#7
Game: Modern Warfare 2
Immoral Activity: "No Russian" Mission
Now, I would like to hand it to Activision for including this controversial mission in their game. (If you're unaware of this level and its content, read this article here). It's the turning point in the whole plot, where things go from bad to worse; it's also one of the best character development set-pieces in the whole franchise. "No Russian" is almost as important as "Crew Expendable" as part of the game - without it, the plot feels empty and crooked, like a chair with one of it's legs sawed off. It's uncomfortable.
What makes the scene immoral though, is the player's actual involvement. Those who have played the game will notice, I'm sure, you have the ability to not shoot the civilians. So how many players actually take this high-road and, you know... don't shoot the civilians? (Those that play the mission and don't skip it entirely). How many gamers simply close their eyes and ignore the struggling dying innocents instead of aiming down their scope and carefully taking them out with one brutal shot? None, I'd say. I reckon every single one of you awful bastards killed everyone. So the game itself isn't immoral. You are. You jerk.
#6
Game: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Immoral Activity: Kill the Hooker, Get Back Your Money
'Nuf said. This game, as slick and cool as it is, is also one of the most immoral games of all time. Much like Grand Theft Auto IV, you can kill people, drug people, punch people, wear crappy Hawaiian shirts in public... you name it, you can do it. ...but killing a hooker to get your money back is just... it's against most every moral code in the book. I mean, how many people kill their bus driver to get their bus money back? How many people kill the McDonalds staff to get their money back on their Big Mac? Prostitution may not be glamorous or smart, but goddamn it, it's still a job, and these whores are people too. Sure, they're people who sell their bodies (and souls) for a profit, but when you pay for a donut you have to accept the holes. I... *sigh* okay that was a really bad joke. Long story short, prostitutes are selling you a product, no matter how crappy it is. Dem bitches ain't gettin' no respect, mofo.
#5
Game: BioShock 2
Immoral Activity: Problem Parenting
Picture this. You're a Big Daddy. You are a giant man-beast in a suit of armor, walking around a mystical underwater city, minding your own business. To progress you must buy plasmids using ADAM. To get ADAM you must get it from Little Sisters. To get them you must kill their Big Daddy and adopt them and - wait, what? That's not how adoption works, son. It's not moral to kill a girl's father, biological or not, in front of her, then just adopt her. You're also given a choice to either harvest her to get more ADAM, or save the poor soul. I'm saving every Little Sister I find. It's the least I can do after murdering her dad in front of her. A generation of 17 - 25 year olds are playing this game, and while they may not be as susceptible to these kind of messages as, say, 12 year olds, they do get pretty involved in these experiences. I'm gluing a note to my forehead - "Andy, when you became a dad, DO NOT KILL AND TAKE OTHER DAD'S DAUGHTERS. It's pretty mean."
LIST TO BE CONTINUED TOMORROW...
and on SUNDAY... CONCLUDED
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Mario And Bros
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