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Games that are killing our children

Reports of very dangerous and even deadly games that Russian teenagers are addicted to have become so frequent that such expressions as “a wave has covered” and “a craze” are quite appropriate.

“Death groups”, “Run or Die”, “Disappear for 24 hours”: not only Moscow, but also Kuzbass schoolchildren began to receive messages on social networks that would make any parent’s hair stand on end. What new dangers threaten our children, and most importantly, how to deal with them, we will understand in this article.

To begin with, it is worth mentioning the message that began to be actively distributed on social networks in early February 2017. It begins with the words “Sent from the Department of Education” and contains a warning to parents. It describes extremely dangerous games that directly threaten the lives of children. Then, on February 7, children's ombudsman Anna Kuznetsova called on police to investigate the Run or Die game. And on February 8, a 20-year-old guy died in Berezovsky. Immediately there were suggestions that the young man was a member of a “death group” on a social network.

At the moment, everyone's attention is focused on three teenage "hobbies": "Run or Die", "Disappear for 24 hours" and "death groups" on social networks. In this article we will try to understand in detail what each of these phenomena is and how parents can protect their children.

"Run or Die"

What it is?

This is a call to blatantly break the rules traffic, endanger your own life and create a dangerous traffic situation. This “game” has no philosophy other than “show how cool you are.” This is from the same opera as jumping into the snow from garages, car “hooks” and “bungee jumps”. Do you remember anything about your childhood, dear parents? But jokes aside: those funs were exactly the same evil as the hashtag #flight or die. I think there is no need to tell anyone about how dangerous it is to cross the road in front of a car. Why do teenagers take such risks? Why don't new generations get smarter? The answers to these questions lie in the field of child psychology.

“As the child grows up, the psyche must go through a stage of individuation, which will mark the transformation into a boy or girl. This stage is reflected in the rite of transformation of a boy into a man among primitive tribes, where, through a series of risky tests, the boy becomes a man. Teenagers take similar risky steps, showing that they have overcome fear and made this transition; accordingly, in the group of teenagers there are those who were able to do this and those who were not able to. During this period of mental formation, it is extremely important to take a certain place in the group, and the fear of being rejected by the group is much stronger than the fear of death and injury,” explains psychoanalyst Alexander Sedov.

What are the authorities doing?

As for the mass appeal of the “Run or Die” game, it most likely exists only on the pages of the media. After each frightening headline on the RuNet follows: “The department for promoting road safety of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs assured us that so far no accidents related to such disputes have been recorded in the region.” We are talking about any region of Russia. That is, accidents involving children, unfortunately, do happen, but all cases are individual.

However, the authorities have already begun to fight. As we have already mentioned, Ombudsman Anna Kuznetsova appealed to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate with a request to investigate. In the future, visits by representatives of departments to schools and special preventive classes will probably follow.
In Kuzbass, such measures are being taken without the participation of Kuznetsova.

"Inspectors for minors, together with traffic police officers, conduct raids to suppress traffic violations children and teenagers. Police also carry out educational work in schools. The main thing is to teach children safe behavior on the streets and on the road,” said the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kemerovo Region.

Nothing new: from the cradle, instill in your child exactly how to cross the road. And there are no more effective ways. That is, behave like all normal parents. And from about the same age, begin to explain the difference between coolness and stupidity. However, since the hype around this hashtag has already swelled, it wouldn’t hurt to talk again.

And for drivers there is only one piece of advice, also as old as the history of the automotive industry: if you see children or teenagers on the side of the road, reduce your speed. Always. With or without a hashtag, you never know what will come to mind.

"Disappear for 24 hours"

What it is?

This is a call to hide so that no one finds you for 24 hours. It is prohibited to take a mobile phone or any other means of communication with you. It is not difficult to imagine what danger the child will expose himself to and what will happen to the parents’ nerves.

The existence of such fun was reported to the world by the media of the city of Rostov-on-Don, where two boys disappeared within 3 days of each other. Moreover, according to their data, one of the boys definitely played “Disappear for 24 Hours”, the second “most likely”. The boys were found alive and well, the police did not talk about any game, but, at the instigation of the federal media, a “game that is being distributed among schoolchildren on the Internet” appeared. True, there is no reliable information yet about other players outside the Rostov region. It’s not a fact that such a phenomenon as “Disappear for 24 hours” even exists. And we are certainly not talking about a mass hobby.

What are the authorities doing?

So far, none of the government officials have officially recognized the existence of such a phenomenon, especially on a national scale. No such disappearances were observed on the territory of Kuzbass. They are looking for missing people, but their disappearances are not being linked to any game or hashtag.

How can parents fight this evil?

Children started running away from home not yesterday. The reasons are always the same: either bad relationships with parents, or “towards adventure.” In the latter case, reading “Tom Sawyer” may be enough. There is no other means of combating this except parental attention. If you raise a child and devote a lot of time to him, then with a high degree of probability you will understand that he is up to something. And if you miss the moment of escape, then contact the police in time. And most importantly, when the child is returned home (or returns himself), do not give vent to anger; any competent teacher will advise you to do this. Your task is not to punish the fugitive, but to prevent similar “games” in the future. Conduct a debriefing, figure out what led to the escape, in general, negotiate with the child, enter into an agreement with him that will suit everyone. And don’t be lazy to explain how dangerous this is. Believe it or not, a teenager may simply not understand this, despite the fact that he is already so big.

“Children, for a number of reasons, are not able to objectively weigh risks; the mental attitude “nothing bad will happen to me” is still too strong. Teenagers often consider the right to manage their own lives to be an attribute of adulthood, without having sufficient adult experience, taking the adults’ phrase “I am the master of my own destiny” too literally,” Alexander Sedov shares his knowledge.

"Groups of Death"

What it is?

But this is already very serious and truly scary. According to the most optimistic estimates, the number of victims of this “game” in Russia is at least 15 teenagers. All of them committed suicide, and all were members of so-called “death groups” on social networks. The starting point of the “game” is considered to be November 23, 2015 - on this day a girl known on the Internet under the nickname Rina committed suicide. Novaya Gazeta examined the circumstances of this tragedy in detail. The article had the widest resonance. It was after this that they no longer began to talk about “death groups,” but to shout all over the country. However, the Russian Investigative Committee states that these groups began to appear online much earlier – since 2013.

