Grand Theft Auto changed to an adults only game!

[Nikolai]

Go figure... Americans has always been weird in the way that the majority seems to think killings en masse is not harmful, but what the parents of these kids do, not to speak of the rest of the world to, is the most dangerous thing of all...

Anyhow, I don't see the problem in this... In Norway all the GTA's has got 18+. And when one think of the fact that most things that gets 11+ here gets at least 15+ over there, this is just normalizing it all...

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Nikolai
Go figure... Americans has always been weird in the way that the majority seems to think killings en masse is not harmful,

I dont know where you guys got the idea that there arent a lot of americans bothered by violence in games (And movies, etc) The whole rating thing was largely driven by violence, not sex. There IS some distinction at law - there is a tradition of an "obscenisty" exception for freedom of speech, and that has usually applied to sex, not violence. Which distinction is largely an anachronism from older technologies, as well as older values, Id say.

[Adagio]

Originally posted by lord of the mark
dont UK, and either Aus or NZ ban certain games?? US has govt bans on NO GAMES. Even the game rating system is voluntary.

Speaking of other countries, wasn't there a rule that required Carmageddon games to have zombies instead of humans in some countries?

[Nikolai]

Originally posted by lord of the mark



I dont know where you guys got the idea that there arent a lot of americans bothered by violence in games (And movies, etc) The whole rating thing was largely driven by violence, not sex. There IS some distinction at law - there is a tradition of an "obscenisty" exception for freedom of speech, and that has usually applied to sex, not violence. Which distinction is largely an anachronism from older technologies, as well as older values, Id say.

It's easy to see in all channels, internet, politics, TV, etc. I don't say that violence don't matter to you, I say that sex matters more than it should. I don't like it when it's too mcuh sex OR violence in a game, but if I would have to choose, I'd say violence is worse. It seems like it is countrary in America. At least with the majority.

[Skanky Burns]

America be neither yarrr nor wooo.

[dudemanjack]

They might as well change all future copies to have the sex scenes in by default.

[DrSpike]

Yes, a bit silly. I hope it works against Rockstar since they were at fault leaving the 'extra' material in the game, but it probably wont.

[Dis]

and it is Germany that bans killing children in their games.

Games like Fallout had to have all the children removed to be sold in that country. Which broke a couple of quests involving children.

[Datajack Franit]

nipples.. children.. what a waste

[Imran Siddiqui]

And spearheading an attempted investigation? Non other that Hillary Clinton... what does she want to be Liberman? Bah... wasn't going to vote for her anyway for a national office, now it's a HELL NO!

[Skanky Burns]

It more shows how broken rating systems are and how out of tune standard American values are.

[Carolus Rex]

Couldn't it be a maverick programmer, planting an easter egg?

Carolus

[Carolus Rex]

Originally posted by Nikolai

It's easy to see in all channels, internet, politics, TV, etc. I don't say that violence don't matter to you, I say that sex matters more than it should. I don't like it when it's too mcuh sex OR violence in a game, but if I would have to choose, I'd say violence is worse. It seems like it is countrary in America. At least with the majority.

A swedish director's (Lukas Moodyson) first commercially successful film (****ing Åmål) had to come out under a different title in the US...

Oh, perhaps the censorship "stars" that out (is it the european Apolyton creator who's come up with the censorship or the US one? )!? "Fugging Åmål" then, where you replace the "g":s with letters of your choice...

I think it is generally agreed upon (in Europe) that the US is quite (morally) conservative... That doesn't mean that anything goes over here, though...

I think that male politicians having mistresses in France is quite comme il faut, perhaps even a sign of virility, whereas in Sweden those things are looked less favourably upon...

BTW, isn't Chirac inofficially called "M Trois Minutes" ("Mr Three Minutes"), referring to the time he spends with various mistresses (including the time to shower afterwards )?

Carolus

[Dis]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
And spearheading an attempted investigation? Non other that Hillary Clinton... what does she want to be Liberman? Bah... wasn't going to vote for her anyway for a national office, now it's a HELL NO!

Hilary doesn't like sex. Why do you think Bill had to get it elsewhere?

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Skanky Burns
It more shows how broken rating systems are and how out of tune standard American values are.

Maybe you should post this view in OT.