A few articles and news on the controversial effects with the game industry. I hope this will direct the gaming students with researching the top controversial games.
- TOP CONTROVERSIAL GAMES
- Carmageddon
- 6 days in Fallujah
- Night trap
- Resident Evil
- The Punisher
- GTA (all of them)
- The Warriors
- Postal
- Mortal Combat (my fav no 2 after Donkey Kong)
- Man Hunt
- Doom (all)
- Tom Raider
DEDICATED SITES WITH INFO (history, controversy, news)
http://uk.ign.com/
OLDER VIDEO GAMES ARCADE
http://www.free80sarcade.com/
ARTICLES ON INFLUENCE AND CONTROL
http://uk.ign.com/articles/2012/07/16/is-metacritic-ruining-the-games-industry
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/arts/video-games/video-game-retail-sales-decline-despite-new-hits.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 (this article for me is not true, the game industry is doing fine so look at it as media control)
TV SHOWS AND FILMS INSPIRED BY GAMES
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-10-08-battlefield-bad-company-television-show-in-production
LEGAL ISSUES WITH GAMING INDUSTRY
Piracy issues (some game designers see it as an opportunity, some loss of income)
- http://www.iipa.com/index.html
Rating System
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_content_rating_system#cite_note-3
Environmental groups against the game industry