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China Bans 50 Games
Stargoat writes "The official mainland Chinese news agency, Xinhau, is reporting that China is banning 50 gaming titles. These titles include Battlefield Vietnam, The Sims 2, and FIFA 2005. A similar game banning event occurred six months ago in China, but not to this scale."
Last time I played FIFA 2005, I had to turn away because the gore was so bad. I mean soccer, geez, what's next, a ban on any E rated games?
Battlefield Vietnam makes sense from the perspective of Bejing, but the Sims? Maybe the strict control of your people hits a little too close to home :-)
I'd like to see the US government crack down on piracy of Microsoft products by confiscating ALL copies off the shelves and holding "the publishers, producers and distributors ... accountable".
But that's just me.
Ut Tensio, Sic Vis
Well... if women in Sims 2 are allowed to have more than one child, then maybe the Chinese people will start getting ideas.... The sims could lead a revolution, and their government simply can't allow that. :)
Well, if the government controlls all the publications your kid sees, then your kid will be less likely to disagree with the government, and thus less likely to get run over by a tank for disagreeing...
See, they're just looking out for your kid's safety and adressing your concerns. [/sarcasm]
Congratulations! There are more /.ers than there are Chinese on the Net. Apparently.
I can only applaud the Chinese government's effort to protect it's citizens.
Firewalling, monitoring, and filtering out entire hunks of the internet. Imprisoning people that attempt to view restricted political, religious, and philosphocal content (have to break a few eggs to make a omlete)
Now restricting games!
Good job! This is the only way a government can protect it's people from the horrors of child porn and hate speach. All dissidents do is cause problems.
I look forward to the day that DRM will allow the government to control what software a person can and can't install on their computer.
Unfortunately there are always very intellegent people that are mentally unstable that do things like distribute illegal literature, provide hacks to unlock restricted media, and cracks to install pirated and illegal software.
All that stuff allows much to much freedom to people. One should not be allowed to break the law. Sometimes people need to be protected from themselves.
Just a little barrier, a little help not to break the rules.
The day that the technology that is used in Valve's Steam and Apple's Itunes makes it way to all software and into the hardware of all computers.
All this freedom must be stopped. Hopefully the EU and the United States quickly follow China's lead in protecting their citizens against perverts and hate speech.
Viva la Socialism! Down with Freedom! Up with government controlled capitolism! Down with philosphopy and reliance on self control! Cheers for redundant laws! Down with spreading illegal information and mp3's! Yah for the RIAA and People's Republic of China!
Damn, I want to belong to the thought police.
Yes.. They fail to recognise that Cupertino and Vancouver are not part of China.
Government bans Sims 2, they don't like competition when trying to run the lives of 1.5 billion people.
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
That's the difference between freedom and repressive communism. Honestly, we have no idea the sacrifices our lawmakers make for us.
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You forgot the 500 an hour AND a nice cushy chair to sit in
"So there he is, risen from the dead. Like that fella, E. T." - Father Ted Crilly
If they banned Katamari Damacy I think we should go immediately to DEFCON 2. And if they banned Ratchet & Clank games, well, it's time to send in Marines armed with sheepinators.
--- Ban humanity.
Duke Nukem Forever!!!!! Now we'll NEVER see it...
[Spies tell us the Chinese government has been overthrown]
[Spies tell us the Chinese government is now a democracy: Mao, President of the Chinese]
"The Chinese Ambassador wishes to speak with you."
Chinese: "Tremble in awe ah before Mao, President of the Chinese."
Chinese: "We grow jealous of your privileged lifestyle. We demand you give us [gunpowder]."
Carthaginians: "Your civilization is not ready for such knowledge. Will you take [The Wheel] instead?"
"All great things are simple & expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope." --Churchill
and who frequently hop into a bed for pixelated "woo-hoo" -- the latter of which oughta be grounds for a ban in any civilized nation.
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You are right on the money! civilized people shouldn't be having sex and the more we can cover it up the better! Sex will be the downfall of civilization and the thought of pixelated "woo-hoo" just makes me want to stab somebody in the face.
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Nearly half of all people are below average
Polo ponies don't exist, and have never existed! I'm sure of it. They only use full size horses.
Me
It should be China promoting 50 new games
AP- In a flash of brilliant marketing, China has given 50 games the kiss of life by banning them. Young students were clamoring to see the list so they could figure out what games they wanted to get ahold of first. One unnamed student was quoted as saying "I've never had a way to find out what games would be good. This list is awesome".
-Nuke the moon
Is Al Qaida really capable of a full blown WTC game, or do you think it would just maybe be like a HalfLife "mod" or something?
It would seem that the President of the United States posts to Slashdot. His comment above mimics those reported in Ron Suskind's NT Times Magazine article "Without A Doubt":