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This lists video games considered controversial based on specific types of content deemed offensive, especially by the censorship crowd.

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  • 25 to Life (for violence against law enforcement officers and the use of human shields)
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  • Bully (For violence against children and was referred to some as a "Columbine Simulator."
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  • Carmageddon (a racing game centered around driving through and killing crowds of pedestrians, in order to score points)
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  • Commando Libya (execution of prisoners as a bonus level)
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  • Conker's Bad Fur Day and Conker: Live and Reloaded (for graphic violence, sexual content, strong graphic language, mature humor, and alcohol usage)
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  • Custer's Revenge (for violent, sexual racism; the player must guide General Custer, sporting a large erection, to rape a bound Native American woman)
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  • Cannon Fodder (original packaging artwork featured a poppy plant, a reference to the UK dead during World War I)
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  • Doom, Doom 2, Final Doom, and Doom3 (for extreme graphic violence and satanic themes)
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  • Duke Nukem 3D (for graphic violence, exotic dancing and negative portrayal of women)
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  • Dead Rising (extreme blood and gore through use of blunt objects and various weapons, profane language, and alcohol use)
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  • Death Race (arcade game with goal of killing pedestrians with cars)
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  • Ethnic Cleansing (for neo-Nazi propaganda, racism and depiction of crimes against humanity)
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  • F.E.A.R. (intense graphic violence, disturbing content.)
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  • Firebug (goal is to burn down a building)
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  • The Getaway (for being the first videogame to contain the the "F-word" without censoring or substitutes and brutal scenes)
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  • GoldenEye 007 (for graphic although bloodless violence and disturbing deaths)
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  • Grand Theft Auto Series (for intense violence, sexual content, drug use, strong language, strong sexual themes, carjacking, negative portrayal of ethnic groups (specifically Cubans and Haitians in Vice City) and the Hot Coffee Mod (San Andreas only))
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  • GUN (for extreme graphic violence in gameplay and cut-scenes, strong language, alcohol usage during gameplay and recovering your health, depictions of Native Americans, and sexual themes that involved women in different clothing)
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  • God of War (for extreme violence, sexual interaction, and large amounts of blood and gore)
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  • I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (depiction of the Holocaust)
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  • Kakuto Chojin (pulled from release internationally due to the offensive use of Muslim chants in background music)
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  • Kingpin: Life of Crime (first high profile first-person shooter to be released after the Columbine High School massacre)
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  • Killer7 (for graphic violence and sexuality)[32]
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  • Manhunt (for extreme graphic violence and dealing with the taboo subject of snuff films). The sequel, Manhunt 2 was banned in the UK and Nintendo and Sony refused to license the game in the U.S. due to the ESRB giving at first Manhunt 2 the AO rating that it may receive for heaping amounts of extreme violence. (As of August 2007, Manhunt 2 has been re-rated as M and has been cleared for release.)
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  • Mortal Kombat series (for extreme graphic violence and gore while fighting your opponent)
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  • NARC (for heavy violence and drug use by law enforcement)
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  • Night Trap (for alleged violence towards women and sexual themes all in which were live action)
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  • Nightmare Creatures (for violence and dark images)
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  • Postal² (for extreme graphic violence with very small plot)
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  • The Punisher (for strong language, extreme violence, use of human shields, and extremely graphic depictions of brutal torture techniques used for interrigation)
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  • Redneck Rampage (for stereotyped depiction of Southern Americans)
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  • Perfect Dark (for language, more violence than its predecessor GoldenEye 007 and the inclusion of a feature called PerfectHead, which was quickly scrapped due to poor media coverage)
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  • Primal Rage (for extreme violence, crude images, and negative images of the human race)
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  • Pyro 2 (for arson and destruction of government buildings)
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  • Reservoir Dogs (for violence against law enforcement officers, use of human shields, strong language, and the ability to torture hostages)
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  • Resident Evil series (for rather disturbing graphic violence and scary images)
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  • Rule of Rose (erotic undertones involving a cast of female minors)
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  • Saints Row (for graphic violence, strong language and gang-related themes)
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  • Scarface: The World is Yours (for extreme graphic violence and strong graphic language in gameplay and cut-scenes )
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  • Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne (For violence, dark images, language and strong satanic themes; however, Japan's CERO rated it All Ages and Europe's PEGI rated it 12+)
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  • Silent Hill (for graphic violence and very disturbing imagery)
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  • Soldier of Fortune and Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix (For advanced graphic innovation in the depiction of decapitations, use of controversial location settings, and allegations of perceived cultural insensitivity)
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  • Thrill Kill (for extreme graphic violence, BDSM references and minor nudity, although it wasn't officially released)
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  • True Crime: Streets of LA (for violence, extreme shoot-outs on streets and missions, strong language, and S&M)
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  • True Crime: New York City (for violence, extreme shoot-outs on streets and missions, strong language, use of drugs, and racial slurs)
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  • Twisted Metal: Black (for extreme graphic violence in cut-scenes only)
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  • Turok: Dinosaur Hunter (graphic violence)
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  • The Warriors (Excessive brutal Violence, sexual themes, large amounts of strong launguage throughout and drug use to refill the player's health named "flash".)
