You Won’t Believe These Infamous Video Games Are in Texas

We know that there are many video games that take place in Texas, however there are some games that have become notorious for their... let's call them..."unique" gameplay aspects. Some games have been called controversial and these games are included in that conversation; these are controversial video games that take place in Texas.

Harvester takes place in a rural Texas town

Developed by DigiFX Interactive, the point-and-click game was released for DOS & Windows computers in 1996. The game takes place in a farming town called Harvest, Texas in 1953.

The game gained a reputation for being one of the bloodiest & goriest games released in the 90s. It's also been claimed to promote violence& just pretty gory imagery.

JFK: Reloaded is all about an infamous event that happened in the 60s in Texas...

There's really no surprise why THIS game being controversial upon release; it's a simulation game where the player tries to recreate the JFK assassination in Dallas, Texas in 1963...

YEAH. This is a real game; it was published by Traffic Games that was released on November 22, 2004, the 41st anniversary of JFK's assassination. The game even was covered by VICE News in 2022.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 features El Paso in an interesting light

People who live in El Paso, Texas & Juarez, Mexico will know that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 included the city in its video game. However...there is one mission that caused a MASSIVE storm of controversy and that was the No Russian mission.

My words definitely can NOT do it justice on WHY this mission was so controversial so I'll let the video explain...

Special mention goes to Call of Juarez: The Cartel; several community leaders in El Paso, Texas & Juarez were taken aback by the trailer for the game back in 2011, claiming the violence in the game hits WAY to close to home for the people in the community.

Most people who have played the game, however, will say that the biggest problem in the game also stems from just...how the game plays itself.

It's definitely likely that there will be more controversy involving games; but how many will features games that are set in Texas, that... is something we will have to see.

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