on the special achievement award, gamespot awarded "overkill" funniest game of 2009, going on to say: "the interplay between washington and special agent g is pure gold. like martin and lewis with f-bombs. mix that up with grindball atmosphere and overkill cements its place as the funniest game of 2009." the game received a "guinness world record" for being the most profane video game in history. jonathan burroughs, the game's writer, said: "it is a dubious honor to receive such an accolade working in an industry where so often the fruits of your labors are derided and dismissed for being puerile or irresponsible. but in the case of "the house of the dead: overkill", a little puerility was the order of business. parodying the profane excess of grindhouse cinema was (game developer) headstrong games' objective and i am flattered that this record acknowledges that we not only rose to that challenge, but entirely exceeded it." this record was beaten a year later by "mafia ii".