Ye crazy ole brits aint gonna get to play this one, I hear' :/
I guess the line between monitoring public decency and outright censorship comes somewhere between prohibiting the sale of a violent game to minors, and banning its sale outright. Releasing to the age pool garnered by a Wii cuts both ways, since while it attracts younger consumers, it also attracts much older ones too, which really applies the personal morality of a guy in a wig regarding a non-destructive activity to a whole population. And that guy in a wig probably doesn't play nor program games, eh?
Well, we yanks and canucks have no objects to tearing each other's pixels apart with chainsaws. And no matter what rating they give it here, they can't stop an EBGames from selling it to a 5 year old for $50.
I suppose it makes more sense with games like nazi-themed ones in germany, but for the UK games tend to have to utterly remake parts, like removing all children. Fallout, for example, simply removed content to let it ride. But a heavy hand in government censorship naturally fosters a heavy-hearted self-censorship, which is a detriment to game creativity all the way down to the solo level, like games we see on the daily click. We don't get all that much along the lines of Scientology Pwned, which while at first makes a community seem more mainstream, at second glance might make you wonder if developers are staying their own hands on the matter.
That was rather more complex than just stating the us USA'ers and Canada'ers get to play Manhunt2 and you folks over the pond do not. Of course I never played the first, but I heard it was a decent game. I just think its funny that on the Wii you actually make the motions of choking someone with the nunchuck cord to choke them in the game.
You'll still be able to get hold of it through Jersey or simply buying it from elsewhere in Europe and have it shipped over. Which, virtually every non-UK based online shop will have. Dibs on CD-Wow.
Theres a difference between freedom of speech and freedom to selectively listen, now. You have the freedom to say anything you want to a wall, but you can't force people to listen to yah.
Rockstar are appealing against the ban, hopefully they'll have themselves a good solicitor and sort it all out and we can all take our murderous rage out on computer game characters and not pensioners and toddlers.
Banning the game doesn't mean people won't play it. It would raise interest in it. We live in a different world now, 20 years ago a ban would be enforcable, today it's not. People would either import from another country, or download it on P2P.
- Ok, you must admit that was the most creative cussing this site have ever seen -
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