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Strange Video Game bans from around the world

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  • 22-09-2010 10:12pm
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    marco_polo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 10,079 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Interesting article on MSN featuring some of the more unusual video game bans from around the world. Some of them aren't all that strange really (For example Fallout 3 in Japan until the setting off a Nuke was quest was removed) but some of them are pretty bizzare.

    My personal highlights are Pokemon and Football manager 2005.

    http://tech.uk.msn.com/gaming/photos.aspx?cp-documentid=154729503


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    humanji
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    I thought the banning of Everquest was a bit mad (pun not intended):
    EverQuest can be pretty addictive. So, if the psychological problems that formed the basis of this ban were, for example, findings that a large number of people were becoming addicted to the game to the detriment of their physical and mental health, it could maybe be partly understood.

    But that wasn't it at all - the real reason was far more odd. The Brazilian consumer watchdog, PROCON, believes that since the game sometimes asks you to make decisions in quests on whether or not you will do good or evil deeds, that people could find this too mentally distressing to bear.


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    marco_polo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 10,079 Mod ✭✭✭✭marco_polo


    humanji wrote: »
    I thought the banning of Everquest was a bit mad (pun not intended):

    The reason was pretty bonkers alright, equally bizzare was the fact that it was already nine years old at the time of banning and had never been commercially released in Brazil :p.


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    folan
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    C&C generals i wouldnt have thought! especially in China. Its probably banned in afganistan etc too


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    sarumite
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    folan wrote: »
    C&C generals i wouldnt have thought! especially in China. Its probably banned in afganistan etc too
    Technically at the time of C&C generals, afghanistan still didn't have a functioning government....though if they did ban, they really need to start prioritising.

    I was surprised anything got banned in Japan...let alone an RPG.


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    Nehaxak
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    Ireland seems fairly relaxed in this regards, I remember picking up a copy of Postal in GameStop for the pc years ago, when it was banned in so many other countries.


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    Nehaxak
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    Anyone got a link to that article on anything other than poxy commie MSN ? That site always forces you on to their mobile site when using an iPhone to browse, and you lose the link you clicked along with it :/


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    marco_polo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 10,079 Mod ✭✭✭✭marco_polo


    Nehaxak wrote: »
    Anyone got a link to that article on anything other than poxy commie MSN ? That site always forces you on to their mobile site when using an iPhone to browse, and you lose the link you clicked along with it :/

    Soz it is an MSN opinion piece so no alternative link :(


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    Blazer
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    Nehaxak wrote: »
    Ireland seems fairly relaxed in this regards, I remember picking up a copy of Postal in GameStop for the pc years ago, when it was banned in so many other countries.

    Thank christ for that...my mate is in Australia and he's playing Left4Dead without any blood....the Ozzie rules are nuts in relation to games..


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    noodler
    Registered Users Posts: 26,400 ✭✭✭✭noodler


    sarumite wrote: »

    I was surprised anything got banned in Japan...let alone an RPG.

    Nuclear bombs going off in a town and Japan?

    I thought that was one hell of a predictable ban.


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