violence
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Mafia III’s Story Works Because Of The Open World
10Mafia III’s perspective on racial tensions in the United States is something rarely seen in games. Accordingly, some reviewers have argued that the actual gameplay of Mafia III wasn’t nearly as innovative as the narrative. While I agree that Mafia III’s narrative takes more risks than the gameplay, the two function as a whole. The…
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Brutal Doom Mod Has Some Great Customisable Gore Options
Ah, Brutal Doom. The last place a gore-hungry gamer can go when drowning people in The Sims and exploding opponents’ testicles in Mortal Kombat starts to get old.
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After Two Decades, I’ve Finally Outgrown Mortal Kombat’s Violence
It’s taken Mortal Kombat X to show me how much I’ve changed since 1992. See, back then I was in love with a new arcade game they’d just installed in the cinema at Sheffield’s Meadowhall shopping centre (this was before the proper arcade was even built). It looked like real life, it sounded incredible in…
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Video Game Violence That I Love
A whir, a pop, and then the head explodes. Ceases to exist, really. Ropy tendrils of grey-black goop spiral outwards from the point where the head used to be, and then the body falls heavily to the ground. There’s precious little time to think about what I just saw, because another enemy is headed my…