Germany restricts game it says glorifies war

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Germany restricts game it says glorifies war
By John Markoff and Mark Landler
The New York Times
March 24, 2003, 9:25 AM PT

Electronic Arts, the nation's largest maker of video games, says it is
caught in the crossfire between the German and United States governments
over the Iraq war.

America at war This month, the German government listed a new game produced
by Electronic Arts on an index of games the government considers violent.
Such games may not be advertised or displayed on shelves in Germany,
although they may be kept under store counters and sold to adults.

The game, Command & Conquer Generals, depicts an animated siege of Baghdad,
with the United States military battling a fictional terrorist group called
the Global Liberation Army, which bombs the city with missiles carrying
anthrax, killing civilians.

The director of the German federal bureau that reviews media products for
the youth market said the game had been restricted because it glorified war.

"It portrays war as the only way to resolve conflicts," said the director,
Elke Monssen-Engberding, whose agency is part of the Ministry for Family
Affairs. "It generally advocates war, and it gives military force an
aesthetic appeal."

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