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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===
(contracted; show full)+, leading to many games with would be considered "for adults" being banned or censored for sale. Banned games include ''[[NARC]]'', ''[[Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude]]'', ''[[Grand Theft Auto III]]'', ''[[The Punisher]]'', and ''[[Resevoir Dogs]]''. Censored versions of the mentioned GTA games were eventually released.

====China====
[[China]] has banned games such as [[Battlefield Vietnam]]
 for portraying the country in an unfavorable political light<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]] has been banned in China, likely for displaying a nuclear destruction of [[Tiananmen]] by the terrorist faction, even though China is a positive protagonist in the game. China has also banned games such as [[Hearts of Iron]] and [[Hearts of Iron II]] for portraying [[Tibet]] and [[Xinjiang]] as independent countries with their own flags (See [[Flag of Tibet]] and [[Flags of non-sovereign nations]])<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 the first ''[[Turok]]'' (on the [[Nintendo (contracted; show full)==Notes==
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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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