The seemingly never-ending debate over gender roles in the gaming community has entered a new chapter with Japanese publisher Koei Tecmo's decision not to release Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 outside of Asia, apparently due to fears of potential backlash against its heavy incorporation of "fan service" elements.

Specifically, the beat-boxing portion of their chart-topping hit "Freak on a Leash."

Game developers in Japan only realized after-the-fact that their cute creation, a cat-collecting game, was going to be huge in both their home country and the West. They didn't follow Internet rule number one: never underestimate the world's appetite for adorable kitty kats.

Vlogger h3h3Productions takes a look at how YouTuber Sam Pepper blurs the line between parody and prank.