Racism, stereotyping, mass murder and other inhumane acts are "hidden" in some video games. Surprisingly, even top developers "unintentionally" sandwiched these dumps in their titles. Gamers beware, here are notorious video games you don't want to add into your collection.
"Survival Island 3: Australia Story" tops the list whenever there is word "racist." This iOS and Android game was published by NIL Entertainment in Dec 2015. Gameplay for Survival Island is quite straightforward, the fair-skinned hero should survive by killing as many Indigenous Australians as possible with bow and arrow.
As for the game itself, it failed to survive a month after publication in Apple App Store and Google Play. The Telegraph reported that 65,000 petitioners signed the "death warrant" for Survival Island which eventually ended in the gutter. Even the Australian communications minister Mitch Fifield said that he was appalled that someone created this game and iOS-Android tandem became hand in glove.
In the flip of the coin, Destructive Creations brought "Hatred" on the gaming table. Metro review calls Hatred as "the most violent game on earth." The protagonist - or rather the antagonist in this game is a psycho who uses everything from guns to flamethrowers to kill innocent civilians. Another blood-chilling feature of Hatred is routinely killing injured women.
Surprisingly, Hatred receives negative reviews from Metacritics but gains positive on Steam. It even sells like pancake through Valve Corporation.
Now here is another title with controversial twist. "Playing History 2: Slave Trade" sports a title that explains it all. Playing History boasts that the series even receives BETT Euro award for "best learning game." It offers grim points in history where slavery is a common place.
The main character of Slave Trade is a young henchman to the captain of the ship. His most ardent task is in mini-game "Slave Tetris" where people are piled as compressed as possible to achieve max game score.
Honorable Mention: "Border Patrol" is another merciless first-person shooter game where the player shoots Mexicans traversing US borders. One nerve-wracking stereotype in this game is calling the male targets "drug smugglers" while females as "breeders."
