German discussion about banning ego-shooters!
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no matter what they are about.
An actual discussion takes place at the moment in the guest book
http://www.wdr.de/themen/panorama/kriminalitaet/erfurt/videospiele_gaestebuch.jhtml
Everyone who is interested can participate.
(Although it is in German, I think English entries should be possible, too.)
Memnoch
Got to love the Google translator:
"It depends rather on the educational efforts of parents and teachers, in
order to meet possible acts of violence in the apron."
And we don't want violence in the aprons now do we? :-0
Christoph Nahr
>In Germany some politicians have suggested a total ban of ego-shooters
>no matter what they are about.
The correct English term is first-person shooter. "Ego-Shooter" is a
pseudo-English term invented by Germans, just like "Handy".
>http://www.wdr.de/themen/panorama/kriminalitaet/erfurt/videospiele_gaestebuch.jhtml
>
>Everyone who is interested can participate.
>(Although it is in German, I think English entries should be possible, too.)
As many participants in that discussion have already pointed out, a
ban on any kind of computer or console games in Germany is impossible
since Germany is a member of the EU which means there's unrestricted
and uncontrolled mail-order business with other EU states, e.g.
Britain or Austria. They can only effectively restrict direct import
from non-EU states (notably USA) and sale within Germany. So it would
be useless except for keeping kids and morons away from the games.
Particularly amusing are the rants of ignorant fanatics who say that
the "producers of such games should be thrown into prison." Yeah,
because exactly how many makers of 3d shooters are located in Germany?
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between the armed forces of various states of course. But that sort of
violence is alright, isn't it.
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"Christoph Nahr" <s...@reply-to.invalid> wrote in message
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Memnoch
wrote:
>Yeah, there's no extreme violence happening in the everyday world
>between the armed forces of various states of course. But that sort of
>violence is alright, isn't it.
Yes, because in most cases it is government sanctioned!
mr bernard langham
"Christoph Nahr" <s...@reply-to.invalid> wrote in message
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> >In Germany some politicians have suggested a total ban of ego-shooters
> >no matter what they are about.
>
> The correct English term is first-person shooter. "Ego-Shooter" is a
> pseudo-English term invented by Germans, just like "Handy".
Not sure about "handy", but "ego-shooter" seems to me to be pretty much a
perfect description of FPS' in general.
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> "Christoph Nahr" <s...@reply-to.invalid> wrote in message
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> > On 9 Jul 2002 15:38:52 +0200, Hubert Voll <> wrote:
> >
> > >In Germany some politicians have suggested a total ban of ego-shooters
> > >no matter what they are about.
> >
> > The correct English term is first-person shooter. "Ego-Shooter" is a
> > pseudo-English term invented by Germans, just like "Handy".
>
> Not sure about "handy", but "ego-shooter" seems to me to be pretty much a
> perfect description of FPS' in general.
"Handy" is the German term for a cell phone.
Frank
Christoph Nahr
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>Not sure about "handy", but "ego-shooter" seems to me to be pretty much a
>perfect description of FPS' in general.
"Handy" is German pseudo-English for "mobile phone." The "ego" in
"ego-shooter" refers to first-person perspective, not to the English
pop psychology term "ego." So pseudo-English "Ego-Shooter" is
actually a direct equivalent of English "first-person shooter", with
no psychological connotations intended. Of course you might say that
the interpretation with the English "ego" is also quite fitting. :-)
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Troy
<Hubert Voll> wrote in message news:3d2a...@news.uni-ulm.de...
Come on .... we already have green blood in most games so German game
players won't faint, throw up or pee their pants when playing :)
Troy
Memnoch
I always thought it was to stop someone being pushed over the edge and going
for third time lucky! ;-)