I remember the Video Game Violence senate hearings like they were yesterday. Who knew that my bright pink Lethal Enforcers light-gun would turn me into a raging psychopath? Or that the clunky Mega Drive port of Mortal Kombat was such a threat to society? Then there was Night Trap, the Mega CD game that rewarded players for assaulting teenage girls. Or something.
It's easy to look back and laugh at the ridiculousness of such a furor, but it really wasn't funny at the time. As a gamer it was fucking annoying being treated like a sociopath by the media, whilst having to defend your hobby to your parents, who now thought you were huddled upstairs over Murder Simulators. Thank God gaming is treated with less hostility and more reverence today... right?
For anyone who missed out on that particular period of hysteria, indie-outfit Screaming Villains have just the flashback you need. 25 years since it was pulled from Toys 'R' Us, the lobbyist-worrying and youth-corrupting Night Trap is back, ready to ruin a whole new generation of children's minds. Has time been kind to this game, which is a staple of many "Worst Game Ever" lists? Let's dive headlong into a plume of dry ice and find out.
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