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[citation needed] Manhunt 2 has been labeled as possibly the most violent video game ever made and is infamous for being one of only four video games to have received an "Adults Only" rating due to violence. Further controversy surrounds the Wii version, due to the fact that it actually simulates the violence through motion control, causing it ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 9 January 2025. Video games Platforms Arcade video game Console game Game console Home console Handheld console Electronic game Audio game Electronic handheld Online game Browser game Social-network game Mobile game PC game Linux Mac Virtual reality game Genres Action Shooter Action-adventure Adventure ...
Tropes vs. Women in Video Games is a YouTube video series created by Anita Sarkeesian examining gender representation in video games. The series was financed via crowdfunding , and came to widespread attention when its Kickstarter campaign triggered a wave of online harassment against Sarkeesian, [ 2 ] causing her to flee her home at one point.
The concept that video games are a form of art has begun to gain force in the latter half of the 2000s, with the U.S. National Endowment for the Arts recognizing games as a form of art in May 2011, [173] for example. In viewing video games as cultural artifacts and the industry as a cultural industry, the disenfranchisement of women from the ...
In mid-2013, a number of organizations, including Human Rights Watch, [185] began calling for a boycott of the Games due to oppressive and homophobic legislation that bans 'gay propaganda', [186] including the open acknowledgement of gay identities, the display of rainbow flags and public displays of affection between same-sex couples. [187]
The 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing have come under fire from human rights groups who oppose holding them in a country accused of persecuting Uyghur Muslims and other ethnic minorities. The U.S ...
With the advent of the internet, social interactions, including sexual harassment, increasingly occur online, for example in video games or in chat rooms. According to the 2014 PEW research statistics on online harassment, 25% of women and 13% of men between the ages of 18 and 24 have experienced sexual harassment while online. [42]
The group exposed to highly sexualized images, from video games (in comparison to control group), was more tolerant to sexual harassment but showed the same rape myth acceptance. [80] A similar study was done in France, studying young adults being exposed to sexist materials in video games.