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Gaming's 10 Biggest Scandals

Posted by Zonk on from the skeletons-in-the-closet dept.

GamePolitics has a list of ten of the most well known gaming scandals to hit the games industry. Starting back in 1993 with the senate hearings on Night Trap (a game that arguably led to today's ESRB), the list catalogs some things that the companies responsible would probably just as soon forget. "Hot Coffee (2005) - needs no introduction. Cheeky Rockstar programmers left hidden sex animations (accidentally or otherwise) buried in the PS2 code of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Modders made sure they didn't stay buried for long. Rockstar's denials only made things worse. And then Hillary got involved ..." At the post's close they call for additional nominations, as it's definitely not an exhaustive list. They left off the ESRB's decision to re-rate Oblivion , for example. What 'scandalous' gaming events can you see rating with this topics?

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  1. Custer's Revenge? by morari · · Score: 5, Funny

    At least Hot Coffee was consensual and non-explicit. I guess America was founded upon the notions presented by that old Atari game though...

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    1. Re:Custer's Revenge? by morari · · Score: 1, Funny

      Troll?! I guess we now know that at least one person on Slashdot is not only pro-imperialism but also pro-genocide. Oh wait, my bad! Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas, right? Them pesky injuns juss shows up one day and tried tuh claim lands fer themselfs so's we kills 'em! They probably supported terrorism and deserved it anyway!

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      "He who can destroy a thing, controls a thing." --Paul Atreides, Dune
  2. quake in the smithsonian by drfrog · · Score: 2, Funny

    that it isnt in there is a scandal

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  3. Birdo! by The+Iso · · Score: 1, Funny

    How can we forget Birdo, the transvestite antagonist of Super Mario Bros. 2?

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  4. Re:WhereTF is Mortal Kombat? by grapeape · · Score: 2, Funny

    Most of their other articles didnt have much fanboy fight potential

  5. Re:Tagged: Top10 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    But thinking of the cheerleaders leads to more...