Without playing with words, the participants in such “groups” are people systematically preparing their own death under the guidance of the group administrator. They are given tasks step by step, the last of which is suicide. Administrators of such groups most often contact teenagers themselves, start a conversation, and invite them to “game.” Such communities on social networks are always closed, which adds to their attractiveness in the eyes of teenagers - “I was invited, which means I am the chosen one!”
There are no officially confirmed cases of suicides associated with “death groups” in Kuzbass. But this does not mean that our children do not know about them. They are very familiar with scary hashtags like #f57, #morekits or #nyapok (we'll tell you more about them a little later). But the worst thing is that here in Kuzbass, children receive offers to “start the game” from polite strangers. A Kemerovo schoolgirl who received the message forwarded it to the Sibdepo editorial office.

No direct appeals, only hints of the freedom that the “little whale” will gain. It even seems to be the other way around - he dissuades. But when we at the editorial office read this message, we felt unwell. And most importantly - what awaits the “player” next. This is what a Kemerovo high school student who received this message told a Sibdepo correspondent.

“For example, #f57, #f58, #morekitov, #quiethouse. You should make a wall post with a poem about suicide and these hashtags. Then the curator writes to you, you tell them why you decided to commit suicide, you write them your address and phone number. The first task is to make the inscription “whale” on your hand (there are others). Every day you will have to enter their conversation at 4:20 (this time, because there is something related to drugs). At this time, you listen to audio with screams, screams, etc. And every day you write on the wall how many days are left, there are 50 in total, every day there is a new task, the last one is suicide. If you refuse, they begin to intimidate you, that they will come to your house (you told them the address yourself) and kill the whole family, they call you on the phone and thereby drive the child to suicide,” the girl said about the rules of the “game.”

Here are excerpts from the correspondence of our heroine with one such “player”.

You can applaud the girl and the parents who raised her. She quickly realized that this was no longer funny and stopped the conversation. But in her place there could be someone who would want to participate “for fun.” And what then, we already know: going online at 04.20, tasks, whales, butterflies, “if you refuse, we will kill your family” and so on. What if the child is depressed? Having a fight with your parents, breaking up with your girlfriend/boyfriend... You never know what kind of trouble may seem like the catastrophe of the century to a teenager. Namely, these children are the main target of the “curators” from the “death groups”.

Philip "Lis" Budeykin is the creator of the closed community "f57" on the social network "VKontakte"

Who needs all this and why?

Several very specific people are known to investigators from the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation and the FSB, and one is known to all of Russia. His name is Philip Budeikin, known online as Philip Lis. He has now been arrested, declared sane and awaiting trial. He himself claims that he “got carried away” and “didn’t want to,” and his goal was only popularity on the Internet. This, by the way, is quite possible - in December 2015, Lis participated in a large-scale Internet flash mob, when dozens of schoolchildren pretended to commit suicide.

Some of the administrators of the “death groups” are known to the general public only by their nicknames, for example, Sea of ​​Whale and Miron Seth. The latter, by the way, after Novaya Gazeta made a fuss, said that journalists are idiots, and he is pursuing a noble mission.

This screenshot was published by journalists from the Lenta.ru portal. According to the publication, after an investigation, “ Novaya Gazeta“, Miron Seth decided to “deploy the machine gun,” and the Sea of ​​Whale simply realized what was threatening him and stepped away from controlling his groups. The fame-hungry Fox pretended to be the Sea of ​​Whales, gathered his subscribers into his group f57 and promoted suicide until he was arrested.

But these are only a few. And no one knows how many such groups appeared on VKontakte alone. The Investigative Committee speaks of 8 communities, the same Lenta.ru speaks of hundreds of similar groups.

Who are they, these “curators”? What motivates them?

Fox version

People who want popularity and are overplayed.

Internet users version

Professionals working for the powerful enemies of Russia, with the help of “death groups”, depriving our country of the future. They are subtle psychologists; they know how and where to deliver psychological blows and deprive the victim of their will.

Psychoanalyst's version

These people realize their unconscious needs that they cannot realize in any other way:
- unconscious sadistic tendencies, the desire to control people, to feel like a ruler over the lives of others.
- realization of one’s own aggressive impulse, the opportunity to experience an extreme form of aggression - essentially killing another person.
- realization of the need for one’s own greatness - gaining the status of an idol, a ruler over destinies, satisfaction from creating one’s own cult.

Psychoanalyst Alexander Sedov also complained that the topic of suicide is sometimes overly romanticized in music, literature and cinema. And such “curators” simply use this. As a result, it seems to the “little whale” that he will lie all so beautiful and pale. And the “curator” prefers to remain silent about the protruding tongue and relaxed sphincters. It turns out that every time, “hanging out” on social networks, our children have a chance to meet such a “Fox” one on one.

still from the movie "Romeo and Juliet"

What are the authorities doing?

The work of the investigative authorities is in plain sight. As RIA Novosti reported, in November last year, employees of the Investigative Committee conducted searches of administrators and members of “death groups” with the pseudonyms “Philip More”, “Miron Stekh”, “Keeper of Truth” and others. This happened in 10 regions of Russia, including Kuzbass. We have already mentioned the detention of Philip Lys.

The management of social networks regularly bans communities that appear again and again. Even Instagram, which doesn’t have much to write about, announced a campaign launched against suicide propaganda.

But this is work that is being carried out at the federal level. What about the regions? In particular, here in Kuzbass? The Department of Education of the Kemerovo Region said that they did not send any messages on social networks, they do not personally fight any communities, and carry out systematic work on suicide prevention on an ongoing basis.

“In Kuzbass, cool watch and conversations with students and their parents on the topic of cybersecurity, including on issues of safe behavior on social networks,” the department’s press service told Sibdepo.

Regional police, in turn, are taking steps specifically against “death groups” on social networks. As the press service of the department said, employees of the regional Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs purposefully monitor social networks, looking for not only “curators”, but also children who show interest in suicidal communities.

