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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."
Shouldn't this be under "Chinese Dissident's Rights Online" or "Chinese Citizen Rights Online" or "Chinese Criminal Ring Rights Online"?
From some of the other comments I have read, it seems as though this could be something to do with battling piracy. I will have to read the article to find out. I still have no idea what this would have to do with my rights...
If you ignore the other uses of a tool, does that make the tool less useful, or you less useful?
It could be that the purpose of these measures is the exact opposite. Think about it: if the Chinese government forbids anyone from buying or selling these games, then the only way to get them is to download them from the Net.
If people buy games produced outside China, then money flows to producers outside China. With a popular game like Sims 2 this could be a significant amount of money lost. If, on the other hand, people simply download the game, no money leaves China.
It could also be that the Chinese government sees the danger of effectively outsourcing their entertainment industry, and is trying to combat that. After all, would you wish your next generation be indoctrinated to Chinese values and pay Chinese producers for this ?
Sims is filled with the American consumer culture (getting money and bying things are central to the gameplay), and I doubt Sims 2 is any different (haven't played it - I don't have a good enough computer).
Forget magic. Any technology distinguishable from divine power is insufficiently advanced.
Look China is Evil, face it. I can't wait till someone attacks China. It would make my day I hate China.
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What games have our lawmakers banned?
What? None? I thought so.
Now that I've utterly destroyed your idiotic post, I hope the moderators will mod this tripe down.
The Sims represents "good ol' capitalist society" and we can't have that, can we? I mean, what if you were free to do everything you wanted?
The Sims also does involve romantic relationships and such, and while you or I might not think it all that graphic, you and I aren't part of a dictatorial Communist Chinese government are we?
Sometimes it amazes me that they call themselves the "People's Republic of China". Got to be one of the bigger oxymorons I've known.
Never look down your nose at others. Someday, someone is bound to see your boogers.
The Guatanamo Bay detainees are not U.S. citizens, thus habeas corpus does not apply. They are also enemy combatants.
Gamingmuseum.com: Give your 3D accelerator a rest.
I don't know about FIFA but the Sims is a simulation of life in a properous society. It's modeled after life in the US. If you start showing people in China these things, they might start to want them and that could ultimately lead to demanding them.