Video Game Nasties
Condemned: Criminal Origins & Condemned 2: Bloodshot
A survival horror game of the highest order, Condemned: Criminal Origins and its sequel Bloodshot gave us more than a few scares when they were released. The violence and shock factor didn’t leave much to the imagination. It was a bit too much for the Germans however, who banned both titles.
Germany’s censorship laws are some of the strictest across the world, and whilst they understandably veto any video game depicting a swastika (hence the likes of Wolfenstein being banned), they are also extremely sensitive when it comes to general cruelty and the portrayal of violence.
As a way around this, once banned, a games developer will normally quickly re-jig the graphics engine so any enemies are reinvented as aliens spurting green blood. Cunning. In Condemned’s case though, it would have left far too many plot holes to make any such changes to the core game, leaving German gamers no choice but to order it from neighbouring country Austria instead. Ha! Take that, censors!
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It is definetly becoming a huge problem with the young generation today as so many kids are getting so addictive to these so called games..
I’m a parent with a 12 year old son who has been to many people’s houses to go play the x box .. Manly on this cod game or black ops ..
He then suffers at night with nightmares.. We have had a meeting at the school earlier this week as his school work has been suffering and with their help we are going to try and focus him in other activities. As I’m so worried he is addicted himself judging by his behaviour of late..
The games are disgraceful in my mind and I feel it will only get worse..