“When minors who are prone to committing suicide are identified, as well as those who are members of the above groups or games, specialists from all bodies and institutions of the prevention system are involved in working with children and families. Police officers promptly inform psychologists about cases where their intervention is necessary, and to the maximum extent possible. In a short time, such specialists are involved in the work of psychological support for minors,” the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Kemerovo Region reported.

And if we talk about the struggle on a planetary scale, journalist Maxim Kononenko expressed a sensible idea in his article “Why are we still not ready for the “sea of ​​whales”?” . The author proposes to abandon anonymity on the Internet altogether. However, he immediately refutes his thesis, reminding how many countries there are on our planet. And that for such a decision they all must adopt the appropriate laws and monitor their implementation. Unreal? Right. So let's think about what we can do ourselves, in our own families.

On October 9, deputies from United Russia proposed introducing a ban on cruel computer games. Some supported this initiative, while others were categorically against it. Let's figure it out.

The age-old question

In general, the topic of the harm of computer games is very popular. The world has traditionally been divided into two camps...

Cruel games are dangerous

All conservative people adhere to this concept. However, they are somewhat right. After all, there are truly cruel and immoral games. And considering that any schoolchild knows how to use torrents, absolutely everyone can play violent games, regardless of age restrictions.

Of course, the games themselves are not dangerous. If an ordinary normal person plays a cruel game, it will not affect his psyche in any way. But there are people who are prone to violence on their own. In this case, a violent computer game will be an incentive to violence in the real world. You don't have to look far for examples.

For example, the pharmacy chain lawyer Dmitry Vinogradov, who shot six of his colleagues. It is believed that he was inspired to do this by the game Manhunt, which is replete with violence (in fact, the reason is unrequited love).

In April 1999, two teenagers shot 12 classmates. It is believed that they were influenced by the game Doom.

In September 2001, a seventeen-year-old resident of Tyumen beat his parents with iron bars because they did not let him into a computer club.

That same month in China, a twenty-two-year-old boy stole money from his mother to go to a computer club. When the mother found out about this, she made a scandal for her son. As a result, the guy poisoned his mother and hid her body in a laundry drawer, where it lay for a month and a half. According to Chinese laws, the guy was executed.

Games are not dangerous, people themselves are dangerous

It all depends on the human psyche. There are people who only need a small incentive to start breaking laws. They have a low level of social responsibility. Therefore, you should not blame games, because you can also watch enough violent films or read violent books.

It is not cruelty and violence in games that is dangerous, but addiction to them. If a person works normally, studies, and spends a couple of hours playing a computer game in the evenings, then this is normal. For them, playing is just a way to relax and have fun.

If a person spends all his time on games, then this is a psychological deviation. Which means he needs to be treated.

Sometimes the addiction to games is so strong that people spend several days playing the game and then die from exhaustion.

In August 2001, a 22-year-old Thai man died while playing Counter Strike. After examining the body, doctors indicated the cause of death - the Thai simply got overexcited during the game and died of heart failure.

In October 2002, a 24-year-old South Korean resident died of exhaustion. He played non-stop for 86 hours. At the same time, he did not sleep or eat at all.

On June 22, 2005, a 12-year-old schoolboy from Yekaterinburg died. He spent 12 hours playing games every day - as a result he suffered a stroke.

Addiction and how to treat it

As you can see, it is not the cruelty in games that is dangerous, but the addiction to these games. If your relative or friend begins to spend too much time playing games at the expense of work or study, then follow the following rules.

Teenagers. Many parents often find that their children spend too much time playing games. Your task is to redirect children's energy in a different direction.
A teenager addicted to games is a sign of disharmonious personality development. Most likely he is simply not well adapted to real life. Such children are unsociable and have few friends among their peers. Another reason may be an unfavorable situation. If there are problems in the family, then the child will “hide” in the game away from the cruel world.
Your task is to identify the child’s problems and help him solve them. Don't let him play for more than 2 hours a day or until he has done his homework. Otherwise, you will get a typical “nerd” - a person who has no friends, no achievements in sports, or academic achievements.

Conscious age. If you are already old enough to give yourself an account of your actions, then think seriously. Think about it: is playing games harmful to your life? If you play no more than a couple of hours a day, then this is normal. But if games start to overwhelm you, then this is a reason to take care of yourself.
Your task is to understand that life will fly past you. No matter how many missions you complete in the virtual world, you will not achieve anything in reality.

"Dumb reaction"

The thing is, people like to talk about violent games. Another news about a teenager who killed a dozen people by playing games is disturbing the population. And for politicians this is another chance to attract attention. This is what Deputy Speaker of the State Duma Sergei Zheleznyak did, declaring that violent games should be banned altogether. He was supported by United Russia member Vladimir Burmatov and senator Ruslan Gattarov.

Needless to say, this idea is stupid as hell. No system will keep an inquisitive mind from downloading pirated games from the Internet. And given the level of piracy in Russia (95%), we can say that 95 out of 100 people use pirated games.

Moreover, in most cases of murder, there is no direct connection between addiction to computer games and the crime itself. Criminals play games, but not vice versa (one-sided addiction).

The only way to stop addiction is through proper parenting practices and self-awareness among gamers. In addition, gamers cannot be completely weaned from games. If your child plays games a lot, then wait until he turns 16. As a rule, most teenagers at the age of 16 switch their attention from games to the opposite sex. Let your child play enough and throw out his anger in the virtual world. But don’t let this hobby turn into an addiction.

Afterword

The modern generation of people was born in the era of information and computer games.

For them, this is not just a hobby, but something more. Games are a part of their childhood and life. But some grow up and some don't. At one time they also talked about television addiction.

There are many more useful and interesting ways to spend time than computer games. But the problem is that some people are addicted to it at a deep level. As my friend once said: “Computer games are the best thing in my life. And at the same time - the worst.”

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As the court found, on February 23, 2018, the teenager was playing a violent game and posted a video of himself playing the game in a Snapchat group chat, accompanied by the text of the message: “You all should shut up about these school shootings, otherwise I will cause one more".

