Overshadowed by Controversy: Difference between revisions

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* Rapper [[B.o.B]] of "Airplanes" and "Price Tag" fame became far better known in the mid-to-late 2010s for his [[Cloudcuckoolander]] conspiracy theories, also somehow convinced in the belief that [[What an Idiot!|the Earth is flat]]. It got to the point where he recorded a diss track entitled "Flatline" which was not only primarily directed against astrophysicist [[Neil deGrasse Tyson]], but was also riddled with antisemitic, anti-Masonic and anti-science rhetoric, promoting [[Holocaust]] denial and alleging that the Freemasonry and reptilians among others are conspiring towards a "[[New World Order]]". Needless to say, the track was overwhelmingly panned for B.o.B's twisted and demented beliefs, with the Anti-Defamation League condemning the song as hateful and denigrating towards Jewish people. As a result, his career plummeted to near-irrelevance as his later albums made next to no impact, and he is now viewed as either a washed-up flash-in-the-pan or a complete joke.

== ~~New Media~~ ==

== Sports ==

* Nowadays, people associate [[Mike Tyson]] more with his infamous "Bite Fight" with Evander Hollyfield and domestic violence issues which led to his conviction at some point.

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* ''[[Evony]]'', a browser-based, [[Allegedly Free Game|allegedly free]] strategy game, is more known for its infamous advertising campaign and [[Lady Not-Appearing-In-This-Game|false promises of boobs]] than for anything else. On top of that, the publishers have been accused of plagiarism, spamming and distributing spyware, and they [http://www.bruceongames.com/2009/08/25/evony-want-to-sue-me-for-telling-the-truth/ tried to sue a British blogger for libel] for pointing it out (which [[Streisand Effect|backfired predictably]].

* [[O.J. Simpson]] is better remembered for the murder scandal and subsequent "Trial of the Century" than any of his acting and/or sports credentials.

* Zinedine Zidane's [[Use Your Head|headbutt]] episode with Italian player Marco Materazzi gained so much notoriety that it's basically what most people, especially those who have next to no knowledge of football, know of him. It didn't help that Zidane getting booted out of the field with a red card cost France its victory in the 2006 World Cup game with Italy, though it didn't seem to matter with Zidane as hearing his opponent's denigrating remarks against his sister was too much for him to tolerate. (Initial speculation from British tabloid newspapers ''The Times'', ''The Sun'' and ''Daily Star'' claimed they hired lip readers and stated that Materazzi scoffed Zidane as "the son of a terrorist whore"; Materazzi disputed said claims, eventually winning public apologies from The Sun and Daily Star in 2008, as well as libel damages from all three British newspapers.

* Super Bowl XXXVII is remembered more for that [[Wardrobe Malfunction]] at the halftime show with [[Janet Jackson]] and [[Justin Timberlake]] than the game itself.

* The 1936 Summer Olympics is notable for being the first Olympiad to be televised, the Olympic torch relay and pioneering techniques in sports coverage. It also happened to be hosted in Berlin, Nazi Germany, and unsurprisingly, [[Hitler]] tried to turn the Berlin Olympics into a propaganda show for the Nazis to supposedly demonstrate Aryan superiority; this propaganda attempt at presenting the so-called Aryans as the "master race" failed utterly though, especially when African-American track and field athlete emerged as the most successful athlete in the Games, scoring four gold medals much to the Nazis' embarrassment.

== Toys ==

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** The developers of the game even tried to release a new [[Perspective Flip]] version of the game with Custer as the victim, only to find two wrongs ''definitely'' did not make it right.

** 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.

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* ''[[Evony]]'', a browser-based, [[Allegedly Free Game|allegedly free]] strategy game, is more known for its infamous advertising campaign and [[Lady Not-Appearing-In-This-Game|false promises of boobs]] than for anything else. On top of that, the publishers have been accused of plagiarism, spamming and distributing spyware, and they [http://www.bruceongames.com/2009/08/25/evony-want-to-sue-me-for-telling-the-truth/ tried to sue a British blogger for libel] for pointing it out (which [[Streisand Effect|backfired predictably]].

* ''[[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.