Germany to Ban Violent Games

**ThirdMarioBro** · 06-16-2009, 02:30 PM

http://www.kombo.com/article.php?artid=13209

What a fu*king hell hole.

-Lucas

*Candy Kappa* · 06-16-2009, 04:24 PM

ain't this old news?
think we've laughed of German politicians banning cause in our class whole school year

*Spitfire* · 06-16-2009, 04:27 PM

What they plan to accomplish by doing this is beyond me. Any hardcore gamer will just import the games from somewhere else. If need be they will get US systems and converter cables so they can play the US releases of violent games. All they're doing is promoting illegal importing. Morons.

*Cure* · 06-16-2009, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Kiwamu The Kappa

think we've laughed of German politicians banning cause in our class whole school year

Say what??

*Spike Spiegel* · 06-16-2009, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Spitfire

What they plan to accomplish by doing this is beyond me. Any hardcore gamer will just import the games from somewhere else. If need be they will get US systems and converter cables so they can play the US releases of violent games. All they're doing is promoting illegal importing. Morons.

Exactly. People ultimately do whatever the hell they want, for good, bad, or otherwise.

*XERO* · 06-16-2009, 04:32 PM

They must've gotten really bored with the Manhunt series.

*Spitfire* · 06-16-2009, 04:32 PM

Actually more realistically this is promoting pirating. Can't you crack most game systems so they can play pirated games? If that's the case they could just download them and burn copies or download them to their system hard drives. I remember back in the days of PS1 people were always trying to mod their systems so they could play Japanese imports and pirated games. I don't know if you can still do this. I just know it voids all warranty for obvious reasons so it's a tad risky.

**Barkworm** · 06-16-2009, 04:43 PM

The conservatives are just pulling this bullsh*t for their election campaign, there's nothing more to it.

Peanut · 06-16-2009, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Spitfire

Actually more realistically this is promoting pirating. Can't you crack most game systems so they can play pirated games? If that's the case they could just download them and burn copies or download them to their system hard drives. I remember back in the days of PS1 people were always trying to mod their systems so they could play Japanese imports and pirated games. I don't know if you can still do this. I just know it voids all warranty for obvious reasons so it's a tad risky.

Not really. I mean, you can, but it cuts out half of the functionality for current-gen systems, seeing as you won't be able to use any of the online functions if you've modded your console.

poiuytre · 06-16-2009, 06:02 PM

The article makes no mention of children, but I'm guessing this is the main motivation for this measure, is it not? This might be a dumb question, but does Germany have a rating system like ESRB? I completely agree that excessive violence, sexually explicit material and perhaps some other certain themes should be kept away from those too young to know how to deal with it, but a rating system would be the ideal solution to this. It directs all responsibility towards parents and retailers so no-one can complain.

Lastly, how does Germany deal with books or movies of similar nature?

~~Toonami Tom~~ · 06-19-2009, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Spike Spiegel

Exactly. People ultimately do whatever the hell they want, for good, bad, or otherwise.

That's right, they do.

I think it's stupid that Germany is going to ban violent video games. They should just have an ESRB system and leave it at that.

saiyan_monkey · 06-26-2009, 11:34 PM

That is as bad as ebay wanting to cease the sales of Death Metal and such, saying it provokes to much hate, racism and violence.

*Spitfire* · 06-27-2009, 02:36 AM

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Originally Posted by saiyan Monkey

That is as bad as ebay wanting to cease the sales of Death Metal and such, saying it provokes to much hate, racism and violence.

Anyone who listens to Death Metal knows it only promotes violence, lots of it.

**ThirdMarioBro** · 06-27-2009, 02:46 AM

Freedom of speech. I hate Death Metal, but I defend its right to suck because if it gets silenced, what's next?

*Spitfire* · 06-27-2009, 02:56 AM

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Originally Posted by ThirdMarioBro

Freedom of speech. I hate Death Metal, but I defend its right to suck because if it gets silenced, what's next?

Actually I wouldn't mind if over half the worlds Death Metal bands got "silenced". Mainly all the bad ones so I never have to hear them again performing before bands I care about.

saiyan_monkey · 07-04-2009, 05:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Spitfire

Actually I wouldn't mind if over half the worlds Death Metal bands got "silenced"

I agree. There's so many crap bands out there but Im sure it was more than just death metal. I cant remember which.

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Originally Posted by ThirdMarioBro

Freedom of speech. I hate Death Metal, but I defend its right to suck because if it gets silenced, what's next?

Another comment I agree with (apart from the hate death metal part

) but if everyone liked the same stuff life would suck.

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Originally Posted by Spitfire

Anyone who listens to Death Metal knows it only promotes violence, lots of it.

I do and dont agree with that. If it does spark hate, violence or racsim we still have the right to listen and enjoy what each individual likes in life. There's much more things out there that spark those things in people than just music.

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 08-10-2009, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Iron Man

That's right, they do.

I think it's stupid that Germany is going to ban violent video games. They should just have an ESRB system and leave it at that.

Germany has, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unterha...elbstkontrolle

But I agree, stupid to "ban" video games. What's the next?

*raphael_is_cool* · 08-10-2009, 07:42 AM

This reminded me of running over robots on Carmageddon: Splat Pack. **** was funny.

*Candy Kappa* · 08-10-2009, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by poiuytre

but does Germany have a rating system like ESRB?

Europe do have a rating system, that imo where better than the old ESRB, the current ESRB rating should be covering most stuff, so parents shouldn't have anything to complain in after buying manhunt or GTA to their kid.

how hard can it be to read the description on the cover and take a look at the cover art?

*Original TMNT Cartoon Fan* · 08-11-2009, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Kiwamu The Kappa

Europe do have a rating system, that imo where better than the old ESRB, the current ESRB rating should be covering most stuff, so parents shouldn't have anything to complain in after buying manhunt or GTA to their kid.

how hard can it be to read the description on the cover and take a look at the cover art?

You mean this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Eur...e_Information?

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