One of the vigilant classmates saw this message and told the adults, who reported it to the police. On February 26, the boy was taken into custody. The trial did not last long. On February 27, the guy was found guilty of two counts of disorderly conduct and a class 4 felony.

Judge Anderson particularly praised the classmate who reported the offense to a “trusted adult.” According to the judge, this is an instructive and commendable example of never remaining silent if you witness a crime: the “see something, say something” rule that children are taught from a young age.

In addition to cruel games, he was prohibited from using social networks and ordered to hand over to parents mobile phone at least until March 12, 2018, when the next hearing will take place.

Police searched the teenager's home but did not find a weapon.

The public defender tried to convince the judge that the posted message was just a joke, that his client was simply tired of the endless discussion of school violence, and that his client had no intention of actually committing a school shooting or threatening his classmates. "...y'all should shut up about these school shootings..."
However, the judge rejected the public defender's arguments and announced the same verdict. He warned the teenager's parents to ensure that the rules are followed.
“We take any threat to the safety of our students, teachers and school staff very seriously,” said District Attorney Robert Berlin. “The recent tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School is still fresh in our minds, and we must do everything possible to ensure that students and "teachers did not fear for their safety at school. A climate of fear in classrooms makes it difficult for teachers to teach and for students to learn. The case against this student shows parents that they must monitor their children's social media use."

Probably, the authorities believe that the judicial reprisal of a 16-year-old schoolboy, who was fed up with discussing violence in a chat, will reduce the atmosphere of fear, calm children and parents, and the boy himself will never allow himself to joke like that again. The justice system doesn't understand jokes.
* Literature used in the description of the event. Geektimes website, post by Alizar.

Prologue

We welcome all “maniacs”, “psychopaths” and other users of the shinobi-master-games portal.

This time we decided to explore the topic of violence in video games and created our own list.

Let's face it, violence in games has long been an open secret, and all those claims that violent video games make players more "unbalanced" have been refuted by scientists. Of course, there are players who take things too seriously game world, but this, it seems to us, is already a matter of the psyche.

Sometimes, violent games are simply necessary to relax, because you can always release your anger on some zombie, you must admit, this is much better than taking it out on someone else.

In this article, we revealed our own opinion and created a list TOP 13 most violent video games. As always, we emphasize that your opinion may differ from ours, and you can post all your comments and suggestions in the comments.

I would also like to note that we tried not to include in this list games where you can brutally deal with some evil monsters or zombies because you don’t feel so sorry for them (at least for us).

And so, we present to your attention TOP 13 most violent video games.

Go!

Shank 2 - No. 13

Our top game opens with the title (2012).

At the moment, there is also the first part of the game, which was released in 2010, but since we select only the most brutal, and the second part is exactly that, we will talk about it.

A game in which you play as a character named Schenk.

Schenk used to work for the mafia where he killed people who interfered with the mafia syndicate.
Schenk quits this job, but his past does not allow him to get involved in murder so easily.
He always gets into troubles that, like a magnet, are attracted to him.
Schenk's loved ones are in danger, they are kidnapped, and all he can do is do what he knows best.

If the first part of the game was not so cruel, then the second part raised this bar.

To reach his target, Schenk uses different types weapons starting from ordinary sharpening and ending with firearms.
Using a machete, he simply chops up his opponents, and when using a chainsaw, his enemies become simply pitiful. Whatever Schenk does to his enemies, he cuts off their limbs, rips open their belly, sets them on fire with a Molotov cocktail, blows out their heads with a shotgun so that their enemies’ eyes literally fly out of their sockets.
The developers were most successful in the scenes where Schenk finishes off the Bosses with various very brutal techniques.

A large number of weapons and techniques that can be combined, increasing the number of combos, will not make a true connoisseur of games of this genre get bored.

Bloody and cruel 2D Action is a wonderful game that deserves a place higher, but because of its cartoonishness, so to speak, we decided to place it in the thirteenth position.

13th place.

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number - #12

In twelfth place we have a game called (2015).

Just like Shank 2, this game has two parts and, as you already understood, we will talk about the second.

Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number- 2D Action with a top view.

If in the game Shank 2 it seemed to you that there was not enough blood and cruelty, then in the game Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number There is enough of this goodness, blood flows like a river here. Despite the two-dimensional graphics in a retro style, the developers managed to convey an atmosphere of violence and cruelty.

From the very beginning of the game you have no weapons other than your fists. You break into the building and after a couple of blows you receive the long-awaited gunshot. Having received a weapon, you begin to kill everyone who gets in your way. Each shot at the enemy brings a sea of ​​​​blood, the enemies' guts are turned out, their heads explode, and their bones crumble. All that remains after you is a pile of corpses and a difficult day at work for the cleaning lady - (ka). There are human remains bleeding everywhere.

Despite the cubic graphics, the game is so violent that it was banned in Australia. The reason for the ban was an episode during which, main character breaks into a building, kills several enemies, after which he finds a woman and wounds her, she falls to the bloody floor, where the character rapes the victim.
This episode so outraged Australian critics that they gave the game an RC (Refused Classification) rating - refusal. The game was banned from sale in Australia, being considered too violent. This episode could be seen in the demo version of the game, but after a scandal in the press, the developers had to remove this moment.

Although, apparently, this scandal has become a good advertisement for the project.

The game received a good rating and was liked by the majority of players.

It is also worth noting that the game is not censored.

Rivers of blood and no chance for error - Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number, 12th place.

Chiller - №11

In eleventh position we have the game (1986).

This is an arcade game released in 1986 for gaming.

The game can be played by one or two players (in turns).
The player stood in front of the slot machine with a light gun and shot at the indicated targets.

It reminds me only here the weapon is mounted opposite the monitor on a special stand.

The events of the game take place in a Gothic medieval castle, where you act as a tormentor, your task is to score as many points as possible in a certain amount of time.
Points are given for bullying defenseless victims; the more pain and death, the more points.

The victim is completely defenseless and can rarely move; in most cases, your target is tied to some kind of torture device. There are also second-rate goals in the game that you can also mock.
The player must figure out how he can quickly kill his victim. You can find a quick way by activating some kind of torture device or slowly skinning the poor guy until he dies.

