Political Correctness in PC games - Page 2

Inverse Icarus · April 26, 2003, 02:51

i dont know why, but i see an opening cutscene that ends with BJ Blackowitz saying "no massah" and then killing him. could be a cool game.

PATENT PENDING.

Imran Siddiqui · April 26, 2003, 02:52

And watch out for those red cloaked Grand Masters

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Inverse Icarus · April 26, 2003, 02:55

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Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
And watch out for those red cloaked Grand Masters

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would the KKK members get to say things like the guards in wolf? i don't speak much german but i still remember what the guards sounded like. if i tried to type it out though it would be horrible, so i'll spare you.

mein leiben!

Dis · April 26, 2003, 03:11

and what's the deal with the silly Europeans not allowing kids in games. Or not allowing kids to be killed in games.

This is why they had to release two different Fallout games. because in Fallout you could kill the kids if you wanted to.

Silly laws like that shows you how leftism goes wrong

Inverse Icarus · April 26, 2003, 03:17

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Originally posted by Dissident
and what's the deal with the silly Europeans not allowing kids in games. Or not allowing kids to be killed in games.

This is why they had to release two different Fallout games. because in Fallout you could kill the kids if you wanted to.

Silly laws like that shows you how leftism goes wrong

yes. stupid lefists see something wrong with killing children. what the hell is that?

Jon Shafer · April 26, 2003, 03:17

Silly things in Europe, silly things in America. Someone pointed out that the Swastika is illegal in many countries in Europe, so rather than having to make different versions Paradox just removed the flag. However, they also did not use the iron cross because Johan (the game designer and main programmer) felt it was inaccurate and not historical and didn't want it in the game. He was rather vehement about this.

Inverse Icarus · April 26, 2003, 03:19

the corss is also present in axis and allies. i made some nazi chips one day cause i was bored.

Imran Siddiqui · April 26, 2003, 03:22

That's a funny anecdote, Trip.

Dis · April 26, 2003, 03:23

actually most leftists feel it is ok to kill children under certain circumstances (like you are mentally retarded, or just depressed). But that doesn't really belong in this thread, so I won't continue.

Fallout is a role playing game. If I want to role play as a child killer (and you do get branded as a child killer if you kill a child), then I whould be able to.

Imran Siddiqui · April 26, 2003, 03:25

Fallout was awesome... though I never became a 'child killer'

Dis · April 26, 2003, 03:26

me neither. I usually play a "good" person. When I go evil I still only kill adults. Mainly "authority" figures

Stefu · April 26, 2003, 03:31

Anti-swastika laws also prevent the Finnish air force from having it's correct markings - they include swastikas, which date from way back before the Nazis.

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Fallout was awesome... though I never became a 'child killer'

You never tried to leave a ticking bomb in your inventory when the little rascals at Den would come stealing from you?

Imran Siddiqui · April 26, 2003, 03:31

I think there was only one game in Fallout 2, where I played the 'decent vigilante' type. Usually does good, but when needed to accomplish a quest, kick the crap out of someone. It's all for the greater good

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Ted Striker · April 26, 2003, 03:54

What would you think if I started adding mod_Gingrich to my system and started shooting up likeness of Newt Gingrich?!?! :doitinow!:

The Mad Monk · April 26, 2003, 04:12

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Originally posted by Space05us
something like that, but fact is an average American wouldnt want to go to Europe and see a guy playing a game where they kill KKK members. We'd all like to forget certain things, but we cant.

Turning guys in white sheets into ghosts in white sheets?

COOL!

The Mad Monk · April 26, 2003, 04:13

You have to remember, we enjoy re-enacting our own Civil War.

raghar · April 26, 2003, 11:23

I WANNA FUNDAMETALISM in Civ. Civ isn't nice without it.
And when we will see some game about 9... It could be fun terrorist simulator. Wipe US from the earth.

There is reason why some of my games would be ilegal is several mostly democratic countries. Some people like laws I like art.

Giancarlo · April 26, 2003, 11:30

The origins of the swastika:

http://www.luckymojo.com/swastika.html

The nazis just gave it a bad name.

Dauphin · April 26, 2003, 11:36

The Commando series show many Swastika all over the place. Adds more fun to the game when you knife the Nazi soldiers.

Kropotkin · April 26, 2003, 11:43

Imran: I'd say you're wrong. Swedish law doesn't state that a swastika in itself is 'hate speech' or something like that. There was a controversial court decision from 1996 that ruled against wearing a number of symbols as a political statement for racial superiority or racial hate. AFAIK it has to do with the german market in this case.

Az · April 26, 2003, 11:49

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Fallout was awesome... though I never became a 'child killer'

That's right. I always just kicked one of them gently, and let cassidy finish them off with the Pancor Jackhammer.

Spiffor · April 26, 2003, 12:02

I have patched my French copy of Fallout 2 to have children in. It was a possible tweak, although not advocated by Interplay

Edit : in Germany, there are now new laws regarding videogames. The brainless cencorship is to stop, but it is now illegal to sell games to too young children (the legal age changes depending of the game : Civ3 is allowed from 3 years-old on, Counter Strike is only allowed to 18+ people)

Imran Siddiqui · April 26, 2003, 12:14

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There was a controversial court decision from 1996 that ruled against wearing a number of symbols as a political statement for racial superiority or racial hate.

How does that contradict my statement that the swastika is hate speech in Sweden and thus can't be used? It is a political statement for racial superiority (ie, hate speech).

Kropotkin · April 26, 2003, 12:25

It's hatespeech if you wear it on your clothes as a statement for white supremacy etc. It doesn't say something about using it in any other context as in a text book about the war or in a computer game. If it was the explicit intent of paradox to spread ideas about arian racial superiority it would be a problem. Considering how my red army crushed the nazi pigs in my last game that's not the case.

Imran Siddiqui · April 26, 2003, 12:27

Yes, but the one main problem is that you can have the Nazis take over the world. I'm sure they didn't want to take any chances.

Kropotkin · April 26, 2003, 12:31

I would think that they where much more concerned with the german market.

Imran Siddiqui · April 26, 2003, 12:34

They may have been, but it isn't like it is HARD to change that.

I mean, they have a German language game, just take out the swastika for that one. I'm sure they were concerned about home laws too.

Guynemer · April 26, 2003, 17:55

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Originally posted by Dissident
actually most leftists feel it is ok to kill children under certain circumstances (like you are mentally retarded, or just depressed). But that doesn't really belong in this thread, so I won't continue.

I beg your pardon?

Boris Godunov · April 26, 2003, 18:58

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Originally posted by Guynemer

I beg your pardon?

Don't mind Diss, I think he's mentally retarded himself. We leftists should have offed him years ago!

Skanky Burns · April 27, 2003, 00:15

In Grand Theft Auto 3, the Australian version removed sex from the game in a bid to remove sexual violence. You see, you could use a hooker and then mug her afterwards to get your money back.

It is easy to get around though, just by changing your location settings in windows.