Germany Says "Nein" to Violent Game Ban
- Thread starter Andy Chalk
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Und ich sage: Hurrah!
Aber leider könnten wir Schweizer immer noch ein solches Gesetz kriegen, aber hoffentlich werden wir einfach den Deutschen alles nachmachen.
Us Swiss have something like a ban on violent games pending, better not push through ._. (not what it says before someone who can speak german calls me a douche).
Aber leider könnten wir Schweizer immer noch ein solches Gesetz kriegen, aber hoffentlich werden wir einfach den Deutschen alles nachmachen.
Us Swiss have something like a ban on violent games pending, better not push through ._. (not what it says before someone who can speak german calls me a douche).
VICTORY!
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Dude...bro...bad taste bro. Pretty sure a German would beat you with a phonebook for thatRedMenace said:
No, ve vould haff himm shot at dawn to se tunes of Marianne and Michael.TsunamiWombat said:
We do sings proper here!
Ich dachte, das Gesetz wär bei Euch schon längst verabschiedet worden?Lowbreed said:
Hat mich aber gewundert, weil bei Euch war's ja bisher deutlich liberaler geregelt als bei uns.
Oh yeah, I just called him a douche in german, had to be done...
Pffffft. Violent games already are banned in Germany. Or at least, they're not allowed to have human NPCs, even if there's no blood. They have to turn them into aliens or robots, or some stupid shit like that. That's what the Internet tells me, anyway.
You might not, others may very well.Crazy_Bird said:
The law says that, if your medium has an artistic purpose that is clearly not pro-Nazi, you are allowed to depict swastikas. Which is why there is no censorship in, say, Indiana Jones. Movies are fine, Comics should also be fine, but most publishers are too scared to not retouch the images.Crazy_Bird said:
That's not being done any more today. Most games keep everything, only splatter- and ragdoll-effects are being removed, many times (but happening less and less) blood effects, too.Steve the Pocket said:
The last robotized game I remember was Half-Life, and that's excluding the Steam-version.
Its a hearing to decide whether or not making the sale of violent games to kids illegal. The law itself is pointless and redundant since the industry itself already has plenty of safeguards in place to stop selling games to kids. Hell most stores will fire an employee if he sells a violent game to a kid, and in this economic climate, thats reason enough to not do it.Uber Evil said:
The law hasn't been passed because twelve other courts declared it in violation of the First Amendment. If the Supreme Court overturns the other court's decisions, that would mean games should be treated differently from movies/books/music/ect. and not be protected by the first amendment. Which in turn could lead to many states imposing all sorts of restrictions and/or bans on games, and that could possibly lead us into the same state as Australia. Granted thats has a low chance of happening, but the possibility is very real.
EDIT: Here's some more info on the matter [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/the-needles/7576-The-Needles-Master-Chief-Goes-to-Washington].
Huh? We don't have any problems like this in the UK. Last game I remember being censored was Manhunt 2.SnootyEnglishman said:
That issue is actually not as much related, as what is being contested is whether California, not the US entire, should be able to legally penalize those underage for buying Mature-rated games. There is no banning or censorship being involved here.Irridium said:
But I do agree, good odds the Supreme Court will smack that stupid law down. It shouldn't be left up to the government to do what simple parenting should be doing in the first place. One wonders if that is just a fantasy anymore.
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Well said. Thank you for adding to your point.Irridium said:
Germany has a long way to go before they even try to forgive themselves for what a small number of their own citizens, and one who wasn't one of their own, managed to pull off. But it isn't like gamers can't take a hop across the border to grab a copy. Though maybe not to France, they probably still have a stick up their ass. Among other things. But I digress.Andy Chalk said:
One wonders as far as Australia is concerned, that what Atkinson tried to prevent won't end up drowned in lazy, petty bureaucracy. Dear friends in Oz, I wouldn't expect movement on Mature games until next year the earliest. Look at it this way, by the time it does get passed and goes into effect, it will be twice to three times as hard to revoke, and therefore not worth the effort to try. Bean counters for one would say don't bother.