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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)ld 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]] 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.
{{fact}}<ref>[[Command & Conquer: Generals#Plot]]</ref> 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 active autonomist and secessionist movements]])<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>. .

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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]]
[[Category:Computer and video game lists]]