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    Germany's Censored L4D2 Runs Faster

    How'd That Germany "Killer Game" Trashing Rally Go? (Eh....)

    German Activist Group's "Killer Game" Toss Makes Me Uncomfortable

    Swastika Gets Wolfenstein Pulled from German Shelves

    Diablo III: Some Versions Will Be Edited

    EA Germany Exec Accuses Gov't of Game Censorship

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    Image of UsernameOfTheDead UsernameOfTheDead
    11/07/09

    In reply to Germany's Censored L4D2 Runs Faster
    It runs 40% faster, but is 1000% less fun! #left4dead2
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    Image of TomWar TomWar
    11/07/09

    @UsernameOfTheDead: This^ #left4dead2
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    Image of andrewwyatt andrewwyatt
    11/06/09

    In reply to Germany's Censored L4D2 Runs Faster
    In the Spitter's mouth, near the very top of the picture, is... is that a...? Nah, it... it couldn't be... could it? #left4dead2
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    Image of (Zombie) D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid! (Zombie) D Mitsuki, Gotta have guts kid!
    11/06/09

    @andrewwyatt: There's only one way to find out, find the guy from Borderlands and see if they fit together. #left4dead2
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    11/07/09

    @andrewwyatt: It wouldn't be a videogame without some vagina dentata.

    [tvtropes.org] #left4dead2
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    11/07/09

    xot: Let's see if this loads right... Nope. Try again...
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    11/07/09


    @andrewwyatt: Here we go. #left4dead2
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    Image of Talleh Talleh
    11/06/09

    In reply to Germany's Censored L4D2 Runs Faster
    Valve could simply patch the ability to turn gore off into other versions after release...right? As totally rad as the gore is, it's kinda tough on my PC.

    To do a 180, I'm hoping someone finds a way to multiply the gore somehow, and see how well it runs on a PC that does Crysis on very high. Murder sim FTW! #left4dead2
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    Image of Sobersean Sobersean
    11/06/09

    In reply to Germany's Censored L4D2 Runs Faster
    I'm pretty sure they've discombobulated the buffers so that the chips can sustain about 3 or 4 more gigaloops per cycle.

    This results in a net gain equal to or greater than the percentage of tessalations being rendered through the pipeline and easing the load of the core stabilizers. Don't forget the benefit of mainframing the particle inhibiting overlays either. #left4dead2
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    11/06/09

    @Sobersean: Translation: Censored version tightens up the graphics #left4dead2
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    Image of Sharkey1337 Sharkey1337
    11/06/09

    In reply to Germany's Censored L4D2 Runs Faster
    The cut version is supposed to have disappearing bodies, right? I can definitely see why that would slow down the uncut version. #left4dead2
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    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    11/06/09

    In reply to Germany's Censored L4D2 Runs Faster
    Its nothing to do with it being censored or not.
    It's just down to common German efficiency. #left4dead2
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    Image of Vecha: One more Month Vecha: One more Month
    11/06/09

    In reply to Germany's Censored L4D2 Runs Faster
    What makes it run faster? The particles? Blood spatters?

    Someone want to enlighten me? #left4dead2
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    Image of gunluva is prepared to drop. gunluva is prepared to drop.
    11/06/09

    @Vecha: One more Month:

    Electrolytes. #left4dead2
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    Image of deanbmmv deanbmmv
    11/06/09

    @gunluva is prepared to drop.: Correction:

    ELECTROLYTES
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    Edited by deanbmmv at 11/06/09 8:18 PM deanbmmv was starred deanbmmv was unstarred
    Image of Hey_Blinkon Hey_Blinkon
    10/19/09

    In reply to How'd That Germany "Killer Game" Trashing Rally Go? (Eh....)
    People are so stupid. I guess it is easy to blame games/music/tv/anything else than to realize that the problem is with these kids and their parents. #germany
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    Image of mcderek3000 mcderek3000
    10/19/09

    In reply to How'd That Germany "Killer Game" Trashing Rally Go? (Eh....)

