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The Darkness banned in Singapore, along with everything else photo

To anybody familiar with Singapore law, it should come as no surprise that The Darkness has now been banned from the country's shelves. For 'excessive violence,' the thought police of Singapore have issued a big 'DO NOT WANT' to 2K's comic book adaptation where you can eat hearts and command slithering blackness. I'm sure the developers are weeping bitterly over losing such a vibrant and open market as Singapore's, where games flow like candy ... haha, sorry, I almost threw up with the sheer force of sarcasm there. 

The Darkness is just one in a long line of titles that Singapore has banned, with rumors that Bioshock is next. This is the part where the entire games industry should pretend the damn country doesn't exist. Why bother dealing with a place that outlaws oral sex anyway? I hereby ban Singapore and its anti-fun ways from the rest of humanity!

[Thanks to Joe Burling. He is banned from not being awesome]


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Reeper's Avatar
Reeper at 07/03/2007 04:45
where the fuck is singapore?

who the fuck is joe burling/jim sturling?
Jim Sterling's Avatar
Jim Sterling at 07/03/2007 04:49
And is that how you won the war, Nex?
Reeper's Avatar
Reeper at 07/03/2007 04:52
...i've been sodomized :D
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Joseph Leray at 07/03/2007 04:58
Nex speaks the Lord's truth.

Also, Singapore is to fun as Germany is to ... fun.
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Fana7ic at 07/03/2007 05:02
Singapore and Germany should group together and together they´ll be able to ban all Videogames in every country so all Videogames have to get shot into space with Rockets.
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Reeper at 07/03/2007 05:04
australia should join.

they ban just about everything resembling an M rating..
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bleep at 07/03/2007 05:11
I bet this is also banned...
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bleep at 07/03/2007 05:48
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Das Inchworm at 07/03/2007 07:29
reminded me of this...
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Das Inchworm at 07/03/2007 07:34
Anyway, due to the big AO/ banned controversy these days, it seems like places unknown to most people aka places we dont care about now make it a point to ban these games publicly even though they have been banning shit like that for a long time. It just makes the game(s) look bad to the casual onlooker.
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leapfrogmcgee at 07/03/2007 08:03
IS everyone in singapore a pussy or what?
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Joe Burling at 07/03/2007 08:22
Yay! I'm banned from gmail, banned from that one strip club, and now I'm banned from not being awesome!
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Necros at 07/03/2007 10:56
I agree with Das Inchworm, I haven't heard any word of Singapore banning stuff until recently, when you know games like Dead Rising and Gears of War had to have been banned. Guess we're pretty lucky compared to some places.
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king3vbo at 07/03/2007 10:57
Singapore, you are made of fail
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DrXym at 07/03/2007 14:14
Singapore and Malaysia are weird. I'm surprised this is banned since those countries usually allow violence but cut out all swearing, and any display of male / female interaction down to a kiss. They even chop wildlife programs which DARE show any animal mating or even the whiff of it. The USA isn't exactly a beacon of sense with regard to violence either (sex bad, violence good), but it's nothing on Malaysia. Perhaps they're more scared of the swearing in the game.
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Riser Glen at 07/03/2007 14:48
Singapore: A place where chewing gum is banned (I am not making this up.)
SubOrbital's Avatar
SubOrbital at 07/03/2007 16:56
Oral sex: It's birth control for your mouth!

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deathbunny at 07/04/2007 00:07
can you people even find singapore on the map ?
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