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I'm just sitting here thinking about all the hoopla around palworld right now and I was wondering what other titles out there have been in the controversy filled category in the past few years/decade? I can think of a few, but my game interests are kinda narrow.

What are some of your picks?

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[–] Bimfred@lemmy.world 64 points 9 months ago (9 children)

Showing my age here, but the OGs of Doom, Mortal Kombat and GTA turned all the millennial gamers into murderous sociopaths who can't tell the difference between video games and reality. That's after Dungeons & Dragons turned us into murderous sociopaths who can't tell the difference between board games and reality. If I recall correctly, the hoopla around all of that made national news in the States.

[–] ringwraithfish@startrek.website 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm old enough to remember the OG Mortal Kombat controversy. If I recall, the Sega and SNES versions were different. I believe the SNES version had no blood and the Sega one had blood.

[–] moody@lemmings.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

IIRC the Sega version had the blood hidden behind a code.

It's crazy the controversy that game caused, considering how tame it is compared to what has come out since. But the first MK opened the floodgates to graphic violence in games.

[–] vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

On the menu for the Genesis version Down, Up, Left, Left, A, Right, Down. Opened up the cheat menu.

Burned in to my head as a Sega kid growing up.

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