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Present in most action games, where people can say cheesy stuff and get away with it. Usually spoken by the hero, before or after wasting a dude.
Baditude is being "edgy" in an obviously forced or fake manner. Games with baditude often feature excessive swearing, gratuitous violence, and content meant to shock or offend.
A sound used to censor the profanity.
For all these games, it is illegal to sell or make them available to minors in Germany and it is illegal to advertise for it in any form. This includes the mere presence of a game in the shelves of a store.
Written words that are used to describe sounds, sometimes used in comic book—inspired games, like XIII.
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.
A hand gesture with a long and controversial history.
This little guy here is the very first enemy you encounter in Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One. Its attacks are probably the easiest to avoid in the game.
This enemy is met shortly after beginning the game. While they are no stronger than their Mark I brethren, they can take a punch better because of their higher defense and HP.
This version of the Fruit Fucker is more powerful than its Mark I and Mark II siblings and its attacks are not as easy to block.
This is the strongest version of the Fruit Fucker in Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One. It is far superior than its predecessors to the point of making them obsolete.
A United States Marine Corps special forces unit sent to clean up the mess caused by the Black Mesa incident.
Humans are bipedal, sapient primates capable of abstract reasoning, language, and emotions.
When the routine mission goes horribly wrong, and all your so-called "experienced" teammates bite the dust. You, the rookie, survive of course.
Optional Censorship gives one the ability to remove or obscure content that is possibly offensive or objectionable.
Game names that include swear words.
In order to chat with others the user must press a button before or while talking.
A weighty real-world issue that some games comment on, often through allegory. Unfortunately, other games can offend players in their depiction of different ethnicities, whether intentionally or not, thus becoming part of the issue themselves.
Dialogue from NPCs that constantly repeats.
Rather than leaving each player to their own devices and deaths, some multiplayer modes pool the total number of lives or respawns that can be used among the entire team. Then the blaming starts.
The ability to communicate via voice.
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