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hisao, do games w Silent Hill f has been banned in Australia, and no one knows why

Japanese schoolgirls is a big NO-NO in Australia 😅 Jokes aside, this is the first time I hear about this game, watching trailer I immediately thought about “When They Cry”, and then I read this from article: “Silent Hill f is being developed by Neobards Entertainment (which has previously served as a support studio for Capcom’s Resident Evil games), with creature and character design by Kera, and a script by When They Cry writer Ryukishi07.” So now I’m hyped!

eronth,

Oh wow I rarely find people who know about When They Cry. Now I’m interested in seeing more about the game.

Solemarc, do games w Silent Hill f has been banned in Australia, and no one knows why

Didn’t even know this existed lol, crazy how decentralised the game industry has become now that e3 is gone. There’s no official “time to announce your games” part of the year anymore.

GunValkyrie,

It was bundled in the announcement of all the silent hill games coming. Which was mostly overshadowed by the SH2 remake.

Noite_Etion, do games w Silent Hill f has been banned in Australia, and no one knows why
@Noite_Etion@lemmy.world avatar

Good luck banning torrents you crotchety old fuckers.

disgrunty,

Don’t forget to use a VPN so you don’t get traced by copyright lawyers! They often seed torrents in the name of gathering IPs to take action against.

Kelly, (edited )

That doesn’t really work in Australia.

AFAIK Dallas Buyers Club was the last major case and the conditions the courts placed on any contact caused the rights holders to decide it wasn’t worth the bother. www.bbc.com/news/business-35547045

The court told them they could buy the infringer’s contact details as a bulk lot that averaged $127 per person. But only if they invoiced for $127 + whatever they were charging for the film. In addition the court would need to review and approve any draft correspondence and call scripts.

All up it feels like the court was taking the most hostile interpretation of the law to protect individuals from being harassed by the business. Good stuff.

echodot, do games w Silent Hill f has been banned in Australia, and no one knows why

If PEGI tried this kind of thing I’m pretty sure the general public would linch them. Fortunately with Steam there can be completely ignored these days anyway.

Etterra, do games w Silent Hill f has been banned in Australia, and no one knows why

Probably because it’s Australia and their government are incredibly stupid shitheads when it comes to violence in games.

DoucheBagMcSwag, (edited ) do games w Silent Hill f has been banned in Australia, and no one knows why

Nanny state strikes back.

This is the future the USA would have had if ESRB wasn’t cobbled together in haste

Edit: it wasn’t banned, but Mortal Kombat 10 was and STILL is banned because of violence. This is what happens when you inject “morality” into government policymaking.

abbotsbury,
@abbotsbury@lemmy.world avatar

Government regulations are better than companies deciding what’s allowed.

DoucheBagMcSwag,

Yeah mostly I would agree with that… unfortunately in this case you get exhibit A. Australia.

HorseFD,

Good thing it wasn’t actually banned.

DoucheBagMcSwag,

I see that. We’ll just have to see

RememberTheApollo_,
@RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world avatar

Barely. Probably equally bad in some cases.

An educated citizenry that actively participates in government is the best solution, but we know that’s almost impossible for multiple reasons.

abbotsbury,
@abbotsbury@lemmy.world avatar

I would not say equally bad, citizens are at least theoretically able to influence their government in a democratic system; you have no hope of influencing the ESRB or MPAA or CCA

RememberTheApollo_,
@RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world avatar

Equal “badness” in the sense of commercial/oligarchy takeover or the authoritarian nanny state. Extremes where citizen input is token at best. Russia is technically a democracy, but no regular person there has a hope of changing the government or policy with a vote.

SaharaMaleikuhm, do games w Silent Hill f has been banned in Australia, and no one knows why

No other choice but to sail the high seas then

redwattlebird, do games w Silent Hill f has been banned in Australia, and no one knows why

They updated the article. Good.

It’s just waiting for clarification.

PieMePlenty, do games w Silent Hill f has been banned in Australia, and no one knows why

The children are safe.

WaitThisIsntReddit, do games w Silent Hill f has been banned in Australia, and no one knows why

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SolidShake, do games w Nintendo Switch 2 hands-on reveals a proper generational upgrade, though its biggest new idea remains unproven

Lol the overhype begins I guess.

Viri4thus,

Nintendo commands a (re)legion of fanatics. I was downvoted back to hell for saying the mouse was meh. We’ve had that in the legion go and it’s extremely uncomfortable and not suitable for longer sessions of play. The fact they don’t go bananza with touchscreen but rather take a shitty facsimile of a mouse tells you two things: Nintendo has idiots at the helm Nintendo is dead scared of the steam deck and is actively promoting an image of “we can do pc too”

Walican132,

Idk about your opinion on a touch screen. For both my switch and my steam deck, over 99% of their usage has been docked. A touch screen doesn’t do anything for gamers like me. I do use a keyboard and mouse very often with my deck too.

That said the joycon “mouse” looks way too small and uncomfortable.

NOT_RICK, (edited )
@NOT_RICK@lemmy.world avatar

I was downvoted back to hell for saying the mouse was meh.

I see that comment of yours at -1, really not all that bad imo. Still dumb to downvote people for honest opinions though.

CluckN,

Yeah downvote them for saying the Nintendo Switch 3 should be a cube.

Edit: Darn.

NOT_RICK,
@NOT_RICK@lemmy.world avatar

Why would I need that when I already have a cube that plays games?!?

CosmoNova,

It‘s especially evident shortly after these announcements. I was looking for a resource to summarize and comment on the Direct but most things I found were posts by what I can only describe as ecstatic fanboys. Honestly I was surprised how little the Switch 2 is actually talked about outside this bubble.

ladicius,

Don’t care for marketing. Wait what the users say.

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