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  • Unreal tournament series (extreme graphic violence)
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  • Wolfenstein 3-D and Return to Castle Wolfenstein (for violence and constant references to Nazi Germany)
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  • Waxworks (extreme graphic violence and gore)
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  • The Xenosaga series (for paedophile reference in Episode 1 and extreme violence see for example the controversy caused by one of the recurring characters.)
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  • Beat Em and Eat Em (Bold sexual nature)
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  • BMX XXX (nudity; the PS2 American version was censored at Sony's demand.)
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  • Conker's Bad Fur Day/Conker: Live and Reloaded]] (profanity, scatological humour)
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  • Crash Twinsanity (features a scene in which a character passes through what appears to be a strip club, and exclaims, "Are those real?!?".)
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  • Custer's Revenge (1980s video game with "rape" goal)
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  • Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball (alleged exploitative and overtly sexualized display of the Dead or Alive series' female cast)
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  • Duke Nukem 3D (player can pay strippers to dance and reveal breasts)
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  • Fahrenheit (because of some strong sexual content, the game was cut in the United States and released as Indigo Prophecy)
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  • Final Fantasy VI (formerly Final Fantasy III in the US) (Japanese version included minor nudity and was reformed through U.S. transport)
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  • Gals Panic (a Qix-like game where players uncover images of scantily clad or semi-nude models)
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  • Gotcha (controls look similar to breasts)
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  • H-games (H-items are animated pornographic items)
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  • Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (a mini-game of simulated intercourse was left in the game's programming but disabled: See Hot Coffee)
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  • GUN (for sexual themes/humor during gameplay and cut-scenes)
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  • The Guy Game (for revealing the breasts of an underaged female)
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  • Kingpin: Life of Crime (profanity)
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  • Leisure Suit Larry series (goal of game is to "score"; constant sexual humor and dialogue)
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  • Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude (for strong sexual content, nudity, alcohol usage, and strong language)
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  • NARC (Presence of "adult book shops" and prostitute non-combatants as background scenery in one stage, drugs are present throughout that are confiscated by police as evidence)
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  • Night Trap (vampire-themed brutality and non-graphic voyeurism)
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  • Panty Raider (players fire green goo at female characters, dissolving their outer clothing and photographing them for aliens)
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  • Phantasmagoria series (graphic rape scene)
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  • Playboy: The Mansion (sexual)
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  • Scarface: The World is Yours (graphic profanity during gameplay while pressing the circle button, adult-themed cut-scenes, explicit discussion of sexual humor while talking to someone or oneself, and selling grams (drugs) to get money)
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  • Thrill Kill ( an unreleased tittle that contained graphic, brutal nature and sexual themes)
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  • Cannon Fodder (original packaging artwork featured a poppy plant, a reference to the UK dead during World War I)
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  • DJ Boy (reputedly racist imagery based on caricatures)
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  • Dragon's Lair (sexist stereotyping in depiction of the damsel-in-distress whom the player is to rescue)
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  • Ethnic Cleansing (promotes killing non-whites as part of a "race war")
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  • EverQuest (Reportedly causing severe addiction, as well as the suicide of one player.)
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  • GUN (putting Native Americans in a bad behavior)
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  • I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (depiction of the Holocaust)
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  • Islamic Fun (for anti-Zionist and anti-Atatürk propaganda, targeting Muslim children)
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  • Kuma\War (for recreating real life military operations currently going on in the Middle East, particularly by the United States)
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  • KZ Manager (Lets the player "manage" a Nazi concentration camp)
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  • The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (The use of Islamic crescent moon and star used with the Gerudos, which was interpreted to show that Muslims were stereotypically portrayed as dark-skinned, thieves and murderers. Only the Nintendo 64 version used this symbol. The Gamecube collection changed it to an original design.)
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  • Lineage (Supposedly causing addiction, murder over virtual theft)
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  • Rainbow Six Vegas (Attacked by the mayor of Las Vegas who claimed its premise would scare people away, thus causing the city to lose revenue from tourism.)
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  • Raid over Moscow (Part of game is destruction of cultural monuments in Moscow.)
