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01/26/2005 07:37 PM ID: 45779 Permalink   

China Bans 50 Video Games.
 

The Chinese government news agency has announced that 50 video games have been banned from being distributed in China.

"Command And Conquer: Generals" was banned for the portrayal of the Chinese military and a terrorist attack on Beijing. Numerous Vietnam war games like "Conflict Vietnam" and "Vietcong: Fist Alpha" were on the ban list as well.

"The Sims 2" and "FIFA 2005" are among those being banned. All the games have been banned for 'presumable content'. The Government states it was "to protect intellectual property rights and create a good environment for Chinese youth."

 		 
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  Generals - yes... Sims - why?  
 
Can't wait til Bush decides that this type of action is against freedom (which, of course, it is)... and after invading Iran, South Korea, and some other unfortunate countries, we try to take on China... TRY being a key word there
 
 by: fredfredrickson   01/26/2005 08:08 PM     
  Sim  
 
Must be the fling in the hot tub.
 
 by: t_strimp   01/26/2005 08:19 PM     
  @fred  
 
SOUTH Korea?? I hope you meant North Korea..
I'd be interested in knowing why a game like FIFA2005 would be banned there, esp. in light of the fact that they were supposed to host the Women's World Cup this last year...
 
 by: sjava     01/26/2005 10:09 PM     
  read the source....  
 
Fifa was banned because it's pirated. Same goes for sims.

The list of 50 games is made up of either games that are pirated, or games that corrupt the mind (or are politically unacceptable)
 
 by: tempest     01/26/2005 11:20 PM     
  fifa  
 
was banned not because of piracy, thats the worst excuse i have heard yet... it was banned because china and taiwan are considered seperate countries in the game, and since china still comsiders it part of china, it is subsersive to the message they are trying to enforce to the pliebiens(sp?) of china of their great power and controll
 
 by: ganjaman22     01/27/2005 12:16 AM     
  @ganja  
 
I'm saying it like I read it in the source article.
 
 by: tempest     01/27/2005 01:04 AM     
  @tempest  
 
i realize that, and wasn't saying about you, just the source was not the best written article i have read
 
 by: ganjaman22     01/27/2005 02:01 AM     
  I need my video games  
 
If I lived in China I would jump off a bridge with my Xbox tied around my neck.
 
 by: daniel2508     01/27/2005 01:42 PM     
  Those are the top rated games n/t  
 
 
 by: b4u     01/27/2005 05:48 PM     
  sucks to be them...NT  
 
NT
 
 by: RomJeremy   01/27/2005 06:02 PM     
  NOOO  
 
I can understand them not wanting their youth to be corrupted with pathetic social values (like in the USA) although China is only banning games for political reasons I think.

But banning Generals?!?! How could they?? That's like the best game known to man! Hell, with the Chinese army in that game I took over Baghdad (user-created map), set up an impenetrable fortress and crushed the rebels! Fun!
Actually, I'm surprised USA didn't totally ban RA2 for its portrayal of Russia invading USA (man that was fun).
 
 by: The_Paladin   01/27/2005 06:34 PM     
  NT  
 
What does NT mean?
 
 by: RogueElite   01/28/2005 03:41 AM     
  @RogueElite  
 
NT means NO TEXT.
 
 by: b4u     01/28/2005 03:47 AM     
  If the chinese kids are smart...  
 
they'll just have t download it out of the internet in ISO format, beats not playing anything.
 
 by: rampulstinski   01/28/2005 03:00 PM     
  lol@daniel  
 
Me too man....me too.
 
 by: digital_darkness   12/15/2005 05:44 PM     
  the sims? why  
 
why will they ban the sims 2, that is so stupid and to ban a soccer game, it's a sports game
 
 by: daboss   08/02/2006 08:52 AM     
 
 
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