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Grand Theft Auto Still Banned Down Under

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the flushed-cds-spin-the-other-way dept.

SicariusMan sent us a CNN story that talks about australia upholding the ban on GTA3. It's been mentioned here before, but its interesting that its gonna stick. GTA3 really is perhaps the best PS2 game out in recent memory. I'm having a PS2 resurgance of late, beating Klonoa2, MGS2, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, and getting hooked on Jak and Daxter and Frequency. And GTA3 is easily among the best of PS2 games. Sorry .au! At least they probably won't ban FFX!

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  1. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp

  2. I am so sick and tired of this guy by Uttles · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I mean all the time he posts completely irrelevant horse dung about his personal game playing fetishes while good, honest articles get rejected.

    For example, yesterday I submitted a story from Yahoo! news about talking ATM technology in Mississsippi. I thought it was pretty funny, I mean can't you imagine "Here's dat money, fixin to print your receipt!"

    Anyway, who gives a flying Fu** what video games you've beaten? Get a life!

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  3. guys help by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i can't figure this out for the life of , i have to show using limit laws that the sequence (1+2^n)/(2^n+3^n) converges or diverges. It obviously converges to 0 but how do I show this? Just a simple ratio test? I'm having trouble finding the cancellations...thanks in advance!

  4. Down under by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Bought a slab and drinking with the flies...

    1. Re:Down under by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Too bad. If you lived here in the civilized part of the world you could call Taco, drink with him and end the perfect evening with a heavy Taco Snotting session.

  5. Worst Slashdot Article Ever by joshamania · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If you can call them articles. Sorry Taco, but more people than those with whom you hang are reading this page. Get reals stories or don't bother.

    1. Re:Worst Slashdot Article Ever by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      It's his site, not yours. He can post whatever the hell he wants to, even if you don't like it.

    2. Re:Worst Slashdot Article Ever by joshamania · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      And we're getting "troll" and "flamebait" moderation s just for pointing out the obvious. Fuck you moderators...I've got karma to burn.

  6. My life is now complete by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I know what games CT has beaten.

  7. The NRA Strikes again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    lol, you're comparing video games to *real* guns. Moron.

  8. Page widener? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Is the fucking page widener slashhole fixed already?

    I miss reading Slashdot at -1, but the page widener fuckers forced me to move to level 0 and it's fucking boring up here. Strangely the funniest and often the most insightful stuff is moderated down to -1.

  9. Well well well, imagine that by Uttles · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I'm not on my knees polishing CmdrTacos knob so instantly I lose moderation points... who would have guessed?

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    1. Re:Well well well, imagine that by Homewrecker · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      If only you could see Rob in the same light some of us do.

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  10. Re:you have to admit... by Oztun · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I have to admit the world is to FUCKING sensitive is what I have to admit.

  11. Priorities by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Grant Theft Auto is outlawed, but scatology videos are OK. What a bunch of stupid fucks.

    1. Re:Priorities by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Sex is a taboo, the president can't have a fling with an intern but brutal violence on TV and in Afghanistan is OK. What a bunch of stupid fucks.

  12. What's the big deal? by mcj · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    They can just go next door to Germany and pick it up.

  13. Re:What? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Oh, are you an idiot. Oh!

  14. Re:different map? by mcj · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Your map must be for the humor-impaired. :-)

  15. Re:Steering Wheel wrong side... by Homewrecker · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    those cool, lickable toads

    Is this another euphemism for breasts or have we moved past that part of your post? Sorry, I get distracted.

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  16. Re:What? by Trepidity · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Read the story title.

    "Grand Theft Auto Still Banned Down Under"

    Meaning to any average (non-/.) person: "Stealing Cars is Still Illegal in Australia."

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  17. Re:Steering Wheel wrong side... by Oztun · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Sounds good to me. We need to replace all bad things in the world with beer and sex.

  18. Re:Rant by socokid · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    It's news for nerds. Are you saying Video Game discussions aren't nerdy enough?

    My god! I...oh wait...my glasses just broke again...where's that tape again!

    DAMMIT! My pen just exploded again!

    *sigh* I think I'll just relax and take some hookers to the "Fuzz Ball".

    grow up, play a game - Aspyr

  19. Re:What? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    He's making a joke, genius. He's implying that it's weird that grand theft auto (the crime, not the game) is illegal in Australia. Stop viewing everything through Katz-colored glasses.

  20. (OT) Re:Well well well, imagine that by NewWazoo · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    Hmmm... let's think for a minute:

    Perhaps you lost your (precious) moderation points because you POSTED A REPLY TO THIS STORY???

    ... or maybe, just maybe you lost your moderation points because people don't care to hear your WHINING and your post was COMPLETELY off-topic.

    Yeah, and I bet the CIA's plotting against you, too - evidenced by the fact that you got pulled over for doing 70 in a 55, right?

    *grumblelosergrumble*

    TheNewWazoo

  21. Re:What? by Oztun · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Doh!

  22. Q&A: Bankrupted by Free Software! by TRoLLaXoR · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Bankrupted by Free Software!

  23. what about killing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i guess it's legal to kill people since they still havent banned those games

  24. Its SSX by xagon7 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Lt. Taco unless there actually IS a PS2 game called FFX... then I'd be a 5 * General Bean Buritto!

  25. Flushed CDs *don't* spin the other way by OblongPlatypus · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    This is a common misconception, but as with most misconceptions, it's *not* true. The Coriolis effect is not powerful enough to overcome the effect of minuscule imperfections in the structure of the sink/bathtub/toilet/whatever. Not by a long stretch.

    (If you think this is off topic, read the dept. line. If you still want to mod this down; go ahead, I can afford it. :) )

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  26. CmdrTaco.net? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Having DNS issues, ass panderer? I see that your personal website has disappeared into the ether.

    Goddamned moron. In 20 years you'll just be another bum pissing in his pants and begging for quarters.