "take a quick pee" anywhere for a smaller health boost at any time, once a level.
  • Postal² The player is able to urinate on anything in the game.
  • Canis Canem Edit The player is able to urinate in the school bathrooms.
  • Scarface: The World Is Yours The player can urinate in garbage disposals to recover his health.
  • "Fahrenheit" At various points urination can be used to relax player characters.
  • "Final Fantasy IX" features a scene in which Zidane and Vivi indulge in some "male-bonding" involving urination. The caption "tinkle-tinkle" appears, and Zidane remarks that it feels good to "let yourself go under the stars".
  • Duke Nukem 3D allows use of the urinals and toilets in the game.
  • Soldier of Fortune first mission, when creeping into the subway toliets a guard is seen urinating against the wall, it is possible to shoot his penis off whilst in the act of urinating, this was used to showcase the game's damage engine.

[edit] Other

  • GUN (you can drink alcohol to recover your health)
  • Firebug (goal is to burn down a building)
  • Left Behind: Eternal Forces: Religious Recruiting game with prayer and worship based on the Left Behind Book series, allows player to play as the forces of the Antichrist.
  • The Warriors (Violence and drug use to refill the player's health.)

[edit] Video games bans by country

It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Video game controversy. (Discuss)

[edit] Australia

Australia's Office of Film and Literature Classification's highest rating is a MA15+, leading to many games with would be considered "for adults" being banned or censored for sale. Banned games include NARC, Dreamweb, Duke Nukem 3D, Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude, Grand Theft Auto III, The Punisher, and Reservoir Dogs. Censored versions of the mentioned GTA games and Duke Nukem 3D were eventually released.

[edit] China

China has banned games such as Battlefield Vietnam for portraying the country in an unfavorable political light[2]. C&C Generals has been banned in China, likely for displaying a nuclear destruction of Tiananmen by the terrorist faction, even though China is a positive protagonist in the game (See C&C:Generals). China has also banned games such as Hearts of Iron and Hearts of Iron II for portraying Tibet and Xinjiang as independent countries with their own flags (See flags of active autonomist and secessionist movements)[3].

[edit] Germany

Since April 1st 2003, Germany's law of protecting the youth (Jugendschutzgesetz) has changed. Publishers that want to sell a game on the German market have to let the USK (which is an institution similar to the American ESRB) examine the game. If the USK approves the game it will get a sticker with an age rating, ranging from 0, 6, 12, 16 to 18 years. Those games can freely be sold on the German market and cannot be "indiziert" or banned. If the USK refuses to approve a game, for example because of extreme graphic violence against humans (as happened with the game "Manhunt" or the Mortal Kombat series) the publisher has the choice either to publish it uncensored without an age rating, risking that the game be listed on the German "Index" or even be banned, or to release a censored version of the game in order to receive a rating. Games without a USK rating can be rechecked by the BPjM (Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende Medien), which only happens if a third party, for example a youth organisation, requests it. If this happens and the BPjM concludes that the medium (game, movie, book etc.) may disturb the development of young persons or breaks current laws, the item can either be listed on the Index or banned by the BPjM.

If the medium is listed on the Index, it can still be sold on the German market, though only in special shops allowing only persons 18 years of age and over to enter. It is also prohibited to advertise the game in magazines, on television and so on. (Online-) sellers are only allowed to sell such games to customers providing proof of age, such as a valid identity card.

If a game is banned, it is not allowed to be sold on the German market at all. However, owning one copy of such a game as a private individual is tolerated. The game must kept at home and can not be resold or even given away as a gift. Doing so would be against the law and is a punishable offence.

Germany routinely bans video games that include swastikas and reference to Nazis, such as Wolfenstein 3D, in which the player must fight an onslaught of Nazi soldiers in a maze featuring Nazi artwork on the walls. As the original version of Return to Castle Wolfenstein was banned, a heavily modified version of the same game which replaced the Nazi scenario with a fictional one was released. Also players that live in a country close to Germany (Austria for example) are very likely to find German (and, thus, profoundly censored) versions of games.

It should also be noted that there are many German web sites that allow gamers to download game mods, patches and skins, allowing them to restore games to their original state. Some of those modifications even allow gamers to render their games even more violent or adult-orientated than the originals.

Games currently banned in Germany are on this unofficial website for the BPjM: http://www.bpjm.com/

[edit] South Korea

South Korea has banned Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory for having a scenario that has Seoul, the capital city of South Korea, destroyed in a sea of fire. The delicate situation between North and South Korea means that the government is under severe pressure to ban media that depicts war between the two nations, for fear that it could push the diplomatic situation over the edge and spark an actual conflict. Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 were banned for similar reasons.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Casamassina, Matt (2005-08-05). ESRB Adversary and Lawyer Targets Killer 7. IGN. Retrieved on September 7, 2006.
  2. ^ "China forbids 50 electronic games". Wikinews (2005-02-03). Retrieved on August 24, 2006.
  3. ^ "Swedish video game banned for harming China's sovereignty". Xinhua (2004-05-29). Retrieved on August 24, 2006.
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