Pop culture entertainment tends to mirror the real world, especially when it comes to bad guys. Hollywood gave us a variety of German, Vietnamese, Cuban, Korean, Chinese and Russian villains in films like Firefox, Rambo, Red Dawn, and Top Gun during the Cold War. Video game villains weren’t any different. Rush’n Attack, Contra, and Raid Over Moscow were some of my favorite games from the last 20-years. If America was threatened by it, then pop culture entertainment dramatized it.
New IRL Threats Reflected In Video Game Villians
But as we passed into the 21st century, America began facing new threats from both nations and terrorist organizations after the Cold War. As a result, our video game villains evolved too… or did they? The Complex made a great infographic that compares some of the most popular and best video game villains since the year 2000.
Nationalities Of Video Game Villains
Who do you think was the most popular “video game villain”? Browse the infographic below of top video game villains and then scroll down to the bottom of this post for our villain tally. The results might surprise you.
The Results
So who were you expecting to be at the top the list of video game villains? Iran or Iraq? Nope. The top two bad guys are still Russia and China. Apparently not that much has changed since the Cold War.
List Of Video Game Villains:
- Russia: 6
- China: 6
- Afghanistan: 4
- Somalia: 2
- Korea: 2
- Germany: 1
- Ethiopia: 1
- Cuba: 1
- Indonesia: 1
- Columbia: 1
- Chad: 1
- Mexico: 1
- Iraq: 1
- Brazil: 1
- India: 1
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In the game, Homefront, Korea reunited.
hi juno. we understand how you feel and where there was confusion. South Korea is a strong ally of the United States. however in the video game Homefront, North and South Korea reunite into one nation called “Korea.” you can read more about Homefront on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homefront_(video_game)
It’s North Korea, as opposed to ‘Korea’ which isn’t a country. Get it right, as it can be insulting since South Korea is an ally.