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Alternative blood is blood other than the usual red variety.
Games that have been banned, or refused a rating for one reason or another.
When a character is naked, but does not have nipples or any form of genitalia.
The censors roam psyches, stamping out any thoughts that don’t belong.
Video game controversy revolves mostly around the psychological effects that games with graphic violence or sexual content in them can have on players. Other sources of controversy can range from racism, sexism, politics, or religion.
Due to crafty camera angles and conveniently placed objects in the environment, the nudity in the scene is obscured from view.
Often referred to as Hentai, Eroge is a video game genre which has (usually manga-style) pornographic content and artwork.
Extreme violence pertains to excessive amounts of blood, gore, or violent acts. These include decapitation, mutilation, dismemberment, amputation, defenestration, disembowelment, torture and much more.
Gambler are a type of trainer that like to roll the dice! Their name was later changed to gamer, than again changed to PI.
An umbrella term for any sexual orientation or gender identity that is not straight.
Sometimes things are lost during a game's localization. These can include major gameplay elements, significant parts of the plot and the depictions of certain characters.
Video games that were banned at one point in time but were eventually re-released as originally intended in the respective territory. May include games that are still banned in another territory.
Nudity is qualified as either exposed buttocks, breasts, or genitalia or general lack of clothing. Video game nudity is largely a rarity outside of the PC market.
Optional Censorship gives one the ability to remove or obscure content that is possibly offensive or objectionable.
The act of changing a section of a graphic to a low resolution (i.e. enlarging the pixels) in order to "blur" it. Commonly used to censor an image.
Red tape is an idiom that refers to excessive regulation or rigid conformity to formal legislation that is considered redundant or bureaucratic and hinders or prevents action or decision-making.
An intimate physical activity between two or more individuals.
Female characters who are designed with highly idealized figures and proportions, outfits that are revealing and/or form-fitting, and prone to ending up in completely over-the-top poses designed to show off their bodies.
Swimmer is a Pokémon trainer that has both male, and female versions. He/She is usually found swimming in water or on a beach with their water Pokémon.
A sub-genre of adventure games, visual novels are a form of interactive fiction that usually have very little in terms of gameplay but often focus more on extensive storytelling, character interactions, decision-making and branching narratives.
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