Have you ever been offended by a video game?

I don't think I've been offended in the manner everyone else is talking about, but I was offended in a different way by Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter, given that the games in the series before it are among my favourite RPGs, and that Dragon Quarter turned out to be the single worst video game I've ever played.

America's Army    is the only one that comes to mind. Like that game have anything to do with serving in the irl army.

It would be interesting to hear a female's response to this topic, given how sexist the majority of games are.  
 
I can't recall a time I've been personally offended, though. I don't mind violence and gore, and other peoples opinions usually don't offend me, even if I adamantly disagree with them.  As a Caucasian male in the majority, though, it's less common for something to be offensive.

" No, I have never been offended by a video game.  In fact, I can't think of anything that has offended me.  Maybe I just have thick skin, I don't know. "

So I guess none of you ever bitched about a Wii game, right? Since you're never offended?

no, Ive never been offended by media of any sort.

" @CitizenKane said:

" No, I have never been offended by a video game.  In fact, I can't think of anything that has offended me.  Maybe I just have thick skin, I don't know. "

Thick skin, low standards. Tomato, tomato.   Tomato, tomato doesn't really work online. :-\ "

Nope, never. I hardly get offended by anything...

I can't remember ever being offended by something in any entertainment product.  I'm not all that easy to offend in real life but it has happened. I doubt anything could do it in a videogame or film unless a character literally started calling me out by name and berating me but now I can't decided whether or not that would be awesome.

Not that I recall.   With regard to stereotypical depictions in Japanese games, I regard those as equivalent to the depictions of sex and race in media from 50+ years ago: too foreign to be truly provocative.  
 
That being said, I do remember finding V for Vendetta offensive.  The whole statement of that movie, that blowing up a building is a method for sending a revolutionary message, seemed dangerously naive.

I have but for the life of me I cant remember what it was...

The only times where I've been offended by a game is when I find the game to be awful to play. But as for the content to the game, never. It's hard to offend me in real life anyway.

I'm not a sensitive guy. 
 
No.

" @Asurastrike said:

" Postal - Everything GTAIV - Kidnapping the mobsters daughter and slapping her around. "

Try playing Gay Tony.  You'll probably have less sympathy for her.
 

@Undeadpool

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" @animateria said:

" I wasn't offended but quite a bit disturbed at a certain part in Saints Row 2.
 

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Kidnapping a rival gang leader's girlfriend, trapping her in her own car, then leaving the car at a monster truck event where the rival drives over his girlfriend's car, killing her in the process. Then my character and fellow gang members talking about how awesome that plan was... That's just absolutely fucking terrible and tasteless.

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I guess this came the closest. I wasn't offended, just sorta taken aback cause it sorta took me out of the freewheeling wackiness that had pervaded the game up until then. Likewise the cemetery mission. "

Yeah, I have to say the mission where..

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You throw the rival gang member into a grave and fill it with cement, burrying him alive while he's screaming and begging you to stop was far worse. 

Again, I wouldn't say I was offended but holy crap.. that's going too far. "

I was never really offended by any game I played but some games disturb me and I wonder why they were ever made in the first place (postal and custards revenge).

Hope you guys don't mind if I talk about some of your comments on the upcoming episode of my podcast, No Quarter. The episode will be entitled "No Offense". You'll be given full credit, of course.
 
EDIT:  No Quarter #4 is up, with some of your comments read out. Thanks for your really interesting responses to the question. Got me thinking about a couple of things, that's for sure.

Yeah, resident evil - umbrella chronicles offends me by its pathetic story line and game play. :)