Despite the year 1986 and the pixel graphics, the game turned out to be all cruel, although the developers said that you are not torturing people, but monsters, similar to people, who were brought back to life by an evil force.
The game is accompanied by dark music and the screams of the victims you are mocking.
Oddly enough, the game has a plot, you must protect the city from a dark force that is gathering an army of the living dead. To do this you must find and destroy all 8 talismans hidden at various levels.

Although it remains unclear, if these are not people, but dead people possessed by an evil spirit, then how can you kill the already dead, and why are they tied to instruments of torture?

Most likely, with the help storyline the developers wanted to somehow justify the senseless cruelty by giving the player some kind of justification (I’m a hero, I’m torturing them to save my world).

Due to its increased cruelty, the game did not sell well in the United States; players did not encourage the use of instruments of torture and increased cruelty to defenseless victims.

In 1990, the game was released for 8-bit consoles.

It’s hard to believe that such a cruel game could have been created in 1986; we simply cannot help but place it in our top.

A retro game from the distant past - 11th place.

The Punisher - #10

In 10th place is the game (2005).

So we finally got to the first brutal 3D game.

A game from the MARVEL universe in which you play as a character named Frank Castle.

Frank Castle served in the Marine Corps and after his service he joined the FBI where he worked undercover.
He was a good family man, but the mafiosi brutally killed his family, destroying the meaning of Frank's life.
Frank found a new meaning for himself - revenge, he called himself a punisher () devoting himself to the war against the underworld. Frank became cruel and merciless, he vowed to fight the villains until the end of his days and protect civilians at all costs.

The game is full of cruel techniques, you simply burst into some territory and begin to “punish” everyone who gets in your way. The game has quite a variety of brutal techniques and captures, but sometimes you need to get some information from a criminal and here the interrogation mode comes to your aid.

You catch the bandit you need and begin to interrogate him using very cruel and painful methods. To obtain information, you can put a gun on the victim, beat his face on the floor, use strangulation, or simply beat him with his fists, but sometimes the main character can use various improvised means for interrogation. Circular saws, aquariums with electric eels, washbasins, electric chairs, various machines, etc. are used.

In order for the enemy to split, you need to keep him in fear for a certain period of time, but the player does not always manage to successfully interrogate, press the wrong key at the right time and the victim will die prematurely, without giving you the necessary information.

If we decided to display the entire list of brutal interrogations, the list would be quite impressive.

In the game you can also dismember enemies into pieces, which only adds cruelty to the atmosphere of the game.
Wherever the Punisher goes, all that remains after him is a sea of ​​blood and a pile of corpses.

A wonderful Action game with elements of violence and cruelty was accepted by a large number of gamers who still sometimes play this game.

The Punisher and his interrogation regime - 10th place.

Postal III - №9

Our game took ninth position Postal III (2011).

From the very beginning, I would like to note that in the game you can choose the path of a savior hero or become a cruel and heartless killer. As you already understand, we are interested in the second option, and we will talk about it.

We will not talk about the failure of the project, and that the previous parts of the game were better, we are discussing cruelty here, and in Postal III there is plenty of it.
If in previous games on this list the player was limited in his actions and capabilities, then in Postal III The player has almost complete freedom of action. Although from the very beginning the game could only be played strictly according to the plot, the developers released a patch that freed players from the plot line, giving them the opportunity to freely roam around the city and brutally kill city residents.

The game is full of cruelty and violence not only towards the residents of the town of Katharsis but also towards the animals that live there. But the vow is in order.

In Game Postal III you can: urinate on passersby, pour gasoline on residents and set them on fire, chop everyone with a machete, shovel, etc. Also in the game there are firearms (machine guns, machine guns, shotguns...) with which you can shoot off limbs or completely kill the victim, which is worth a vacuum cleaner that collects various muck from the ground, and then throws it at passers-by making them “feel” feeling bad."

It is worth noting that thanks to the Source engine (from Valve), the damage system in the game is not poorly implemented. If you played Left 4 Dead (2), then it’s practically the same here.

But the Dude feels the most cruelty towards our smaller brothers.
You can: throw at cats, use a cat with its butt on the barrel of a machine gun, use a badger as a chainsaw, in general, apparently, the developers do not like animals.

The game is full of violence and lewd acts, and if the player decides to turn the city into a bloody massacre, then Postal III he will succeed. Shots from guns turn people into a bloody mess, and the abnormal use of animals only adds to the cruelty of the game.

Postal III, a failure but cruel - 9th place.

F.E.A.R. - No. 8

The game is in eighth place F.E.A.R. (2005).

There is a whole series of games F.E.A.R. but since we consider the first part the best, bloody and cruel, we will talk about it.

In Game F.E.A.R. Our attention was attracted not because it was not the main character, but rather the opposite, Alma Wade, one of the main antagonists in the game, who has paranormal and telepathic abilities and who does not spare anyone except the main character.

Biography of Alma Wade:

Alma was an ordinary girl until, at the age of 3, she became a victim of an experiment in the Paragon project led by her father.

For 2 years the poor girl suffered from cruel experiments and when she turned 5 years old she decided to fail the tests in order to be released. But when this method did not produce results, Alma set fire to the laboratory and, with the help of psychokinetic abilities, drove some scientists to madness. To stop this, scientists put Alma into a coma where she remained for 19 years.

During her entire stay in a coma, the girl was fertilized; she was injected with specially selected DNA, which also contained the DNA of her natural father.

She gave birth to two sons at 15 and 16 years old.

While in a coma, Alma establishes a telepathic connection with her second son, Pakstan Fettel.

During her entire stay in a coma, she was in a special sarcophagus, where she did not see the living world for many years. Alma wants to be free.
She orders her ten-year-old son Fettel to free her, he kills several scientists and when her father finds out that she is involved, he decides to turn off Alma's life support system. 6 days after this, Alma dies, she was 26 years old.

