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Sivert Fjeldstad Madsen: Since you've made every game... Did you actually beat Battletoads? Lord of Games: I assume you mean that tunnel level with the hoverbike. I, er... well, of course I beat it. It's not as if I or anyone else would release a game that couldn't be finished with standard human reaction times. There are times in video games where, instead of a becoming infamous for being frustrating and/or difficult, a level does. It could be that it is infested with or , is and , is home to , is home to (or at least one with a ), has you trying to outrun an or , , has a in play (often from a level-specific , such as a or ), or is level. If you experience frustration and anger at a level that may have one or more of these symptoms, congratulations: you're playing That One Level. Sometimes That One Level polarizes the playerbase—a portion of players find it infuriatingly hard while others don't have much of a problem with it. This can be a matter of general skill, familiarity with a particular control scheme or just plain luck, depending on the level.
Game forums are literally packed with examples of this, which often results in discussions about said levels turning into flame wars. Although it isn't a necessary requirement, it should be noted that many That One Levels are hard on all difficulty settings. If a level is difficult on the highest difficult setting, it's to be expected. Chances are That One Level is almost as infuriating on easy as it is on . , , and -esque stages tend be more receptive to becoming That One Level. For an optional level that is intentionally difficult, see . Please note that there is an emphasis on the "One" in "That One Level"; do not simply list "Every level in (game)". If every, or at least most levels in the game are difficult, then you have . The level has to stand out in difficulty compared to the other ones in the game to qualify as an example. If anything, easy games are more suspicable to this trope; while hard levels in hard games are to be expected, it can be a shock to go through a game that feels easy for the most part and then actually require some degree of effort for one particular level.
See also: and . Often contains the . A recent study from the University of Canterbury proclaims that depictions of violence in LEGO set catalogs and the number of weapons in LEGO products has increased significantly as the result of a metaphorical “arms race” between toy manufacturers. The article’s authors include Qi Min Ser, Elena Moltchanova, James Smithies, Erin Harrington, and Christoph Bartneck, builder of the life-sized Unikitty and author of The Ideal Order. The study looked at LEGO sets produced between 1978 and 2014 (excluding Duplo and Junior lines) and found that nearly 30% of today’s LEGO sets contain at least one weapon brick. It also explained that the chances of observing violence in LEGO catalog pages has increased steadily by 19% each year. Currently, around 40% of all catalog pages have some type of violence. “In particular, scenarios involving shooting and threatening behaviour have increased over the years. The perception of nonverbal psychological aggression increased at a similar rate.
The atmosphere of the violent acts is predominately perceived as exciting.” The study concludes that “violence in LEGO products seems to have gone beyond just enriching game play” in attempt to attract more customers. Turning to the online LEGO community, both the photo above by Brick Police and the one below by Hammerstein NWC use LEGO minifigures and weapons to create graphic, violent scenes that may be considered offensive or unsafe for children. But these images highlight a huge oversight in the University of Canterbury’s study: builders, many of whom are adults, who want to incorporate realistic weapons into their builds cannot get them from LEGO directly. The Danish company refuses to sell such weapons even though there is a high demand for them. Instead, builders must turn to third-party companies like BrickArms, BrickWarriors, Citizen Brick, or Modern Brick Warfare to get their fix of tiny, plastic violence. If a metaphorical “arms race” among toy manufactures truly exists, LEGO is finishing dead last.
As the Canterbury study pointed out, LEGO competitor Megablocks offers sets based off violent games and films like Terminator, Call of Duty, Halo, and Assassin’s Creed, while LEGO refuses to partner with such franchises. And there are no plans for LEGO to overtake their competitors in the arms race. Mads Nipper, LEGO’s former Senior Vice President in Global Innovation in Marketing declared that “We will never produce realistic toys for playing war.” There’s no denying the facts of the study. LEGO has included more and more weapons and scenes of violence on their products over the years, starting with the introduction the very first LEGO weapons in the 1978 Castle theme (sword, halberd, and lance) and obviously continuing with trademarked themes like Marvel and DC. But the study leaves several important questions unanswered. Should we shield children from violent toys? Is there a causation between violent toys and games during childhood and actual violent tendencies in adulthood?