    As revenge, gamers around the world should fill dumpsters with copies of CDs with David Hasselhoff.
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    Image of rebelphoenix1983 rebelphoenix1983
    10/19/09

    @mcderek3000: ew that would mean we'd have to buy the cds first. So no. #germany
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    Image of Devil_Dan Devil_Dan
    10/21/09

    @rebelphoenix1983: That means we would have to TOUCH the CDs. #germany
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    Image of TigerKnee TigerKnee
    10/19/09

    In reply to How'd That Germany "Killer Game" Trashing Rally Go? (Eh....)
    SPOILER: remember the part in Uncharted 2 when that non-english speaking guy stabs that snow beast in the back with a machete about fifteen times? lol
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    Image of Face Imploder Face Imploder
    10/19/09

    @TigerKnee: Wha... what the fuck? I loved how (in this totally irrelevant and insane comment) you warned "SPOILER" beforehand. Adds to the insanity.
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    Image of TigerKnee TigerKnee
    10/19/09

    @Face Imploder: yeah all the talk about violent games just made me think of that amazing scene where that poor Yeti got stabbed about ten more times than he probably needed to be #germany
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    10/20/09

    @TigerKnee: I will know to look for it when I finally get around to playing UC2. #germany
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    Image of Showmeyomoves! Showmeyomoves!
    10/19/09

    In reply to How'd That Germany "Killer Game" Trashing Rally Go? (Eh....)

    I see this has been pointed out, but I think it's pretty significant, so I'll do it again: They did NOT use a swastika in their logo. They just replaced the swastika with a CD/DVD.

    Actually, the swastika originally replaced a piece of paper (an icon used to prevent littering). #germany
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    Image of Kris Kris
    10/19/09

    @Showmeyomoves!:
    It's also worth noting that the swastika image was designed to tell people to throw out those images after the war. #germany
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    Image of adaorardor adaorardor
    10/19/09

    @Kris: do you have a source for that? i don't think that's true, but i'm curious to see where you heard that, and who knows, i've been wrong once before. #germany
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    10/19/09

    @adaorardor: Game Politics. Same place as Kotaku. AJ quoted from GP. But upon more research, it seems the "throw away swastika" sign is itself a parody of the "don't litter" sign.
    So who knows. #germany
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    Image of Johnny Dactyl Johnny Dactyl
    10/19/09

    In reply to How'd That Germany "Killer Game" Trashing Rally Go? (Eh....)
    Silly media, counterstrike is digitally distributed! #germany
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    Image of TrjnRabbit TrjnRabbit
    10/19/09

    In reply to How'd That Germany "Killer Game" Trashing Rally Go? (Eh....)
    If the event was a success, then there'd only be a few games in there by the end of the day because a bunch of kids would have seen the opportunity to nab a bunch of games for free.

    If it was a failure, then well. . . there'd only be a few games in there by the end of the day because nobody bothered.

    Either way, nothing was really achieved. #germany
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    10/19/09

    In reply to How'd That Germany "Killer Game" Trashing Rally Go? (Eh....)
    It's a no brainer it didn't go well. They asked gamers themselves to throw away their own games. If people believe games shouldn't be violent, then they wouldn't buy them in first place, hence they wouldn't have anything to throw away.

    Never heard of a stupidest idea of censorship-wannabe than this:

    1 - Doesn't work for obvious logical reasons.

    2 - They're just pretending the "problem" doesn't exist by "hiding" it in a dumpster, instead than trying to be proactive and discuss the so called "problem" and trying to solve it with actual ideas.

    I think they were just hoping to rally up a good number of overprotective parents (which ironically would be the ones who bought the games, alas the ones at fault, no wonder they didn't go either). #germany
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    Image of fuchikoma fuchikoma
    10/19/09

    @Axass: It's too bad they didn't have more games there... it would have been great if they'd dropped in to the nearest game shop and bought 50-100 titles to destroy - it's not like the publishers care what you do with them after you buy them! :D #germany
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    10/19/09

    In reply to How'd That Germany "Killer Game" Trashing Rally Go? (Eh....)
    I wonder what those games in the dumpster were....

    Anyone up for a free games dumpster dive? #germany
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    Image of Modus_Operandi Modus_Operandi
    10/19/09

    @troopzor: One was Vampire Rain, the other was Vampire Rain: Altered Species.

    Let them rest where they belong. #germany
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    10/19/09

    @Modus_Operandi: I donno, I saw a GBA game in there, could be a classic metroid! #germany
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