You can also watch a short cinematic video of the dedication to Alma. (Russian subtitles)

Her physical body died, but not her soul; Alma was able to exist without a body. The only thing she wanted was to take revenge on everyone for her lost childhood and cruel behavior towards her. She began to take revenge, killing everyone who stood in her way.

Alma - a little girl with long dark hair dressed in a red dress at first glance looks quite harmless, but this is only at first glance. She is heartless and cruel, human life means nothing to her.

Alma can turn anyone into a bloody substance, or worse, drive her victim to complete madness. With the help of paranormal powers, Alma can twist bones just by looking at the poor fellow, throw the victim against the walls until he bleeds, or skin him alive, leaving only a skeleton. Alma can also create otherworldly worlds and control human consciousness. Its possibilities are almost limitless,

Alma is full of cruelty and hatred; she does not know what the words of love and compassion mean because she herself has never experienced these feelings.

She is already coming to you, Alma - 8th place.

The Darkness 2 - No. 7

Game in seventh place The Darkness II (2012).

In Game The Darkness II You play as a character named Jackie Estacado - a professional hitman, a member of a mafia syndicate and the owner of an ancient and brutal force of chaos called The Darkness.

Darkness gives the main character supernatural powers, incredible vitality, endurance and regeneration.

All that Darkness requires is the soul of the host and the hearts of people for evolution.

The only thing that can stop the dark force is light. Darkness can only exist in dark places. Light does not kill Darkness, but simply deactivates it, turning it into dust. As soon as the main character enters a dark place again, the Darkness will return to its owner.

Anyone who decides to speak out against the Darkness, without a source of light, will face a cruel and painful death.

Jackie received this superpower as an inheritance. Even during the First World War, his great-grandfather Anthony Estacado entered into an agreement with an ancient power, which indicated that the entire Estacado family would be damned forever.
Darkness is transmitted only to male members of the seven from father to son and manifests itself when the owner turns 21 years old.
The bearer of power cannot simply get rid of it, even if he commits suicide, Darkness will resurrect the owner, only a special artifact can extract it.

Throughout the game, Jackie learns to control the Darkness and not let it consume her soul.

In Game The Darkness II The darkness looks like bloodthirsty toothed snakes carrying out the will of their master. The owner gains protection from bullets, the ability to summon a deadly black hole, the ability to lift heavy objects and throw them with great force, etc.

Also, along with deadly snakes, the main character receives an evil minion as an assistant who will help you overcome obstacles.

In Game The Darkness II You will find many torn, holed and decapitated enemies who will simply choke with blood before your eyes. The darkness will mercilessly deal with everyone who gets in your way.

Darkness is all around us The Darkness II, 7th place.

Lucius II: The Prophecy - #6

In the mysterious sixth place we have a game Lucius II: The Prophecy (2015).

A game Lucius II: The Prophecy is a continuation of the first part where you play as a character named Lucius.

Lucius, a very harmless boy at first glance, is actually the son of Lucifer himself.

Before the events in the game Lucius II: The Prophecy Lucius lived in a mansion with a very wealthy family, he played, had fun, and no one suspected that this kid would become a cruel killer. When Lucius was 6 years old, he received superpowers which included telekinesis, pyrokinesis, and the ability to bend other people to his will. The poor family had no idea that they had raised the real heir of the devil.

He survived after brutally murdering his entire family and burning down the estate, an ideal murder because no one would suspect a little six-year-old boy. After the events of the first part, Lucius ends up in a psychiatric hospital, where he continues to brutally deal with his victims. His goal is to get to the child, with the help of which he can rule the whole world.

Lucius II: The Prophecy It’s somewhat reminiscent of the game Hitman, only everything is accompanied by superpowers and more brutal murders. And if you look closely, the game Lucius This is an exact copy of the movie The Omen.

Playing as a little Satan, you must secretly kill as many people as possible without catching the eye of random witnesses.

Daddy took away Lucius's powers, so you must gradually regain your power as you progress through the story.

To kill as many living creatures as possible you will have to combine your superpowers with various dangerous objects.

You can kill people by forcing them to do things that they would never do if they were in an adequate state. At your disposal are more than 100 test subjects and a huge variety of objects and places that you can use at your discretion.

Although the second part did not stand out too much in the plot, and the gameplay was not very successful, but still in Lucius II: The Prophecy You can roam around, a huge hospital and a small world of discovery allow you to carry out many brutal murders.

Lucius II: The Prophecy- mystical 6th place.

Saw 2: Flesh and Blood - #5

In 5th place of violent video games, we have a project called Saw 2: Flash and Blood (2010).

Saw 2: Flesh and Blood is a game based on the cult horror film Saw.

Game events Saw 2 are a continuation of Saw: The Video Game (2009), where even more deadly traps and exhaustion await you.

Plot Saw 2: Flesh and Blood covers the events of the second and third parts of the film where you play as the son of detective Tupp Michael who, while investigating the death of his father, falls into the clutches of Jigsaw.

In Game Saw 2: Flesh and Blood Our attention was attracted not by the plot or the main character, but by the cruel traps of the Constructor, which became even more ingenious and terrible.

Playing as the main character, you must save yourself and other people caught in deadly traps.

Almost every designer trap is equipped with a timer that will go off after a certain time after activation; your task is to find a way to deactivate the deadly mechanism. If you do not have time to find a way to get rid of the dangerous device, the trap is triggered and the victim dies a very cruel death.

It's hard for us to describe how complex and at the same time deadly Jigsaw's traps are, but one thing is for sure, they are incredibly cruel and painful. The designer skillfully manipulates people, checking what lengths they will go to in order to save their own or someone else’s life.

You will meet with the consciousness of a real psychopathic engineer who will stop at nothing to teach you to value life (or kill you).

Deadly mechanisms, violence, blood and cruelty seasoned with adrenaline, that's what awaits you in the game Saw 2: Flesh and Blood.

Make a choice or die Saw 2: Flesh and Blood, 5th place.

Manhunt 2 - #4

We've almost reached the top three, but before that we'd like to show you the game that took 4th place (2007).

Like some previous nominees of our top, the game is a continuation of the first part, which was released in 2003 ( Manhunt).

