The best part is that other governments are lobbying to get Crytek to move to their country, if the ban passes. One man's loss is another man's gain, I suppose, and a stable company, with ~100+ great-paying jobs in a shit economy is a very big gain.
Germany Moves Closer to Violent Videogame Ban
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Everyone, mount your airships and equip your best weapons and armor. We're about to move out to raid their government.mattttherman3 said:
But seriously, they're serious about this, instead of this being some fluke bill that happened to be gaming related? I know Germany has a history of post-nazi censorship and social control, but this is surprising for them.
Odd, in such a bad economy, Germany are so willing to ban these games, that they are putting thousands of people out of jobs because video game retail will be pulled back because there will only be two games left to sell. The government won't get the tax on the sales so it's their loss really.
What do they count as violent? Is Mario violent? Is Burnout violent?
What do they count as violent? Is Mario violent? Is Burnout violent?
In trying to put aside their brutal past, they are repeating it. This is the great irony of their methods.The Youth Counselor said:
Mario encourages violence against goombas, koopas, and a variety of other species by stereotyping them as inhuman monsters who merely want to cause struggle. It must be banned!T-Bone24 said:
Germany should probably take the threat of video games more seriously, if they oppress games, they will lose their standing as a major power.
It make sound silly, but it's a serious thing.
It make sound silly, but it's a serious thing.
For fear of being reported or flamed or whatever, I shouldn't reply to this, but I shall...
I didn't realise Hitler, Judas, Pilot, The Devil, Stalin [insert other bad people from the past] were such avid gaming enthusiasts...I think I'm gonna buy an xbox just too see their gamerscore and look them up on the PS3 to see how many trophies they have in the "hey guys, lets kill people in real life" games, cos by the German Official's logic, they've gotta be pretty high in the Global Rankings.
I didn't realise Hitler, Judas, Pilot, The Devil, Stalin [insert other bad people from the past] were such avid gaming enthusiasts...I think I'm gonna buy an xbox just too see their gamerscore and look them up on the PS3 to see how many trophies they have in the "hey guys, lets kill people in real life" games, cos by the German Official's logic, they've gotta be pretty high in the Global Rankings.
They have a LOT more to lose than to gain from this that's for sure. Crytek is "one of the world?s leading independent development studios for interactive entertainment with its headquarters in Frankfurt am Main" [1], which indicates that it probably generates A LOT of revenue, stimulating the German economy. That's generally a good reason for a parliament to vote no to bans like these.johnman said:
[1] - http://www.crytek.com/news/news/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=151&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=9&cHash=8f3ca8d222
Enforced pacifism.
There's a neat little paradox if ever there was.
You'd think the last 60 years would have taught Germans (especially those in Berlin and the East) that you need more freedom rather than less for a prosperous society. Those who ignore history etc...
There's a neat little paradox if ever there was.
You'd think the last 60 years would have taught Germans (especially those in Berlin and the East) that you need more freedom rather than less for a prosperous society. Those who ignore history etc...
Excellent!Rigs83 said:
Elections are coming up and something has to be done about all those violent kids, right? Running amok and playing video games have one thing in common. They're utterly incomprehensible to older generations.
btw. Germany is not really facist. It's just that the notion that adults should decide for themselves has never really caught on over here.