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Today in Nerd History

Season 2017 2017

  • 2017-01-06T20:00:00Z on YouTube
  • 6m
  • 2h 18m (23 episodes)
  • United States
  • Special Interest

30 episodes

Season Premiere

2017x01 5 Weird Ways Germany Has Censored Video Games

  • 2017-01-06T20:00:00Z6m

Video game censorship in Germany is a big deal, but the ways in which games are censored are often surprising.

In this video we talk about games such as Wolfenstein, Indiana Jones, Half-Life, Soldier of Fortune II, Call of Duty: World at War, DooM, Saints Row: The Third, Command & Conquer: Generals, and Grand Theft Auto. From blood and violence, to references to World War 2- the changes may not always be surprising, but they're always strange.

Most of the time, sex scenes in movies are meant to be exciting... but sometimes, they're horrifying. NSFW warning on this one, broh.

Today's video includes scenes from movies such as David Cronenberg's Crash, the Adrien Brody movie Splice, a bunch of zombie movies like Dead Snow 2, Southland Tales, and, of course, Brain Damage. We also talk about Peter Jackson's Braindead (also known as Dead Alive), Rick and Morty, Hatchet 2, and a few other gross things!

The Justice League may have "justice" in their name, but that doesn't mean they haven't gone overboard. Batman has his "one rule," and the rest of the members tend to agree to a no kill policy, but they've still aced a ton of dudes over the course of the years.

From Superman finally zapping Lex Luthor, to Aquaman killing his brother in cold blood, to Hawkgirl mercy-killing Solomon Grundy, Cartoon Network's Justice League was filled with many dark moments of death and murder.

All of your favorite Disney movies started way different than they wound up.

Zootopia, Lion King, Toy Story, Aladdin, and Lilo and Stitch all started as immensely different movies. This early versions were corrected, altered, and sometimes censored to become the theatrical versions that we all know and love today.

It's hard to know where to draw the line with kids cartoons on Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon, but sometimes you favorite shows go far over the line for what is typically considered appropriate for children.

From the Powerpuff girls to Transformers, Sam and Max to The Chipettes- inappropriate, dirty jokes will slip past the censors.

It doesn't even look like the same show.

Tons of anime shows look different when they go from TV to Blu-Ray. Dragonball Super is the most common example, but don't forget about Mekakucity Actors, Berserk, and Ore Twintail ni Narimasu. Terra Formars has some odd censorship choices, and even shows like Nisekoi have some WTF changes that will leave you confused.

The Crystal Gems will always save the day, and if you think they can't... you're probably a censor.

Pearl, Garnet, Amethyst and Steven constantly stand up for truth and justice, but that hasn't kept them from being censored from time to time. Dirty jokes have been removed, references to boogers have inexplicably vanished, and worst of all, other countries have removed scenes that imply same-sex relationships.

We already had a Monkey Island movie....you just didn't realize it.

Maybe Pokemon is dangerous after all...

Nothing can stop a pervy animator when they set their mind to a dirty joke. Nothing.

More hidden Game of Thrones details than you can shake a dead direwolf at.

With a heavy heart I regret to inform you that 4kids is at it again.

Just cause you can't see it doesn't mean it's not there.

Spike from Cowboy Bebop was even cooler in real life.

Looks like Geralt got what was coming to him.

Maybe clowns were ALWAYS supposed to be scary.

If you or anyone you know has suicidal thoughts, there is no shame in talking to someone about it.

You'd be able to play a ton of these on your SNES Classic, if you had managed to get a preorder...

C'mon, Fallout, that's just cruel...

Would you believe me if I told you Superman 64 was bad... on purpose?

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