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Bethesda: Varying Censorship Standards "Frustrating"
Peter Hines, Bethesda’s VP of public relations, has spoken of the company’s frustration at having to deal with varying standards of censorship in different regions.
"The frustrating thing for us is that the standards and rules can be so varied across territories, that we work with five or six ratings agencies and each one has different 'hot buttons'," he told CVG.
But, he added, "I guess that's the way of the world - not every country is the same. You're not aiming at one target, you're aiming at six different ones, worrying about how each one will feel about different things.
"We just go through and make the game that we want to make. We have our eyes wide open, mindful of the things that could be flagged up and how we're going to resolve them if that becomes a problem."
Bethesda’s upcoming Fallout 3 was refused a rating by Australia’s Office of Film and Literature Classification in July due to its portrayal of drug use, but later cleared for release following a number of content edits.
The reason why you are a reluctant patriot is more because you don't know shit. United States censorship is a lot worse than many countries.
I think I covered that with my mention of a self-imposed censorial environment, but if you mean governmental, how? When was the last book to be banned? The last video game? The last movie?
And so stands the reason why I'm a reluctant patriot.
We may have stores that will bend to the wills of special groups and public sentiment, thus creating a sort of censorial environment separate from government, but at least it's NOT government.
We may have groups of idiot politicians and parents wanting to ban everything that requires a controller, but they never make it. In other countries, they succeed.
USA. USA. USA.