GTA3 = harmful materials

[Valkysas]

to be continued?

[Nixon]

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Oh yeah, Mainichi had something on this.

Here~

[Funk]

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Heh. I didn't even know that Capcom published GTA3 in Japan.

[Kefka Jr.]

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Huh. I never thought this kinda thing was even a problem in Japan!

[Crimson Knight]

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Wow, discrimination never smelled so good in that article.

[Valkysas]

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they're forcing the american infidels from their land.

[archerarmored]

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If this keeps up, I'm going to have to fly over to Japan and go godzilla on their asses.

[Nixon]

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Osaka joins the fray.

[Goufunaki]

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Heh. I didn't even know that Capcom published GTA3 in Japan.

They also published vice city over there. Even have a site for it in japanese.

[John Mora]

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But by all means, let the youth watch programs where their milquetoast avatar is tittilated by his ten adolescent sisters.

[Nixon]

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More news from Mainichi:
Nintendo, Sony, and others consider self-imposed controls on the sale of violent games in Japan.

Sorry to bump this again, but I think it's interesting to see how this plays out.

[Magus]

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As long as bukkake is unaffected, I am careless.

[tjoris9]

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I usually liked killing 5 or 6 people at a time.

The interesting reality about this case is that the ruling is based less on what the game is really about and more on how people play the game. Most missions require you to kill people, but it's mostly the same kind of violence involved in any other game. There are a couple of elements that encourage violence and other elements that make it an M-rated game (Rampages pay you to kill a certain number of gang members in a given period of time, you can regain health by having sex with hookers), but what seems to really tick off these people is the gratuitous violence perpetrated by the players.

[The_Real_Crunk]

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This reminds me of that movie where that white guy gos around acting like he's black, and joins that gang.

He unloads two full clips, holding two machine guns, into a rival gangs car. Then one guys asks him where he learned those moves. He says "Grand Theft Auto 3 dawg."

[The Toecutter]

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You're thinknig of Malibu's Most Wanted. Yeah, that one nigga' had Gamecast!




I cannot stand censorship cases like the one above. In America, the SUV driving security moms end up getting upset and then seek to impose upon everyone else's civil liberties and become reviled with disgust at the thought of watching what their own children play. Interesting to see how other nations adress this problem. Sadly, their rationale is still not legitamate one iota...