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Singapore bans game due to intimate female female scene *updated* |
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by Ryan Ratilal
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Monday, 19 November 2007 04:30 PM |
*Update* Singapore's MDC have reversed their decision to ban the game. Full story on Multiplay.
Censors in Singapore have banned the highly-anticipated Microsoft game Mass Effect due to a human-on-alien, girl-on-girl love scene. Mass Effect is the first Microsoft video game to be banned in Singapore by the Media Development Authority.
The scene starts with a conversation between two females, one human
and one alien. As the music swells, the human places her hand on the
alien's cheek. There is a close-up of them leaning in towards each
other, then a Titanic-style shot of a hand pressing up against a window.
Prior to the recent political attention, games containing homosexual content had been released in Singapore without incident. The number one best-selling game series The Sims, published by EA Games, introduced a same-sex feature with The Sims 2 in 2004. The Sims 2 players have the option to develop a
relationship between two female or two male characters. All couples in
the game can flirt, marry, and kiss on screen.
Source: news.com.au
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