Tag: BANNED
Grand Theft Auto IV BANNED in the UK
Certification body the BBFC has thrown the gaming world into crisis today, by refusing to grant GTA IV a UK certificate.
The violent crime series has usually received a Certificate 18 rating in the past – but this time Rockstar has gone TOO FAR.
Saying the game “Glorifies America to an unacceptable degree…
MidemNet 2008: U2 manager wants illegal downloaders banned, and for Steve Jobs to help
U2 manager Paul McGuinness has called for illegal file-sharers to have their service cut off by their ISPs if they don’t change their naughty habits of downloading music without paying for it. After all, it’d be a shame if Bono loses out on his next one hundred and seventy nine billion kazillion dollars.
YouTube Video Of The Day – Puff Daddy perfume advert
How do you sell you new perfume to the ladydeez? Well, if you’re Sean P. Fiddles Diddery Diddums Puff Diddy Daddy Combes-over, then you do it by making sweet gooey love to them. Watch this video, chuckle and watch out for the dry heaves.
Manhunt 2 fallout continues
As you’d expect, following the BBFC’s decision to refuse Manhunt 2 a ratings certificate here in the UK, Shiny Media’s gaming blogs have been getting their teeth into the issue (Gary had his say here yesterday).
Manhunt 2's not going to hurt anyone, you idiots
Hello, murder-crazed video gamers! Are you all angry from the hot, sticky weather, and ready to snap into violence at any second? Jesus, I am. I could literally pick up a baseball bat, walk out of the door and…
Manhunt 2 banned in the UK for "sustained and cumulative casual sadism"
Bad news if you were looking forward to some happy nights dismembering strangers in Rockstar Games’ Manhunt 2. It’s been refused a certificate by the British Board of Film Classification, meaning the game can’t be legally sold anywhere in the UK. And crikey, the BBFC hasn’t pulled any punches in its explanation of why.
