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Eric P- Censorship: The Final Boss?

Guest Writer Eric P. (http://lazyepsquared.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-fine-line-between-art-and-tact.html) explores Censorship in video games: Video games are pieces of art.  They stimulate our eyes and ears; the music, the visuals, the writing. Behind it all -yeah- it’s art.  Now, it’s important to note that video games have come leaps and bounds from pong, and 3-bit home consoles to those [...]

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Sleeping Dogs is only for adults in Japan

Looks like Sleeping Dogs is getting Australian levels of censorship in the land of all things bizarre. The game has apparently received a CERO Z rating (CERO is like the ESRB over there), which is equivalent to an AO (adults only) rating in North America; meaning the title will only be sold to adults and [...]

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