A little background:

You play as a character named Daniel Lamb, a former scientist who worked on a project called Project Pickman. He put all the tests on himself, as a result of which he developed a split personality. Now two people live in it, one is the same scientist Daniel Lamb, and the second is the evil and cruel Leo Casper, whom he sees as a non-existent friend.

The events of the game take place in a psychiatric hospital, where you ended up after a disaster. After staying there for 6 years, an opportunity comes your way to escape. During a storm, the power goes out, causing the hospital doors to open. All the patients of the mental hospital, taking advantage of the moment, are freed from their rooms and start a riot. You free yourself, and under the strict guidance of your dark half, you begin to brutally kill everyone who interferes with you.

You sneak up on your intended target and, using a variety of weapons and techniques, brutally deal with your victims.

It is very reminiscent of the games Splinter Cell and Hitman because here, like them, there is a lot of stealth, killing a victim by sneaking up on him from behind is much more effective than going into the open.

While playing you are enveloped in an atmosphere of chaos and cruelty that does not leave the player for a minute, and a unique interesting and unusual plot only adds advantages to the game.

A very bloody and heartless execution system (much like in the game The Punisher) makes this game even more bloodthirsty and cruel.

It's hard for us to describe how brutal the techniques are in this game, but we'll just say it's a must see. Violence, blood and cruelty, that's how we would describe it.

4th place.

God of War III - #3

So we finally got to the top three most violent video games according to the site.

We placed the game in the third bronze position God of War III (2010).

Before talking about this project, I would like to note that this is the first game on our list that directed its cruelty not towards people, but towards the gods.
From the very beginning, we mentioned that we tried not to include in this list games whose cruelty is directed towards monsters, zombies and other monsters, since the player does not feel so sorry for them, because you must agree, it is one thing to kill evil creatures, and another to kill your own kind. But the key word here is “tried”, we simply could not ignore the series of games God of War where cruelty and violence simply permeate the game.

So about God of War III.

As you know, God of War III is the third part of the game series God of War.

In Game God of War III you play as the powerful and vengeful Kratos, who for a long time served the gods until they betrayed him. God Ares clouded his mind Kratos, who is in a fit of anger killed his own family. Kratos vowed to take revenge on all of Olympus for his lost happiness, the goal of his life became revenge, he lost everything human, filling himself with anger and cruelty.

In the third part, Kratos' goal is to kill Zeus, but to do this he will have to climb Olympus and crush the remaining gods.

He uses the Blades of Chaos as his standard weapon - two short, wide blades with sharp, serrated blades and chained hilts for long-range attacks.

For the main character, it doesn’t matter how strong the enemy is, be it an ordinary monster or a giant god, Kratos will brutally deal with every opponent.

In Game God of War III What attracted us most was the beautiful and at the same time incredibly brutal combat system. You can’t just describe how cool and brutal everything looks, you have to see it for yourself. The huge number of unique blows and deadly finishing moves is simply stunning in its cruelty.

In general, watch the video and you will understand everything yourself; it is difficult for us to convey this.

God of War III- honorable 3rd place.

Hatred - №2

There’s just a little bit left, and before introducing you to the leader of our top, we’d like to show you another game that, in our opinion, deserves 2nd place among violent video games (2015).

This is an arcane shooter where you play as an unknown cruel and heartless maniac in a leather jacket with long black hair. The main "hero" hates the world, his heart is filled with anger and disgust for people, all he wants is to brutally kill as many civilians and law enforcement officers as possible.

From the very beginning of the game, after a short introductory video, armed with a machine gun, a knife and grenades, you leave your shelter and begin to kill absolutely everyone who gets in your way.

Now we will explain why we chose the game.

The fact is that in the rest of the games in our top, the player kills with some meaning either bad guys or good ones, but in the game the murders occur absolutely without justification and cruelty. People are simply living a peaceful life, when suddenly, out of the blue, a psychopath bursts in and starts shooting absolutely everyone who falls under the hot hand. He does not spare men or women; even the victim’s belittling for mercy will not stop him.

Hatred - Trailer No. 1 (Russian voice acting)

Hatred - Trailer No. 2 (Russian voice acting)

From the very beginning of the game, cruelty reigns absolutely everywhere our “hero” goes; all that remains after him are the bloody bodies of his victims.

Not only is the game already cruel in itself, but the developers have also added a special execution mode, where the main “hero” kills his victim with incredible cruelty.

The game is so full of gratuitous violence and cruelty that when the game appeared on Steam Greenlight in 2014, Valve employees removed it due to excessive cruelty towards people (However, two days later the game was returned back). This project became the second game in history to receive the maximum age rating(ESRB) for violent scenes only.

One can only guess in how many countries around the world the game will be banned.

No mercy, 2nd place.

P.S. To be honest, we doubted for a long time which place to give, first or second. The game is just incredibly cruel.

Mortal Kombat X - #1

Well, finally we have reached the golden place where our game (2015) is number one.

From the very beginning of the series Mortal Kombat The game was distinguished by increased cruelty not only in battles but also in a special finishing move called Fatality.

Even the very first Mortal Kombat(1992) for arcade machines shocked players with the now so famous system of bloody finishing moves. Many years passed, the battles and finishing system became more and more cruel and bloody, and in 2015 a new one was released, which simply shocked the players with the most severe Fatalities.

Fatality is an action that a player uses at the end of the final round against his already defeated opponent.

This one looks like this: The victim stands unconscious, the winner approaches her and after the commentator’s phrase “Finish Him!!” or “Finish Her!!” performs an incredibly brutal finishing move.

Each fighter has his own unique Fatality. In order to perform a brutal finishing move, you need to quickly press the necessary buttons at a certain time at the appropriate distance. In general, this does not sound easy, and it will be quite difficult for an inexperienced player to perform such a technique.

Mortal Kombat X Official Trailer

The legendary fighting game with a large roster of characters and beautiful realistic graphics further emphasizes the incredibly spectacular and brutal Fatalities.

Sometimes, looking at fighters’ finishing techniques, you begin to wonder how it was possible to come up with such brutal finishing moves?

