Singapore bans Mass Effect

salarianchemisits there will be a problem with that since the xbox is region coded...

It's banned for showing a homosexual themed instance? Ok, Singapore will go on my 'never to visit third-world country' list.

Seems nobody cares about freedom of speech anymore

ChuckNorris82 "LMAO singapore...........wow.........and this is another great example how america owns! " So America owns because Singapore isn't getting Mass Effect? Yeah, that's one of America's major highlights: "We have Mass Effect and Singapore doesn't, so we 'own.' " But I guess you need something else now that the Canadian dollar is worth more than yours! lol Just kidding, but honestly that's **** my computer parts are going to cost more than $100 less even with the $150 shipping cost because I'm ordering from the states. XD

Owww sore one for Singapore :|

wow...

This does not matter for the following reason: Mass Effect is can be purchased from the Internet and Mail Order stores outside of the country, since the Xbox 360 is Region Free there.

"When it comes to the USA's high crime rate... well, people in this country are just a**holes. Not really a whole lot more to say then that." Which is why i'm saying that people shouldn't paint Singapore as some backwards hell hole just because they do things different than the US. The US way breeds a society where there is more economic prosperity at the expense of high crime and rape rates. Have the empathy to see that not every country wants that for its citizens. And perhaps there is a critical flaw in how we do things if the side effects are that drastic.

lawl @ Singapore

Why can't a blue girl be hot?

I didn't realize anyone played videogames in Singapore... Oh, wait...they don't. At least not through anything but pirated copies of Videogames. Console sales are nil there for every platform.

imperial_agent, one of the girls is blue, so it's not really hot at all. So, you should probably shut up before you embarass yourself.

missing out on one helluva game. import it my signaporian friends

All countries ban their share of games

Like I care what Singapore does

meh, close to no one buys the 360 in singapore, it wont be missed

who cares, they'll probably all get the pirated copy anyways

"LMAO singapore...........wow.........and this is another great example how america owns!" not really, I would like to think it shows the culture difrence between east and west.

Stone age is a strong label If you don't respect other cultures, they may perceive you badly in return Which country is the largest democracy on earth? India. Yet they outlaw kissing in public Just wondering what the pilgrim fathers would have thought about this in Mass Effect...? btw I'm not actually asking that question, but rather pointing out that not everyone might always feel something is as appropriate as you do Go to Holland in Europe, many people there could (if they wished to comment) view some of America's cultural aspects as being restrictive?

ahahaha too bad for singapore...

ChuckNorris82, you know america has band more games than your average EU country right?

"religiously offensive expletives" yeah about that...

LMAO singapore...........wow.........and this is another great example how america owns!

wow i own all of the games that are banned there and plan on getting mass effect... America Rocks

As with almost everything banned or illegal or frowned upon, if you look hard enough, you will find it. If anyone in Singapore wants Mass Effect and is prepared to look for it, they'll get it.

Keep living in the stone ages, Singapore.

Yes, because I'm sure Microsoft is so sad to having games banned from piracy-laden mainland Asia. Non-news, let's go on.

alright guess I'm choosing female for my main character, this is just too silly =P

well lesbians are a touchy subject so i guess this ban is all clear, but i am sure that simgaporians will find a way to get it. as for those other 2 games being banned, now thats weird, GOW nudidty and religion in darkness? wow....

how sexist

whoa weird ban! Still LONG LIVE MASS EFFECT

Banning good games is wrong, but this ban is totally legit.

this makes me want to get the game even more. girl-on-girl action?! oh hells yeah!

Clearly we've never been to Singapore.

Lol.. this piece of news is exagerrated.. I live in Singapore and we would get this game eventually. The store owners here can be really "resourceful". But I still feel the government are making a big fuss out of it though.

As I recall, there is almost exactly the same situiation in Enter the Matrix, if you play as Niobe, except that in that game it's live action, not ANIMATED.

Well Singapore will still be able to fall back on its policy of caning people for frivolous offenses like spray-painting. Shot out to Michael Fay!

Singapore are still living in the dark ages. They ban anything that is related to sex. Isn't porn a punishavle offence or something over there?

I think Singapore should focus on resolving more important problems , than banning games. bah

Well that sucks for Singapore. Me? I couldn't care less what a bunch of puritan pukes ban or don't ban.

lol I didn't know that I get to choose a female and she does a special action. I'll pick the female then

I must say that I respectfully disagree with you, eggjuice. A communal mindset does not mean that everyone is a clone of one another. It is an overall hegemony that is in someways tied to governmental power, but not entirely (though some theorists could argue endlessly over this). I think it is aburd not to see the times where this communal mindset has shown itself in eastern cultures. The Japanese demonstrated this principle for hundreds of years.

In response to DarthLogan's comment: It is his argument that it is a communal mindset that makes eastern culture. If that were true, then censorship would not be necessary. Censorship is only necessary when a governing body wants to prevent a group of individuals from having access that they otherwise buy. I'm not arguing that some form of censorship isn't necessary ... I don't want 10 yr old children purchasing porn, but to say Easterners have a communal mindset borders on the absurd. If they all thought alike, censorship wouldn't be necessary.

Wow... Singapore probably has other things to worry about like... prostitutes, for example?

just because its "girl on girl action" does not imply sex... but rather maybe just kissing? it would be AO if it was sex...

I wanna kno how good this scene will be cuz I wanted to play as a male character. >:[

i am gonna get this game....

Spot on Darth Logan. Anybody else notice that the report came from the "Straight times?" That is just funny.