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Throughout history, [[games]] -- board, card, physical, and [[video games|video]] -- have been a source of [[controversy]], and many have been outlawed. The following is a list of games that have aroused some sort of social controversy; more information about each game's controversy is available in the article on that game.

==Controversial games==
===Physical games===
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====China====
[[China]] has banned games such as [[Battlefield 
2]], [[Command & Conquer: Generals|C&C Generals]], and [[Hearts of Iron]]Vietnam]]<ref>{{cite web|title="China forbids 50 electronic games"|publisher=[[Wikinews]]|date=2005-02-03|accessdate=2006-08-24|url=http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/China_forbids_50_electronic_games}}</ref>, [[Command & Conquer: Generals|C&C Generals]], and [[Hearts of Iron]]<ref>{{cite web|title="Swedish video game banned for harming China's sovereignty"|publisher=[[Xinhua]]|date=2004-05-29|accessdate=2006-08-24|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-05/29/content_334845.htm}}</ref> for portraying the country in an unfavorable political light.

====Germany====
[[Germany]] routinely bans and censors video games for retail sale if they include violence against humans. To get around this proscription, [[video game developer]]s often create a special version of the game in which blood is colored green, so the developer can claim that the player is shooting [[zombie]]s or [[Extraterrestrial life|space aliens]]. This censoring is not mentioned in all games. In fact, the German version of th(contracted; show full)scenario that has [[Seoul]], the capital city of South Korea, destroyed in a sea of fire. The delicate situation between North and South Korea means that the government is under severe pressure to ban media that depicts war between the two nations, for fear that it could push the diplomatic situation over the edge and spark an actual conflict. ''[[Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction]]'' and ''[[Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2]]'' were banned for similar reasons.


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''==See also: ==
*[[List of banned computer and video games]]''

==See also==
*[[Censorship]]
*[[Video game controversy]]

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==External links==
*[http://www.gamespot.com/features/6090892/index.html When Two Tribes Go to War: a History of Video Game Controversy]

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[[Category:Controversial computer and video games| Controversial games]]
[[Category:Lists of games|Controversial games]]
[[Category:Moral panics|Controversial games]]
[[Category:Psychology lists|Controversial games]]
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