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  • Super Columbine Massacre RPG (based on the Columbine High School Massacre)
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  • Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter (Attacked by the mayor of Mexico city who claimed its premise would scare people away, thus causing the city to lose revenue from tourism.)
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  • Tomb Raider series (sexist stereotyping in depiction of Lara Croft)
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  • JFK Reloaded (For its depiction of the assassination of American President John F. Kennedy.)
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  • Under Ash (for anti-Israel propaganda)
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  • Wolfenstein series (banned in Germany for depictions of Swastika; distribution of Swastika is illegal in Germany)
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  • World of Warcraft (Reported to cause severe addiction in players)
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  • Left Behind: Eternal Forces for what is interpreted to be promoting violence against non-Christian minorities, mainly the secular population.
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  • Backyard Wrestling 2, one of the created female wrestlers says "Ooh, somebody needs a spanking."
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  • In Codename: Kids Next Door Operation: V.I.D.E.O.G.A.M.E. two of the missions are based around a spanking vampire named Count Spankulot. The missions are named S.P.A.N.K.-H.A.P.P.Y. and S.P.A.N.K.A.R.I.F.I.C.
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  • In Crash Twinsanity, Crash Bandicoot is spanked by Doctor Neo Cortex. This only occurs if the player stops during one specific mission, which results in a variety of scenes such as this.
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  • In Earthbound, the main character Ness gets a letter from his next door neighbor Pokey which reads "Come and get me, loser! Spankity spankity spankity!"
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  • Final Fantasy VIII is an RPG for Sony Playstation. There is a short spanking scene, a mother spanking her son for trying to take money from the main character. She scolds him, then bends him over and whacks his bottom twice, and he cries, "WAAAAH!" Later, he and his siblings/friends talk about grabbing the badguy and giving him a great big spanking.
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  • Leisure Suit Larry features a spanking scene.
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  • God Hand (Playstation 2) allows the player to OTK spank non-player characters. This short film advertising the "God Hand" videogame shows a live action dramatization of the in game spanking. Further information about this game can be found here. (clip)
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  • Outlaw Golf is a golf game for the Xbox. The golf game features a system where players can improve your game by spanking your sexy stripper-like caddies when players earn enough tokens.
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  • Persona Other RPG Quotes: "Maggie's so evil! She deserves a spanking!" -Mary
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  • Riviera: The Promised Land (Gameboy Advance; RPG) contains a threatened spanking during the second chapter. A female vampire informs the archer girl Lina that if she's going to steal from her, she should be ready for a spanking. The player has the option of responding "You're on your own, Lina!" (losing 2 Trust and 1 Mood points) or "You're too old for that" (no change); however, regardless of choice, no spanking takes place: only the dialogue is affected. Notably, if the second option is chosen, Lina's friend and roommate, Fia, suggests it might be good for her.
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  • Shining in the Darkness is a video game for the Sega Genesis. This is the prequel to the Shining Force series of RPGs (system ?) noted for their cartoon-like animated style. The spanking sequence takes place roughly half way through the game, during an intermission in the game play. Pyra Myst, an elf girl who is the player's companion, encounters her mother at the tavern. Mrs. Myst is upset at Pyra because she has run away to go adventuring with the player. She grabs her daughter, holds her bent over in one arm, and begins spanking her. During her punishment, Pyra explains that she left home because the player really needed Pyra's help on his quest. Mrs. Myst asks the player to confirm this. If the answer is yes, she sets Pyra down, forgives her, and the game continues. If the answer is no, she'll continue to spank Pyra repeatedly until the player finally answers in the affirmative. No reference is made to this scene throughout the rest of the game. (image)
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  • Star Wars:Knights of the Old Republic is an RPG for the Xbox and PC. If players create a female character in the beginning of the game, players can become romantically involved with a character named Carth. If players choose to use flirting dialogue on Carth in a certain part of the game, Carth threatens to put players over his knee.
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  • In Tales of Symphonia an RPG for the GameCube, there's a short scene near the beginning. Party member Raine, a schoolteacher, gives her younger brother (and the game's black mage) Genis a spanking for ducking out of class and entering a temple infested with monsters. She gives him at least two whacks and then turns to Lloyd (the player's main character) and says "You're next!" But instead of giving Lloyd a spanking, she drop-kicks him. (clip)
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  • In various games of the WWE Smackdown series (Shut Your Mouth, Here Come The Pain, Smackdown vs. RAW, Smackdown vs. RAW 2006, and Smackdown vs. RAW 2007), all contain a move called 'Hips Struck' in which the attacker assigned the move will place the opponent on their knee and spank him/her. In Smackdown vs. RAW and Smackdown! vs RAW 2006, there is a minigame that is centered around this move.
