(I’m putting this here in the pit because it’s such a hot button topic.)
[intense movie trailer voice]
Jesus Freakin is coming soon, and he’s very pissed off. He’s going to kick your ass. He’s going to kill your grandmother. He’s going to teach you to regret your iniquities. And he’s got an arsenal to prove it. If you are playing for the wrong team…get ready…because Jesus Freakin…is going to send you…to Hell.
[/intense movie trailer voice]
Oh my God, I can’t wait to see the shitstorm this game stirs up. And you thought that Mel Gibson movie was an overblown controversy? Heh. You aint seen nothin’ yet…Jesus Freakin is gonna freak some people out. Way out.
A friends son was playing Grand Theft Auto, and he would jump out of a stolen car and use a baseball bat on hookers and take their money. I thought it was kinda over the top for a video game, but it seems to be the norm now days.
I remember hearing about 10 years ago about some sort of concentration camp game. Assuming that it wasn’t just an urban legend, I think that would still have to rank as the most offensive/controversial game of all time.
When I asked my 12 year old nephew what he wanted for Christmas a couple of years ago, he wanted GTA 3. Not really knowing much about the game, I got it for him. Cut to a couple of days later. I was over at my sister’s and I went to his room to tell him dinner was ready. He’s playing GTA 3 and says, “just a minute, I gotta boost this cop car and find some hookers”. It was definitely one of those “good lord what have I done” moments…:smack:
I had a shareware game, Mac only, can’t think of the game right now, where you sent a baby, with its brain wired for remote control, out into a postnuclear wasteland. His energy levels would drop, so you had to keep feeding him (body parts, shit, ragged underwear, stuff like that) and he had to gather valuables to increase your points. The catch is, it’s a minefield, and you have a little window that tells you how many mines there are, and their proximity, but not where they are exactly. So the baby keeps blowing up.
(The reason you sent a baby outside for this was because in the postapocolyptic setup, babies were the most expendable.)
Same shareware developer had a game where you tried to shoot Jesus into a toilet, and another application that was a modem to heaven, and you could ask Jesus questions and he would answer you. Meanwhile, you could adorn him with accessories like a crown or thorns or mirrorshades.
Ah yes, Lamprey Systems and their marvelous software. I believe the baby game was “Shock Da Monkey” and the program that let you talk to Jesus was “MacJesus”. Lamprey, the brainchild of Robert Carr, also made “Operation Rescue”, where the object was to kick fetuses to a demon, who would eat them. And there was “Mormonoids From The Deep”, the game in which you battled the Angel Moroni and Marie Osmond’s psychotic twin sister.
A few years back I remember coming across a website called thezoo.com or something like that which had lots of little tasteless demo type games–the one I remember most clearly (but wasn’t their funniest, as I recall) was one where you had to stuff the supermodel/actress/whoever with fatty snacks before she could throw it all back up again. It worked like a shooting game, with a sort of old west gun duel feel.
There’s some company making a 9/11 game. Someone sent me a link earlier, but I can’t find it anymore. I’m sure someone has seen this and can provide more details.
