Everyone has thrown their Sims into the pool and removed the ladders. It might as well be in the tutorial. But, just as The Sims can be turned into Saw, so can naturally violent games be transformed into wholesome experiences. Here are a bunch of just plain nice ways players have found to turn hardcore games into heartwarming adventures for all ages:

6 People Have Been Hacking Grand Theft Auto ... To Play As Cops

When you think of someone playing Grand Theft Auto, you don't picture a mild-mannered cop writing tickets and attempting to defuse domestic violence situations -- you think of XxLongBongSilver420xX beating virtual prostitutes with a flaming dildo. And yet, there's a whole community of gamers playing GTA on the other side of the law (the good one):

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It all started with LSPDFR (Los Santos Police Department First Responders), a mod that allows GTA players to play as the good guys. The mod introduces everything one needs to live that sweet cop life, from fully functional precincts with locker rooms ...

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Los Santos Police Department First Responders





... to a fully functional in-game police radio complemented by role-playing social network accounts. Here's the LSPD Community Relations account giving out public service information to Los Santos' fictional citizens, which we guess is a less embarrassing way to spend your time online than cybering as Sonic the Hedgehog.

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Los Santos Police Department First Responders/Twitter





Modders are constantly uploading new missions, which range from action movie material (high-speed chases, terrorist plots) to Cops episodes (catching escaped animals, breaking up fights between delivery drivers). And for those who think that being a cop in Los Santos is still too hardcore: how about becoming an ultra-polite British version, pulling people over for going two miles over the speed limit? There's a mod for that too. The community has gone so far as to replicate real UK vehicles and landmarks to reverse the Revolutionary War and turn Los Santos into London.