the Ultimate ILLEGAL & Disturbing Video Game Iceberg

my (fairly large) Illegal and Disturbing Video Game Iceberg explained. The Iceberg chart covers the most: disturbing video games and illegal video games and by extension the most controversial video games ever made.

Timecodes
0:00・Introduction
0:15・Level 1
12:22・Level 2
18:34・Level 3
25:33・Level 4
31:12・Level 5
39:35・Level 6
46:59・Level 7

Music:
LEMMiNO - Melancholy
LEMMiNO - Encounters
CC BY-SA 4.0
& various tracks from Silent Hill 2, DDLC, Hatred and Manhunt (ask me for specifics).

[redSIRIUS]

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CORRECTIONS: people have pointed out that the body in Hong Kong 97 has been found! I don't know how I didn't come across that when researching the video, the YouTuber Goose Boose has made a great video about it, so watch that if you're interested!
Also, Demonophobia is chinese not japanese.

[PWhawk]

Never ask a man: his salary.
Never ask a woman: her age.
Never ask sirius: where he gets the gameplay footage.

[Chocomint_Queen]

I actually played JFK reloaded a lot as a teen (I know, I know). One thing you left out, is that for the first month or so of its existence, they had a high-score contest running, where you could win $100, 000 (with your score based on how closely you replicated the Warren Comission's findings, where 1000 points meant it was exactly as they said)
The winner was a 16 year old french boy, who I believe scored in the high 960s, literally the last day of the competition. Unfortunately for him, the game sold extremely poorly, and they literally did not have $100, 000 to give him. In the end, he received $10, 000 instead.
The company _almost_ went on to create Princess Diana Reloaded, but after the Massachusetts House of Representatives presented them with an official condemnation for JFK Reloaded, they bailed on the idea.

[CringingCrit]

It's crazy how games like Mortal Kombat are banned in Japan but some of these games were developed in Japan and were around for quite a while.

[SarcasticSyringe]

I noticed a pattern with most of the games either being from extremist groups, or Japanese. 💀

[BSideWasTaken]

"School shootings have lost their shock value" is such a cutting, accurate and depressing comment by the Postal devs

[gjmarkjesse]

The actor of the protagonist in Harvester was convicted for possessing CP, served time and has to register as a child sex offender. In his sex offender photo, no bullshit and dead serious, he’s wearing that same exact flannel he wears in the game.

[stopmakingeyesatme]

Someone can correct me if I'm mis-remembering, but iirc the purpose of 177 was to satirize Japan's antiquated SA laws at the time. I remember reading somewhere that the "good ending" was meant to be a reductio ad absurdum pointing out how messed up the law was; the law said something like if a woman had "felt pleasure" during an assault, it wasn't SA.

So the game points out how ridiculous this law is by saying the woman "felt pleasure" if you catch her, which is why she marries you if you catch her but you go to jail if you don't. So from what I remember, the game isn't really "promoting assault" as much as it is protesting the law that could've allowed a perp to get off by basically arguing the victim wanted it.

Now, I think making that point in the form of a game is still in poor taste and can backfire and be harmful way too easily, but it at least helps explain why the game exists. At the same time, Custer's Revenge exists and there was no comprehensible explanation for that one...

[tabbycat]

For a lot of the video I kept thinking, “how do people have a problem with this but not GTA?” and then it just *kept getting worse*

[joel_rigby]

Kawaii Killer's is basically Happy Tree Friends as a game.

[WordsofHeresy]

Crazy how quickly the list went from "controversial violence and edgy" to "banned cuz of pedophilia"

[jtotheulian]

quest for bush and sadan is a hilarous game, its 2 countries dropping diss tracks in the form of video games

[Merely_To_Observe]

"Worst she can say is no"

**Jumps off building**

[tuney]

This went from “edgy” to “actual snuff” really quick

[BohemianScandalous]

I remember Hatred, not for people being shocked but for people clowning on the cringey grim dark feel of the game. It did not feel any more rebellious than a teen boy wearing pentagrams and yelling that “you’re not the boss of me!” before slamming the door to his room.

[lukegarner]

@4:40

Unfortunately, the actor who played Steve (the appearance not voice) was arrested and sentenced for CP related charges.

I guess the residents of Harvest were a little off and should've said,

"You always were a diddler, Steve"

[The_Rainy_Day_System]

This being your first ever video is so insanely impressive, i can only imagine the amount of work and effort you must have put into this.

[fartlord]

Seeing square enix being name dropped like that so far down the list was a true jump scare

[asdfasdfasdf]

Arguably the only reason rapelay achieved any infamy was its title. After rapelay, Japanese games banned the word "rape" in all game titles which is why there was never another controversy (at least as big as this one).

[Foodpills]

Hello! I just wanted to let you know that there’s a Spanish-speaking content creator named "Explorando Icebergs" who has made a video that’s almost identical to yours. They made only minimal changes, but the order of the iceberg, the games, and the narration are basically the same. I compared both videos and the only difference is the language. They’re claiming the iceberg as their own, and their video was uploaded months after yours. I hope you see this because you deserve the credit for your work. Wishing you all the best!

Edit: I just checked and the thumb-nail is the same one too! He just translated it.