Shadow Warrior Classic Complete

I remembered playing this back when it was released, and despite being initially attracted to its nuke nukem 3D type gameplay and graphics - was put off by its racist caricature. By no means am I politically correct, I get that but this kind of humour is ONLY great if done well and aims to mock those in power/institutions or dated behaviours or norms we should leave behind (like racism). A guy called 'Lo Wang' who is a Japanese ninja? Enough said. That should give you an idea of the infantile humour on display. And to get those with psychotic tendencies interested in this game, our hero quips 'just like Nagasaki/hiroshima' when using a nuclear weapon - because nuclear weapons is funny right?

Somewhere, a middleschooler thought this game was funny. He is now a grown man and looks back on this game like a grown man looks back on Dragon Ball Z, something to be nostalgic about, and then something to be ashamed about at the same time. It's funny how human beings phase out garbage as they grow older, and it's funny how we can tell who the reprehensible human beings are when they defend the idiotic garbage they used to enjoy, simply for the fact because it's old or makes other people legitimately uncomfortable. The only people giving this unmitigated garbage good reviews are people who get off on other people being offended and worse, as Asians, hurt, by an pea-brained game developer who thought Vietnam War era jabs at Asians was funny. The only thing that's keeping this game from being as foul-mouthed and malicious as a GI stuck in the gunk with Vietcong advancing on his muddied position, is the fact that they don't use the word "gook." But that's really about it.