10 Embarrassing Gaming Moments Our Parents Walked In On

5. Torture - Grand Theft Auto V

Now for something a little less sex-orientated, as that's not the only way a game can embarrass us. Though Grand Theft Auto V received almost universal critical acclaim upon release, there was a furore over a mission late in the game called By the Book, in which while taking control of Trevor, the player is able to torture a man in FIB custody to find out where an apparent terrorist is. The methods of torture include waterboarding, beating him with a wrench, electrocuting him with a car battery, and pulling out a tooth with pliers. Though the mission was defended as a satire of American "advanced interrogation" policies (given that you end up finding out that the person Michael assassinates as a result of the information was a good guy), it sparked a debate about the tone and nature of violence in video games. The sequence itself is relatively prolonged, so if your sweet old mother walks in to see you smashing a guy's testicles to pieces with a wrench, she might think there's something a little off with you. It might not initially seem quite as embarrassing as your mother catching you watching an alien and a human making out, but there's a good chance she'll be thinking about booking you a therapy appointment, and keeping the steak knives locked up.