Jim Hargreave's writes: With Sony's E3 coverage for the Sony PSP pretty much all done and dusted, I can now say that I am unsure whether to have my eye on the Playstation 3 this holiday season, or its slender slide-screen brother. I will be picking up the PSPGO on the day of release [October 1st] not just for the built in wi-fi for online play WHEREVER you may be, not just that it's a lot lighter and slimmer, or even the 16GB internal memory. It's the long line-up of amazing games for the PSP that is my incentive, and here is my extensive list of the top 14 titles I intend to get hold of:
Featuring four International Live Events and six rounds of online qualifiers.
Times are changing, and these games would have never been made in today's climate.
Every single time someone uses this phrase whether it's music, movies, books, comics, video games, etc it's always the same claim.
The ubiquitous "they" won't allow it to be made. And every decade these claims are made the claimant completely ignores all the "offensive" material that is published when the claim is made.
In ten years, you can write a new article about how you can't make games like Helldivers 2, Resident Evil VIII, Mortal Kombat I, Dragon's Dogma 2, Alan Wake 2 etc etc etc any more.
Yeah, people wouldn't be constantly outraged if there weren't games that people found enraging. The whole SBI discourse shit wouldn't be a thing if all games were inoffensive. A game like Starfield can make a guy froth at his mouth, so there will always be room for a list like this.
Normally, I'd be inclined to agree with you, but there are massive caveats.
TV shows like Venture Bros, Ren and Stimpy, and Aqua Team wouldn't/couldn't be made today. Hell, Ren and Stimpy was a *children's* show, same thing with Rocko's Modern Life.
It's not for some arbitrary reason, either. It's branding and IP alignment. Companies are far more risk-averse than they were when I was kid in the 90's. Of course, you have companies coming out of the woodwork to hell spur on similar content, but remember: Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon and some incredibly provocative material.
And for movies? it's pretty obvious. American Pie/Wedding Crashers/Eurotrip among many other "raunch coms" have fallen out of style, and are absolutely outside what the modern day film industry is willing to stand by.
Ace Ventura 1 and 2, Dumb and Dumber, Freddy Got Fingered, Rat Race, Harold and Kumar, and Van Wilder follow suit.
Remember: I am not explicitly talking about films put onto streamers. I am talking wide-releases in actual theaters. Same thing goes for games: Carmageddon, Duke Nukem, Manhunt, Six Days In Fallujah (with their original concept), Hatred, and so on and so forth. Of course, I'd be inclined to mention most tactical shooters like Rainbow Six and Joint Ops as well, due to cultural sensitivity regarding *who* you are shooting and why.
And not all of it is bad (obviously). Tastes change, and perspectives change to fit the demographic.
I should add that I'm a lefty, living in L.A. Working in film.
The Boys, Invincible, Jojo Rabbit, Deadpool, Gen V, Last of Us, Banshee... There are plenty of media being made today that people will claim "can't be made today".
Yeah but if you consider manhunt which was basically a snuff film could you seriously make that game with high than PS2 era graphics.
The Outlast Trials just came out.
But the storyline of Manhunt was that you were executed. But then lived. And if you didn't do as you were told, you'd die. And the people you killed were not innocents.
It was all filmed by a psychopath.
As we speak GTA VI is being finished up for a release. You get to play a Bonnie and Clyde type of protagonist who run up against the law.
Bodycam looks so real.
People are making those games. Articles like this will always exist no matter how incorrect they are, no matter how many times they blame "them" for whatever it is "they" do to prevent "those" games from being made.
The UK is the biggest junk country pandering to that nonsense as well, with laws against free speech and expression to match. It got so bad even Rowan Atkinson made a video on free speech about it.
Now the UK raises the age rating on harmless films like Mary Poppins, it's just a load of pansy weak ass nonsense.
The right wing Tories have been in power in the UK for the 14 years you know the ones that are "anti-woke", blame them for your perceptions.
Are these snowflakes in the room with us now?
This is more faux outrage designed to get hits. The consequences are unfortunately creating hysteria amongst those willing to buy into it and blame "them" or "the left" or "liberals" meanwhile the left are kicking off about genocide, actual real world abhorrent acts. Nobody is campaigning to censor this shit.
Not too mention the fact that some of these game are controversial for you know, underage porn and encouraging rape.
So either the guy just came in to comment snowflakes without reading anything, or he is calling people snowflakes for having a problem with said titles. Crazy how much brain rot someone can have.
Dead Island: "The early PC version of the zombie game swapped the playable character Purna’s Gender Wars skill with a prototype name, which shouldn’t be mentioned directly. The skill name made fun of both Purna as a character and feminists."
"Feminist Whore" lmao
ill add one more to the list.
drakengard 1.
its ridiculous tho, especially since they'd still be able to find their place in alot of places in the world. except america of course ha. and maybe Australia.
ppl are so sensitive these days. ha. but it is what it is.
They're not offensive.
And we need another Fat Princess. Fantastic little game!
Some people just have no sense of humour if this sort of thing offends them. They need to lighten up and stop taking themselves so seriously.
Games literally about sexual assault, mass genocide, bombing civilians, and school shooting. None of which is satirical.
Its crazy that people are fixated on Fat princess when clearly the list is going over controversies, and not all of them are equal. Like way worse examples but pretend the entire list is like that.
The must play PSP Games every gamer will enjoy.
Man I love my PSP. I have the original one and have never felt like I needed to get another one because Sony did so well in the original design.
I think I am most excited about the new Metal Gear game as that is easily my favorite franchise of all time.
Oh yeah just FYI, Gamestop is having a sale this weekend 20% off any used PSP games. So go get some awesome PSP games guys!
And THAT is why I finally bought a PSP last Tuesday (after seeing the Sony conference). I've been a Playstation guy since 1997 (when my mom made the amazing mistake of getting a psx when I asked for an n64), and have had all the systems except the PSP.
Crisis Core almost got me. Same with GoW:CoO. But these were just too much--had to get me a psp. :)
i still have original PSP. can't wait buy PSP GO.
i want
1. Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker
2. Final Fantasy: Dissidia
3. GT
4. Resident Evil Portable.
PSP is making its comeback! Must get PSP GO!
But seriously, Sony took up a notch with the PSP line up.
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
Resident Evil Portable
Final Fantasy Agito XIII
Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep
Parasite Eve: The 3rd Birthday
Final Fantasy Dissidia (Eng Version)
Tales of VS
Fate: Unlimited Codes
SoulCalibur: Broken Destiny
Tekken 6
Dante's Inferno
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
Assassin Creed: Bloodlines
.hack//LINK
Lunar: Silver Star Story
Persona 1 Remake
Crimson Gem Saga
Disgaea 2 Portable
Neon Gensis Evangelion: Jo
Rock Band Unplugged
Gran Turismo Moblie
Need for Speed: Shift
Motorstorm: Artic Edge
Dirt 2
Little Big Planet
Patapon 2 (US)
Fat Princess
Pixel Junk Monsters Deluxe
Army of Two: The 40th Day
SOCOM Fire Team Bravo 3
Armored Core 3
Undead Knights
And of Course Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier
With all these new games, it's like a whole new system.
When did PSP launch, like 2004? It's crazy that Sony's taken this long to give PSP it's full support...but it's so sweet that it's finally happening.
Want me some LBP.