This Month in Controversial Games

Humans can find just about any topic to squabble about, video games are of course no exception. Recently they have become a major point of a number of debates across the internets. I don’t intend to solve these major conflicts, just give my opinion and maybe get an idea of what you guys think. Anyway, here are the games:

Frat Party Games: Pong Toss

For those of you wondering what the hell Pong Toss is, it’s the politically correct term for beer pong that involves no beer. Pong Toss was released this week as a downloadable Wiiware. That right, it’s for the Wii, what other system could make a game that sounds like it was invented by puritans fun?

An actual coalition formed in Virginia and tried to petition against the game’s release. The controversy is pretty simple: “The game encourages younger kids to emulate the patterns of college-age kids,” Lisa Lombardozzi, chairman of the Coalition, said.

Doesn’t high school do that too? Be more specific please!

“Beer pong is an activity that normalizes and encourages heavy binge drinking, shows blatant disregard for the dangers of alcohol poisoning, and can cost lives and result in injury,” said Gen. Arthur T. Dean, chairman and CEO of the D.C.-based Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America

Whether or now you agree, the game was released, and Frat Party Games plans on releasing more games in the same vein for the Wii.

Fat Princess

Frantic and fun, Fat Princess pits two hordes of players against each other in comic medieval battle royale. Your goal is to rescue your beloved princess from the enemy dungeon. There’s a catch though: your adversary has been stuffing her with food to fatten her up and it’s going to take most of your army working together to carry her back across the battlefield.

This one has a variety of people angry, mainly for the comical portrayal of obesity, a real issue in America and increasingly in Japan, the game’s country of origin. The thing that shocked me the most was all the blood that comes out of your little elves or whatever they are.

Controversy or not, Fat Princess does seem like an interesting multi-player which the PS3 is in desperate need of.

Well these are the major ones worth mentioning. So what do you guys think, are the arguments valid? Should the Surgeon General start posting warnings on games for the Wii? Is Sony making fun of fat people?

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