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  • In WWF Attitude for the Playstation, a created female voice option says, "I see your blisters have all popped, come here for another spanking," "I'm the discipline your mother should have been," "When I whip you ...", and another one in which she mentions spanking.
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  • Call of Duty Several games in the series depict the player sneaking up and killing urinating German soldiers.
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  • Canis Canem Edit/Bully The player is able to urinate in the school bathrooms.
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  • Conker's Bad Fur Day/Conker: Live and Reloaded In order to defeat fire demons, Conker must drink a large amount of alcohol and then urinate on them to put out their flames.
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  • Duke Nukem 3D allows use of the urinals and toilets in the game.
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  • Fahrenheit At various points urination can be used to relax player characters.
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  • Final Fantasy IX features a scene in which Zidane and Vivi indulge in some "male-bonding" involving urination. The caption "tinkle-tinkle" appears, and Zidane remarks that it feels good to "let yourself go under the stars".
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  • Several of the Leisure Suit Larry games (including the most recent, Magna Cum Laude) feature the ability to both urinate (usually in bathrooms, sometimes in other places as well) and defecate (only in bathrooms).
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  • GUN Occaisonally you can find people urinating behind or by the side of buildings in Dodge City.
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  • In Medal of Honor and Medal of Honor: Underground, the enemies can often be seen in the position of urination, however no traces of urine itself can be seen. Also in Medal of Honor: Frontline, if the player comes by a toilet, a flushing sound can be heard and when the door is opened the player is encountered by an enemy.
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  • In Metal Gear Solid, Hal Emmerich (Otacon) wets his pants when Solid Snake enters his laboratory, frightened that he will be killed.
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  • In Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, there is a guard urinating off of a building, leaving him vulnerable for a kill. You can actually stand under the stream and watch it come down on you in first person view.
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  • Okami During fighting the player may urinate on enemies, and be rewarded with rare Demon fangs.
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  • In Overlord, one can send ones minions over beer mugs, whereafter the minion becomes intoxicated, turns away from the camera, and urinates.
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  • Postal² The player is able to urinate on anything in the game.
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  • Primal Rage In this fighting game one of the character's "Fatality" involves him urinating on his enemy, dissolving him to the bones.
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  • Redneck Rampage players can urinate or defecate in toilets for health benefits, or "take a quick pee" anywhere for a smaller health boost at any time, once a level.
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  • Resident Evil 4 In the intro of the game one of the Eurpeon Police Officers stops the SUV and gets out to urinate.
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  • Scarface: The World Is Yours The player can urinate in garbage disposals to recover his health.
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  • Soldier of Fortune first mission, when creeping into the subway toilets a guard is seen urinating against the wall, it is possible to shoot his penis off whilst in the act of urinating, this was used to showcase the game's damage engine.
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  • In South Park, players can urinate on snowballs and use them as weapons.
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  • Stubbs The Zombie in Rebel Without A Pulse At one point the player urinates into the water supply for the city of Punchbowl.
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  • The Haunting Starring Polterguy features two children (a male and a female) who wet their pants when Polterguy scares them.
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  • True Crime: Streets of LA cutscene where a Russian Mafia goon is urinating, and lead character Nick Kang kick him in the back while doing so. Once kick, Kang says "You have the right to soak in your own urine".
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  • Hitman 2: Silent Assassin cutscene showing a postman urinating in the bushes, you sneak up behind him while he is urinating and take his clothes.
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  • Dead Rising (players can drink wine to restore their health)
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  • Donkey Kong 64 (the "DK Rap" says "One hell of a guy!" despite the ESRB rating, though it was changed in future games, such as Donkey Konga and Super Smash Brothers Melee to "One heck of a guy!")
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  • Firebug (goal is to burn down a building)
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  • GUN (players can drink alcohol to recover their health)
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  • Left Behind: Eternal Forces: Religious RTS game based on the Left Behind Book series.
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  • Scarface: The World Is Yours (the player character can recover his health by killing an amount of enemies in "rage mode")
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  • The Warriors (Violence and drug use to refill the player's health.)
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  • Tony Hawk's Underground 2 (Grinding on a stone hand to make it show the finger gesture; character Eric Sparrow wets his pants when he is scared by Bam Margera, who has a chainsaw and is wearing a mask.)
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  • Ehrgeiz the player gives alcoholic beverages to the blacksmith to upgrade his/her weapons

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    Interesting. Some of these made me laugh hard because I've actually played them. (Ehrgeiz especially made me laugh hard!!!)
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