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MikeRox on 10 October 2013

MS would be breaking the law supplying a banned game to somebody within Germany, even if it was through user settings. They'd surely track the IP address on those games?



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DerNebel on 10 October 2013

But TLOU was released with an completely uncensored single player campaign in germany. I really don't get this country sometimes



Soonerman on 10 October 2013

Damn. The German government makes the American Republican party look like liberals!



KHlover on 10 October 2013
pezus said:
Can somebody tell me why Germany is so strict on games?

Goes back to the Weimar Republic. Back then it was books that were banned. Germany back then was what you'd call reactionary. The tradition was kept during the NS reign and made its way into the BRD. When TV and video games became available the BPjM expanded its responsibilities. And with always reactionary old man on top...

Also, the media shifting the blame for all shooting rampages in Germany (notably Erfurt 2003 and Winnenden 2009) to video games didn't help either...



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Porcupine_I on 10 October 2013
DerNebel said:
But TLOU was released with an completely uncensored single player campaign in germany. I really don't get this country sometimes

Because for the german law it is not nessearily the amount of violence in a game, but how it is applied. The term is "glorifying violence" and it his not hard to argue that Dead Rising does, while The Last of Us does not.



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MonstaMack on 10 October 2013
pezus said:
Can somebody tell me why Germany is so strict on games?


Sony moneyhatted them to have this game banned

I'm kidding. Please don't ban me.

 

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Angelus on 10 October 2013
Wright said:

Angelus will be angry.


Seriously.....fuck my country

Now instead of conveniently downloading it I gotta order the disc from elsewhere. And here I thought that after allowing Gears 3 things were finally getting better here. Guess not



walsufnir on 10 October 2013

Sometimes I feel ashamed for being German. But who cares anyway - buy it via amazon.co.uk and done.



walsufnir on 10 October 2013
pezus said:
Can somebody tell me why Germany is so strict on games?

 

This has a tradition because of ww2. The insitute responsible known was formerly known as "BpjM", meaning they hunted for written documents with content of lies about ww2. This was extended several times with pornographic content and extremely violent content, to the point where videogames were inspected.

Ridiculous fact: Gears of War 1 and 2 were banned, 3 and Judgment not.



walsufnir on 10 October 2013
pezus said:
walsufnir said:
pezus said:
Can somebody tell me why Germany is so strict on games?

 

This has a tradition because of ww2. The insitute responsible known was formerly known as "BpjM", meaning they hunted for written documents with content of lies about ww2. This was extended several times with pornographic content and extremely violent content, to the point where videogames were inspected.

Ridiculous fact: Gears of War 1 and 2 were banned, 3 and Judgment not.

Somebody needs to tell them WW2 is long over.

 

Most germans are annoyed because of ww2 is still in our heads but media and politicians constantly remind us of "our" guilt.