Singapore un-bans Mass Effect

by Ross Miller { Nov 16th 2007 at 1:47PM }

The Singapore Media Developmental Authority has reversed its decision to ban Mass Effect from the country. The game will go on sale next week and have an M18 rating. According to The Strait Times, the Board of Film Censors will selectively use game ratings on high-profile games until January, when they expect to initiate a game classification system.

The decision to ban the game earlier this week spurred from a lesbian love scene found in BioWare's anticipated RPG. The Strait Times also noted that Assassin's Creed was released this week with a rating for graphic violence.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

JLynx @ Nov 16th 2007 1:59PM

Mass Effect = Insta-buy

ill trooper @ Nov 16th 2007 2:01PM

"Y'all lucky I like that shit"

- R. Kelly from 'Trapped in the Closet,' when he opts not to shoot two women kissing.

jake11 @ Nov 16th 2007 2:11PM

nice, now all thats left is to give gays equal rights and end corporal punishment for very minor crimes

Devils Advocate @ Nov 16th 2007 2:25PM

"corporal punishment for very minor crimes"

???

Who's spanking who and for what?

Jon @ Nov 16th 2007 2:37PM

Sexual intercourse between gay men is a criminal offence and caning is one of the punishment.

A truly sad country.

DemonGSides @ Nov 17th 2007 12:31PM

Which is somewhat ironic since they have one of the highest prostitution rates among children worldwide.

Devils Advocate @ Nov 16th 2007 2:43PM

Oh right, the caning...similar to the public whippings/lashings in Saudi Arabia. I remember reading a story years ago about a student who spit his gum on the ground in Singapore, and was sentenced to caning. Don't remember how that turned out though. That does seem a tad on the excessive side.

grapejoos @ Nov 16th 2007 3:58PM

His ass was caned, that's how it turned out. Singapore is clean - for a price.

potato @ Nov 16th 2007 5:26PM

Too high a price, grapejoos. For tidy streets and spotless sidewalks you've traded away any semblance of liberty, or heck, a democratic government (elections are a sham in that country). Singapore is like the tidier, cleaner, more skyscraper'ed version of Cuba, or China, or Burma, or name-your-own-dictatorship-here.

J_Teo @ Nov 17th 2007 5:00AM

Better check your sources, no gum has been sold in singapore for over 10 years and only recently did gum sales get reapproved. But an American student did get whipped a couple of times (6 I believe) because he and his gang of equally drunk buddies pulled down and took home traffic signs.

If you've never been to SG, you might be surprised if you go for a visit. Great for a 4 day visit - not so great to live in.