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Honduras Bans All Violent Games & Toys

Posted by timothy on from the yeah-that'll-work dept.

DaytonCIM writes "Honduras has issued a blanket ban on all violent videogames and toys, which is set to come into effect next June - giving retailers in the country a six month grace period to clear stocks of the games from their inventories. Among the banned games named are Resident Evil, Shadowman, Street Fighter, Turok, Perfect Dark, Quake and Doom. Read more here."

3 of 66 comments (clear)

  1. It won't stop it by Malcolm+MacArthur · · Score: 2, Interesting
    And just how will they stop people smuggling in or downloading pirated copies of these games? Good luck to them...

    Despite never being released in the UK (well, not until lately) films like A Clockwork Orange and the Texas Chainsaw Massacre were available if you asked around people. Maybe not very good quality copies - but, with digital data there is no generation-to-generation loss of information...

  2. Obviously there is something else going on here... by Romothecus · · Score: 2, Interesting

    but for the life of me, I can't figure out what in the world it is. Someone do some research and figure out what the hell is going on.

  3. Re:So it's gonna be peaceful now? by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 3, Interesting
    'Bout bloody time...

    Let's try the experiment, people. Worth a look, no matter what your predjudice on the issue.

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