# Most controversial video game.....EVER. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 17, 2003, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-controversial-video-game-ever/202143 "2003-09-17T15:06:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SkyBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@SkyBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyBum)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-controversial-video-game-ever/202143/1 "2003-09-17T15:06:14Z")
(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](http://www.jesusfreakin.com/home.htm), 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. > [@](#): > > It’s been two thousand years, and somehow things have gone from bad to worse… > > God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on His adversaries, and He reserveth wrath for His enemies. > > The Greatest Story Ever Told… > Is about to get a little more interesting. > > It’s time for the Good Lord to do a bit of house cleaning. > > With the Almighty Power of God, along with a 21st century arsenal, you - Jesus Christ - are sent back to earth to kick some ass and take names (resulting in a list that St. Peter would likely kill to get his hands on). > > They’ve ignored Your warnings since the beginning of time. They’ve forsaken You, twisted Your message, rejected Your gifts and turned away from Your church at every opportunity. > > No more chances. > No more excuses. > The End is at hand. [/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. ---
**Author:** ![SkyBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@SkyBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyBum)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-controversial-video-game-ever/202143/2 "2003-09-17T15:28:44Z")
Well…seems like I’ve been whooshed. There is no game developer named Last Stone Studios. Could a mod please move this thread to MPSIMS? ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-controversial-video-game-ever/202143/3 "2003-09-17T15:32:42Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![MC\_Master\_of\_Ceremonies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@MC\_Master\_of\_Ceremonies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MC_Master_of_Ceremonies)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-controversial-video-game-ever/202143/4 "2003-09-17T15:33:09Z")
I remember seeing this game in the shop and thinking WTF???!! [http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm\_56045.html](http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_56045.html) It even used the names of real football hooligan ‘firms’. ---
**Author:** ![hello32499](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cc9497/32.png) [@hello32499](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hello32499)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-controversial-video-game-ever/202143/5 "2003-09-17T15:36:12Z")
Best. Game. Ever! Now if a software company would actually have the balls to make it. And I do have to agree, God probably is slightly angry. Look at us! ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-controversial-video-game-ever/202143/6 "2003-09-17T15:39:18Z")
I probably woulda played this game. ---
**Author:** ![cckerberos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@cckerberos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cckerberos)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-controversial-video-game-ever/202143/7 "2003-09-17T15:45:42Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![cckerberos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@cckerberos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cckerberos)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-controversial-video-game-ever/202143/8 "2003-09-17T15:51:04Z")
Not quite what I remember, but just as bad : [http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,50523,00.html](http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,50523,00.html) ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-controversial-video-game-ever/202143/9 "2003-09-17T15:54:15Z")
The actual MCG is probably Mortal Kombat. Anyway, this game is going to suck a lot. Stupid offensiveness is its sole appeal. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-controversial-video-game-ever/202143/10 "2003-09-17T15:56:25Z")
If it’s a FPS I’ll be there. Did you catch the screen shots? Heathen View Mode. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-controversial-video-game-ever/202143/11 "2003-09-17T16:08:03Z")
I like the message board quip “Will there be a god mode?” ---
**Author:** ![SkyBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@SkyBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkyBum)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-controversial-video-game-ever/202143/12 "2003-09-17T17:02:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duke of Rat \* > \*\*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. \*\* 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: ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-controversial-video-game-ever/202143/13 "2003-09-17T17:19:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SkyBum \* > \*\*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: \*\* You know, you could have just looked at the bottom of the box where it says “ESRB Rating: M (Mature 17+)” … . The ESRB is your friend: > **[Ratings Guides, Categories, Content Descriptors | ESRB Ratings](https://www.esrb.org/ratings-guide/)** > > Use the ESRB video game ratings guide to understand how the rating system works and how to use it to select appropriate video games and apps for your family ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-controversial-video-game-ever/202143/14 "2003-09-17T17:53:00Z")
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. Good times. ---
**Author:** ![troub](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troub/32/14802_2.png) [@troub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troub)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-controversial-video-game-ever/202143/15 "2003-09-17T18:54:25Z")
You know, judging from the screenshots it looks to me like somebody building an amusing site using their Quake (or other similar FPS) mods. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-controversial-video-game-ever/202143/16 "2003-09-17T19:10:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by troub \* > \*\*You know, judging from the screenshots it looks to me like somebody building an amusing site using their Quake (or other similar FPS) mods. \*\* Yep, that’s what I was thinking. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-controversial-video-game-ever/202143/17 "2003-09-17T19:44:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lissener \* > \*\*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. > > Good times. \*\* 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. ---
**Author:** ![Tortuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@Tortuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tortuga)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-controversial-video-game-ever/202143/18 "2003-09-17T21:29:15Z")
A few years back I remember coming across a website called [thezoo.com](http://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. Is that site still around? ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2003, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-controversial-video-game-ever/202143/19 "2003-09-17T23:19:00Z")
**MC MoC** : As soon as I saw the title, I thought “More controversial than Hooligans SoE?” ---
**Author:** ![Ryle\_Dup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Ryle\_Dup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryle_Dup)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-controversial-video-game-ever/202143/20 "2003-09-18T00:00:34Z")
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. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-controversial-video-game-ever/202143.md?page=2)