Thailand’s Ministry of Culture, fully swept up in the hysteria that has followed an allegedly Grand Theft Auto-inspired murder, has officially banned five “dangerous” games, according to a report from CNET. The Technology Thailand blog writes that the following titles are no longer to be sold or distributed under the threat of legal action: Hitman, 300: The Video Game, Killer 7, Hitman: Blood Money and 50 Cent: Bulletproof.
Curiously, Grand Theft Auto titles don’t appear to be on the “banned” list. It cannot, however, be imported or distributed due to its dangerous status.
The Thai government is also spearheading a vague 90-day effort to protect impressionable youth from “dangerous games” and establish regulations for pay-to-play gaming centres that feature such titles.
Thai Ministry of Culture wages war on gaming [CNET via GamePolitics]
Bayo
Thursday, September 4, 2008 at 2:32 PMi wish Australia would ban 50 Cent: Bulletproof … that game is so crap