One way or another, we believe that brutal and cruel deserves first place in our top of the most violent video games.

Fatality!

Conclusion

Our next top has come to an end. Now you know what games you can and cannot play.

We've included a poll at the end of the article, so you can vote for which game you think is the most brutal. Better yet, vote and leave your comments, perhaps you know some other cruel games that are not included in our top. In general, write reviews, suggestions, comments, etc., we will be interested to know your opinion.

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Computer shooters are very popular today. Sometimes the battle unfolding on the screen is striking in its cruelty. Blood flows like a river, characters die in agony. And the player sitting in front of the screen continues to kill virtual opponents over and over again.

Some do it with frenzy, others in cold blood. The presence of violence in these "action" games bothers many people.

For decades, there has been debate about how dangerous the impact of violent video games on children can be.

Some countries have banned the sale of games of a certain category.

So, in Brazil in 2008, a ban was passed on sales of the games Counter-Strike and EverQuest.

In Greece It is completely prohibited to play any computer games in public places. Even playing chess on a laptop somewhere in a park can get you three months in prison or a fine of up to $10,000. However, the ban was initially directed against gambling, but officials were unable to clearly define the criteria for selecting gambling from non-gambling games and banned everything at once.

In Russia The authorities attempted to fight the games in the Belgorod region. They issued a decree banning the distribution of “products that promote violence, aggression and antisocial behavior” in computer stores. The wording is also very general; according to it, you can be held accountable even for a game where a character breaks bricks of walls, since this can be regarded as an act of vandalism.

In Germany There are also active discussions about introducing a ban on “bloody shooters.” Especially after the pogrom perpetrated by one of the students at the school in March 2009. 17-year-old Tim Kretschmer shot 15 people with his father's pistol and then committed suicide. The popular team game Counter-Strike was found on his computer, which he spent a significant part of his time playing.

Psychologists point out the danger of addiction to games in general. “Hooked” on games, a person, and especially a teenager with an unformed psyche, is capable of extremely cruel acts.

All of Russia was shocked by the story of a 17-year-old resident of St. Petersburg, who in June 2012 stabbed to death his own mother, who forbade him to play for days on end. His mother constantly made comments to him, and after another conflict a major quarrel broke out. Outraged by her son's idleness, the woman turned off the computer and kicked him out of the room, locking herself from the inside. The angry teenager grabbed a knife, broke down the door and stabbed his mother several times, after which he turned on the computer and continued the game. According to the press service Investigative Committee, “the victim independently got to the phone and called “ Ambulance" He died while undergoing medical procedures. The teenager continued to play Counter-Strike on the computer when doctors arrived.

Dmitry Vinogradov, who shot seven colleagues in a Moscow office in November 2012, was also a big fan of the similar computer game Manhunt. After this crime in State Duma a commission was created to supervise the sale of video games, and this game may be completely banned from sales in Russia, as happened in Australia, Germany, Canada and New Zealand. In the UK, it was the game Manhunt that was considered as a “catalyst” for brutal murders during the investigation of one of the high-profile cases.

Violent video games don't make kids angrier.

Most computer games contain elements of violence to one degree or another. But how dangerous can this be? A number of experts warn against excessive dramatization of the impact of brutal “shooters” on the mind. In order for a person to go kill people in real life, his personality must initially have a tendency towards this, psychologists say.

According to experts, a lot depends on parents and upbringing. If laid the right basics kindness to others, love for parents, respect for elders, etc., then the child will transfer this to any game. Children from dysfunctional families They are characterized by cruelty both in computer games and in simple yard games. With the right values ​​ingrained in the head, the child will not even play bloody games, because you have taught him compassion and that pain is bad. Always play games with your child together at first. This will help you understand the essence of the proposed product; in addition, you should never give a game to a child just to get rid of it. This always leads to tragedy and disrespect.

Recent research by scientists in the USA showed that playing violent video games does not necessarily make a child aggressive. In the American scientific journal “Journal of Youth and Adolescence” in August 2013, the work of two researchers from Stenson University was published, which states that violent computer games not only do not make children more aggressive, but, on the contrary, can help children suffering from the syndrome. attention deficit, lose aggression and calm down somewhat.

Researchers Ferguson and Olson observed 377 “difficult” children. All of them had attention deficit disorder and depression. Average age adolescents, both boys and girls, were 13 years old. As a result, scientists came to the conclusion that children became less aggressive after playing and their behavior was not as defiant as before.

As the article says, looking for a relationship between crimes committed by teenagers and the computer games they play is not entirely correct. The study's authors call it a coincidence that a large number of young criminals played violent games, explaining that today almost all teenagers who own a computer play such games at least from time to time.

How to wean a teenager off the computer?

Be that as it may, excessive passion for games poses a risk to the health and psyche of a teenager.

One of the “gamers” says:

« I've been playing games since early childhood. The first was WarCraft II, I was about 6 years old, and then almost all new products passed through my eyes and hands. I never particularly liked bloody games, it was just disgusting. But you can easily play. You sit at the “box” for several hours and even the real world begins to be perceived as somehow strange... Fortunately, I can control this, but I understand how this happens in guys with a weaker psyche, how these seemingly causeless antics occur. So games have an impact on our mind. It is important, as with everything, to know your norm.».

Here are a few simple tips for parents of young “gamers”:

• Do not, under any circumstances, prohibit your child from playing on the computer under the threat of punishment. This will have the opposite effect, and he will leave home and disappear somewhere in search of the coveted Internet connection.
• Try to talk openly with your teenager and talk about your concerns about his health and development. Talk on equal terms, like an adult with an adult, not prohibiting, but talking about more interesting things in life.
• become a friend to your child, spend more time together, go where you find it interesting together.
• give your child a membership to a fitness club, but don’t insist on visiting, just push, saying: “since the money has been paid, maybe you can at least go to trial training?”
• If a teenager spends most of his time at the computer, neglecting his studies, has become aggressive and irritable, and does not respond to comments, seek help from a psychologist. Perhaps we are talking about a serious addiction that cannot be removed with persuasion. Together with a specialist, you will overcome this difficult period in the life of a teenager.

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