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Most Linux Games in Germany on Restricted List
mocm writes "Starting on April 1st (no joke) most Linux Games in Germany are on the restricted list (no public advertising, no display, must be 18 or older to buy). That's because the new law requires an age certificate. Applying for the certificate requires a fee, which would be to much for the small publishers. There is a story in German at Linux Magazin and a statement by the online store Ixsoft, who even applied for a certificate for the game Uplink and have a list of restricted games." So it's not just Command & Conquer.
Are there any countries thease days that are remotely livable, sensible laws nice climate (cool :-) and of course widespread broadband??
probly somewhere around the netherlands im guessing?
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Quit whining.
If game manufacturers would come up with games that were actually fun, instead of the same old "Shoot anything that moves/war game/penis-battle" games, then maybe I'd actually care.
But that fact of the matter is, most games today suck, so I really don't care that you can't sell your game in Germany.
I'd love it if the US would push a fee on games that merely replicate the gameplay of games from 6 years ago.
No one plays games on Linux anyway.
Maybe GnuChess every once in a while.
X11 is balls for today's modern games.
You know it. I know it.
So this means we can't buy the games which aren't sold?
Why is this a big deal? Selling most GPL'd games would be illegal anyway if you wanted to make any sort of profit (of course, not all linux games are GPL'd, but those that aren't are usually availible for other platforms, as Uplink is)
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The one area Linux really lags for me is games. I'm sorry to say but Windows does beat Linux here. Even with things like WineX things are still to patchy. I'm afraid that this isn't really going to help things.
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Same bullshit you get over here in the US with Anime to some degree.
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Isn't that about how many commercial games are currently available for Linux?
Seriously, why does this matter? Chances are more likely than not, the young impressionable kids who are being "protected" by this are using a Windows PC for playing games anyway.
We should definitely embrace this idea, and extend it to books, movies, movies, pictures, sculptures etc.
Won't submit your work for rating? We'll make sure kids don't be exposed to it by mistake and hurt their tiny little souls.
How are Germans going to find out about Frozen Bubble without being exposed to the huge volume of Frozen Bubble ads on TV and radio and billboards and.... What was that? Oh.
Al Qaeda has ninjas!
So can shops display linux distro's? (assumming it contains a game, which is most likely does)
public book burnings while goosestepping morons parade for "Mein Fuhrer" come on now Germany,aren't you part of the free world after all, well aren't you? sorry about the trolling
I'm pretty sure neither nethack nor freeciv nor frotz is on the restricted list, so I guess I'm safe ;-)