Every new entertainment medium is initially seen as something detrimental to the nation's youth. It happened with comic books. It happened with music. And it's still happening with video games. The majority of titles that are released each year are made for general audiences and enjoyed by families. But it only takes a few bad apples to damn an entire industry. And the gaming industry has had its share. Since the days of the Atari 2600, developers have pushed the artistic envelope, but sometimes they've pushed too far. Here are 10 titles that have galvanized critics of the industry – and sometimes even had hard core gamers wondering what the developers were thinking. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas "Grand Theft Auto" is one of the industry's biggest franchises, but it has always been a controversial one due to its sandbox nature. Players can be as bad as they want, carjacking vehicles, beating people for money and having sex with prostitutes are just some of the things opponents object to. But when word surfaced that this installment of the series had a hidden minigame that featured playable sexual content, things exploded. The game was yanked from shelves until the minigame was removed and publisher Take-Two paid steep fines to the FTC and others. The Guy Game This trivia game turned heads initially for its video footage shot during spring break on a Texas beach. Players who answered enough answers correctly were rewarded with footage of young women flashing their breasts. That caused some controversy, but not nearly as much as when a suit was filed four months later by a contestant who said she was on 17 when she was filmed topless. The game was yanked from store shelves quickly. Manhunt/Manhunt 2 First released in 2003 , this grisly game is filled with unflinching acts of sadism, as your character is ordered to kill others – brutally – using stealth and a variety of tools (in one execution, you suffocate someone to death with a plastic bag). The level of violence led many to question why it had been given an M rating (gaming's equivalent of an R-rated movie) versus an AO (the gaming version of NC-17). Controversy fueled sales, though. Take-Two has sold more than 1.7 million copies of the games. Custer's Revenge Normally, a game made specifically for adults by a publisher with ties to a porn company wouldn’t warrant a mention, but this Atari 2600 game managed to break onto the mainstream radar when there were accusations that the game's character, General George Custer (who wore nothing but a cavalry hat, boots and bandana), was raping a Native American woman. The publisher denied those charges, but the stigma stuck. The title is now widely viewed as one of the worst games ever made. Bully School violence was on America's mind when " Bully " was announced and, since the game was made by the studio behind "Grand Theft Auto," game critics pounced on it. They were apoplectic when word came out that the game's main character, a student at a boarding school, could kiss other boys. A Fla. judge viewed the game before its release to determine if it would constitute a public nuisance, but quickly ruled that the content of the game was acceptable. Critics howled, but their hands were tied. Modern Warfare 2 Modern Warfare 2 is one of the best selling titles of all time, but the "No Russian" mission in this game, where the player (as an undercover CIA operative) joins a group of Russian terrorists in an extended massacre at an airport, was loaded with controversy. The level was removed in the Russian version of the game – and in Japan and Germany, if players decided to fire on the crowd, they instantly lost. It didn't hurt sales, though, the game has made over $713 million life to date – and is the fourth best selling game of this generation. Six Days in Fallujah As Electronic Arts found out with 2010's "Medal of Honor," when a war is still going on, you have to be especially careful about making a game revolving around it. Developer Atomic Games learned this lesson the hard way, with this third-person shooter based upon the battle against Iraqi insurgents. War veterans quickly spoke out, saying the game was in bad taste and trivialized the loss of life that was still occurring regularly. Publisher Konami agreed and pulled out of the project Carmageddon Long before "Grand Theft Auto" was pinging radars, this vehicular combat game was the rallying point for opponents of video game violence. At its heart, it was a timed racing game, but players earned extra playtime by demolishing other cars or killing pedestrians (the game mechanic that outraged people). Based on the 1975 cult classic movie Death Race 2000, it was modified in many countries and banned in Brazil. Snow This game never made it beyond the mid-development stage, but that didn't stop it from turning plenty of heads. "Snow" was a real-time strategy game that let you advance from a marijuana smuggler to drug kingpin, managing an international smuggling operation. Publisher Take-Two Interactive Software quietly canceled it after having it on display at the industry's annual trade show, perhaps realizing the almost certain backlash just wasn't worth the trouble. Source: cnbc.com