So-called "responsible" adults have always tried to find scapegoats for bad behavior since the dawn of time. These days, video games take the most heat, even though some controversies just aren't very well thought out.

By Danny Gallagher



10. Night Trap

The Sega CD system used live action film to turn games into realistic feeling adventures, if "real life" featured fuzzy views and dialogue so cheesy that it contained three times the recommended allowance of vitamin A.

Night Trap stood out as a source of controversy because it featured scenes of extreme violence towards young, scantily-clad women, particularly a scene in which a hot blonde in a nightgown is dragged offscreen in a shock collar by a group of henchmen. Unfortunately, it was the only scene of violence in the whole game.

Other reports said the object of the game was to trap and kill the coeds when, in fact, the object was to trap the evil “Ogs” meandering through the house who were actually trying to kidnap the coeds. All of this could have been avoided if professional outrage artists like Sen. Byron Dorgan had actually played the game, but asking any politician to thoroughly research an issue before speaking out about it is like asking a monkey to do your taxes. Both produce the same results, although the monkey usually has more legible handwriting.

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