2013 saw an uprising of controversy with the rebooted Tomb Raider series at the implication Lara Croft was about to be raped. 2009’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 saw players tasked with slaughtering an airport full of Russian civilians, an atrocity that was globally offensive. In the last few decades, video games have held some of the most controversial moments in media attention for depicting acts of barbarism that are clearly not acceptable. Controversy is not a new concept in video games.
