End Game

Game violence has long been a hot-button topic for gamers, and for those who would rather gamers not be gamers but rather be sports viewers or something else entirely. While some believe that game violence leaves us twisted horrible wrecks of humanity, unable to spawn even basic feelings of tenderness or compassion or even conscience, others believe that the people who believe what was just mentioned are so full of it they squeak when they walk. And recently, we got a look at two examples of video game violence that aren't exactly what you'd expect.

First, we go out to Sweden, where the game “First Person Lover” was developed as part of a marketing campaign for Swedish clothier Bjorn Borg, according to reports. Players dress characters in the Bjorn Borg 2015 spring / summer line then go forth to “strip the hate away,” by using a series of love-themed weapons—the kiss gun, the petal shotgun, the rainbow crossbow, the bubble blaster, and the teddy grenade—to peel off the clothes of our enemies and replace said clothes with Bjorn Borg apparel, thus ridding the world of hatred, ostensibly unless you've instead joined the Big 'n' Tall Resistance.

Then we go to Turkey, where the Turkish government is reportedly looking to ban a certain violent video game for its effects on children and families.