What distinguishes games from books, or films, is that the dodgy sexual politics and wanton violence of one is used as a stick to bash them all.
Still clinging to their old-timey views about helpful helpmeets and wanton wenches, the Republican party is in imminent danger of being permanently left behind.
Nor does he minimise the vileness of Islamist terrorism that seeks to inflict indiscriminate and wanton mass murder.
In the past they have complained that Korean historical dramas depict Chinese as cruel and wanton invaders.In the 13th century, the Mongol Yuan dynasty used Korea as a jumping-off point for what was supposed to be an invasion of the Japanese islands.
An essay on the Mexican economy, not the most immediately appealing subject to the general reader, starts with a vivid description of the invasion in 1519 by the Spanish general Cortes using "deception, betrayal, warfare, and wanton violence".
It was a vital debate at the time since those who argued for the latter usually believed that homosexuals had opted for an easy life of wanton hedonism, and therefore did not deserve to be rewarded with gay sex being legal at 16.
There will be winners in this new era but there will also be plenty of losers: communities that are still struggling in the face of wanton austerity and a bleak economic outlook.
Sure, some places may have had facelifts since the bad old days, but the stories of wanton mayhem hang obdurately in the air.
"The MDC views this is as a wanton act of aggression by Zanu-PF aimed at covering up the massive electoral fraud by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) orchestrated at the behest and connivance of Zanu PF," the party said.
Their grip was interrupted by the invasion of Charles VIII of France in 1494, which brought in its wake the brief rule of Girolamo Savonarola, the austere Dominican friar from Ferrara who berated the Florentines for their luxuries, gambling, carnivals, and particularly their wanton paintings, which made "the Virgin Mary look like a harlot".
Over the decades these non-people, without legal or any other sort of protection, have been the victims of wanton discrimination and violent attacks by both the virulently anti-Muslim local Rakhine and the central Burmese government.
