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== Video Games ==
* ''[[Custer's Revenge]]'' was an unauthorized third-party game for the [[Atari 2600]] in 1982. It gathered quite a bit of negative attention, particularly from feminist and Native American groups, as the objective involved raping an Indian woman. From the next generation of consoles onward, manufacturers require approval for games to be released on their machines, enforced by various [[Copy Protection]] and [[Digital Rights Management]] schemes to lock out unlicensed games. In Atari's case, the [[Atari 7800]] employed a mandatory code signing mechanism where all licensed 7800 games had to be digitally signed by Atari for them to boot, following concerns by Atari about pornographic video game developers exploiting the 7800's graphical capabilities to display more realistic smut.
** And despite ''Custer'' being a seminal work which played a crucial role in having video game console manufacturers implement stricter licensing agreements following the [[The Great Video Game Crash of 1983]] (e.g. banning AO-rated games from being published on home consoles and requiring them to adhere to quality certification among other things) and enforcement thereof through lockout schemes, it too was banned from [[The Other Tropes Wiki]] by way of being a pornographic work with no redeeming value.
* ''[[Daikatana]]'', aside from its years spent in development hell, picked up controversy over its advertising campaign, which stated that "John Romero's about to make you his bitch." The game has mostly been forgotten aside from the aforementioned campaign and the negative press that brought Romero's development career down with it.
* The ''[[Manhunt (series)|Manhunt]]'' series was best known for its premise of being about a convict being forced to take part in snuff films (the gameplay was mostly stealth based, with elements of [[Survival Horror]]). The first game was given mixed reviews, with some marking it down for the [[Gorn]] and others praising it for its atmosphere, the sequel received average reviews across the board and the series was mostly forgotten. It got to the point that even Rockstar Games employees themselves felt uneasy about the game's subject matter. Former R* employee Jeff Williams stated "there was almost a mutiny at the company over that game", and while it was "Rockstar North's pet project" most Rockstar staffers wanted nothing to do with it; ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' gets a free pass as mass slaughter isn't mandatory to play through the game, and had a somewhat [[Lighter and Softer|lighter]] tone to it, being more of a satirical commentary on American society compared to ''Manhunt''{{'}}s snuff film simulation.
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