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5 Most Offensive Games Ever
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Tarryn van der Byl on 19/11/2009 20:47:00
 
Offence is the burden of the offended, really. Well, usually. Some stuff is just
so offensive, it's definitively offensive. Like Paris Hilton's continued
existence, perhaps, or rap or New Balance trainers.
Games, of course, are certainly no strangers to furious controversy – Modern
Warfare 2's been courting moral panic with You Know, That Thing just the last
two weeks or so. But You Know, That Thing (and all those other murder simulators
corrupting our tender youth) has nothing on these:
Custer's Revenge (1982)
Also known as Westward Ho (clever) and The White Man Came (clever), Custer's
Revenge is a sort of grand pioneer adventure starring you (General Custer) and a
Native American lady named Revenge. Only, this isn't the sort of dynamic duo
pairing of something like, say, Resident Evil 5, because Revenge is tied to a
pole and the game is mostly all about having sex with her. But where “having
sex” means “raping”. Following on from previous release Beat 'Em and Eat
'Em, which is or isn't what you think it is (depending on just how you think),
it's not exactly shocking that developer Mystique went bang shortly afterwards.
RapeLay (2006)
So running with the general theme of rape then, and Illusion Soft's RapeLay
sees protagonist-antagonist Kimura Masaya stalking and raping a mother and her
two daughters, aged 16 and 10. And...well, that's about it, really. Oh, it's
also possible to get someone pregnant, which results in one of the game's
“bad” endings. The lesson learned here? Try the 10-year old next time,
stupid.
Battle Raper: HYPER REALACTION (2002)
Another super classy title from Illusion Soft, this one mixes the action up a
bit by combining versus brawling and rape. So think Tekken, but with
more…rape. There's also a sort of fatality move involving a face, tears, and a
significant bit of male anatomy. Oh, those wacky Japanese – what will they
think of next? Besides Battle Raper 2, of course. Which actually exists.
Left Behind: Eternal Forces (2006)
Left Behind Games' Left Behind: Eternal Forces (no dearth of creativity here)
is a real time strategy set in post-Rapture New York. The Rapture, of course, is
some mythological apocalypse sort of thing. Like Ragnarok, but without all the
cool monster wolves and frost giants and Thor and stuff.
Anyway, the point of the game is for remaining Christian forces to kill off all
the non-Christian forces. You know, because they're not Christian. Of course,
it's not outrageous bigotry when it's Jesus, and we're not allowed to criticise
this game or we'll get this nice letter from Left Behind Games' attorneys along
like everyone else did:
"RE: False information posted on your site about the video game LEFT BEHIND:
Eternal Forces
To whom this may concern:
I represent Left Behind Games Inc., the developer and publisher of the LEFT
BEHIND series of video games. Your organization hosts a website that has
information posted about this game. Unfortunately, there are many statements on
your website which appear to be false and misleading. This type of
misinformation may cause significant and irreparable harm to Left Behind Video
Games Inc. and must be removed.
Left Behind Games Inc. generally supports free speech in the media and
understands how important it is to have various opinions presented for public
consumption. It will not, however, tolerate the publication of information
regarding its products that is false or misleading.
Left Behind Games Inc. is demanding that you immediately remove any and all
information contained on your site about the above stated game that is false
and/or misleading, including any such statements or commentary and the responses
thereto. This includes posted comments made by others in the context of reading
the incorrect or misleading statements.
If you do not comply immediately, the company will be forced to pursue
additional legal action which will include claims for damages, costs of suit and
attorney's fees. This may subject you and your organization to significant legal
and financial damages."
Ethnic Cleansing (2002)
“The Race War has begun,” reads the promotional blurb on Resistance
Records' website. “
“Your skin is your uniform in this battle for the survival of your kind. The
White Race depends on you to secure its existence. Your peoples enemies surround
you in a sea of decay and filth that they have brought to your once clean and
White nation. Not one of their numbers shall be spared........”
The casual dereliction of prescribed apostrophe use and egregious abuse of
ellipses notwithstanding, it's probably Ethnic Cleansing's narrative that's
really most offensive. Well, “narrative”. As a skinhead or Klansman
(replayability, guys!), players run through a ghetto shooting blacks and
Latinos. Then through a subway shooting Jews. Then through the “Jewish Control
Centre” where the end game boss is former Israeli prime minister, Ariel
Sharon. Apparently the box art touted “"realistic negro sounds recorded on the
spot”. These turned out to be ape and monkey sound bytes. I can't decide which
is worse.
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