You only have to look at Fleet Street’s recent witchunt of Sega’s Madworld to know that gaming is a long way from being considered a ‘buddy’ of the national newspapers.
But it’s been much, much worse in the past. Ladies and gents, please join us in looking back over some of the most alarming contrversies in gaming history…
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