Germany gone off the deep end?

[Grobut]

But the debate most certainly evolves around what German media and politics call "killer games" and usually that word is a synonym for first person shooters + everything else where people are shot and includes especially the softer type of games in that genre like Counterstrike. Games where virtual violence is used to achieve a certain objective not games where violence itself is the goal.

This is true, the word "Killer games" does not just cover the fringe stuff like Manhunt, in the minds of the average non-gamer, whom this kind of legislation tries to appease, the term "Killer game" is any and all games where people die as a result of violence, it's any and all FPS and TPS games, and more.

This is what the media tells people FPS games are, games where the player just goes around and murders anyone he wants to, usually followed by a picture or short clip where you see someone getting shot by the player (but without any mention of the games storyline or why the player is asked to take up arms), and this is passed off as beeing what all FPS games are.

 

[Ralfst3r]

What happened to artistic freedom? Wait a minute... artistic freedom being restricted, tightening of gunlaws, in Germany... this all sounds so familiar for some reason.

Oh yes, I went there

 

[Nimsky]

What happened to artistic freedom? Wait a minute... artistic freedom being restricted, tightening of gunlaws, in Germany... this all sounds so familiar for some reason.

Oh yes, I went there

Touch

 

[PUTZ]

Come to America, home of the free, land of the bounty of violent video games.

 

[mistk�fer]

I think this is just like with paintball some weeks ago. all the politicians said that they have to ban it because it's violent/brutal/whatever but nothing happened. ok fps and so on are more on the medias focus, but again they won't make it here and we will still be able to play games jus like we are still able to play paintball. maybe we get even larger warning signs on our game boxes so the whole packaging is covered but who cares, hooray of uk imports ^^

 

[[-project.rattus-]]

Come to America, home of the free, land of the bounty of violent video games.

And miss out on bare tits and cursing on TV? No way!

Thank god, I live in a country where neither sex nor violence is frowned upon, at least in video games and movies

 

[KrazyKraut]

Hey I DO feel offended seeing Janet Jacksons ugly nipple piercing!1!! I need to be protected from that!

Back on topic. This is what the German Cultural Council had to say;
"Berlin, den 07.06.2009. Der Deutsche Kulturrat, der Spitzenverband der Bundeskulturverb

 

[husbert]

look at it
so ****ing ugly

[url]http://www.jamesbond.de/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/eqt-dvd-single-3d_big.jpg[/URL]

 

[Pharnakes]

what?

 

[husbert]

look at the big green 12 there


http://img.xrmb2.net/images/619856.jpeg

omg

 

[Murphy]

Since when do we have a 21+ rating? Is this a fake?

 

[aktionman]

Come to America, home of the free, land of the bounty of violent video games.

heh. "Come to Africa, continent of child soldiers ..."

 

[husbert]

Since when do we have a 21+ rating? Is this a fake?

dont know, i hadnt looked on the age.
wasnt in a shop since amazon
but i think highest is 18+
(but the size is correct)

 

[PUTZ]

And miss out on bare tits and cursing on TV? No way!

What you think there aren't any? Man I love cable tv.

 

[[-project.rattus-]]

What you think there aren't any? Man I love cable tv.

for free? don't think so

 

[mistk�fer]

the simpsons taught me that there is free cable tv in the states ^^

 

[smokeythebear]

In the German version of TF2 everyone is a... robot?

YouTube - Team Fortress 2: Meet the Soldier - German (HD)