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2005's 10 Most Violent Games

Posted by Zonk on from the violent-and-good dept.

Andy writes "The family media guide has released a statement detailing the 10 most violent videogames of 2005." Gamasutra reports: "Ironically, the games that the Family Media Guide singles out include some of the ESRB M-rated titles (not buyable by those under the age of 17) which have been most critically acclaimed so far this year, including Capcom's Resident Evil 4 (of which the site notes: 'it's possible to find the corpse of a woman pinned up on a wall -- by a pitchfork through her face' ..."

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  1. A.K.A. by Golias · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Family Media Guide 10 Most Violent Games of 2005.

    Also Known as "My Amazon Wish List."

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    Information wants to be anthropomorphized.

  2. They forgot one... by Toddarooski · · Score: 4, Funny

    How about that horrible game where innocent civilians are subjected to a slow toture of being crushed under successively heavier and heavier weights (while enduring some nasuea-inducing motion) until they're shot into the vacuum of space and burned alive in a giant hydrogen explosion?

    Parents, keep your kids away from Katamari Damacy!!

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    "Do you expect me to talk?" "No, Mr. Bond. I expect you to die!"

  3. Re:Interesting difference in censoring method.. by Alzheimers · · Score: 3, Funny

    When listing "Profanity details", some words are not censored, others use "fill-in-the-blank" censoring, while others are viewed as so horrid as to be referred to only by their first letter:

    ...God Damn, Hell, Jesus...

    Take a moment and savour the delicious irony...

  4. Yippeee Skippeeee by BigDogCH · · Score: 2, Funny

    "F-Word, C-word, A*s, A*shole, Balls, B*stard, B*tch, Christ, C*ck, Crap, C*m, Damn, D*ck, God Damn, Hell, Jesus, N*gger, Piss, Pr*ck, P*ssy, Screw, Sh*t, Tw*t"

    When I was young we used all of those words, even though our video games didn't say them. I clearly remember using every one of those in the same sentence when my NES got that damn,b*stard,Sh*tty,.... blinking screen thing.

  5. speaking of violence... by David+Nabbit · · Score: 4, Funny
    "If you don't watch the violence, you'll never get desensitized to it."

    - Bart

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    "Her idea of wit is nothing more than an incisive observation humorously phrased and delivered with impeccable timing."
  6. Re:The list by david.given · · Score: 2, Funny
    50 Cent: Bulletproof - Game is loosely based on the gangster lifestyle of rapper Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson. Player engages in gangster shootouts and loots the bodies of victims to buy new 50 Cent recordings and music videos.

    Dear god. Whichever marketing executive thought this sounded like a good idea for a game really, really needs to cut down on the medication.