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Singapore Lifts Mass Effect Lesbian Ban

Mike Fahey — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:20:01 MST

It seems like only a couple days ago that Singapore's Media Development Authority announced a ban on BioWare's Mass Effect for the Xbox 360 due to hot, steamy, eye color-changing alien lesbian sex scenes. Perhaps between Monday and today they caught a glimpse at one of the clips of the scene online and realized it wasn't so bad. Perhaps the MDA got a little overexcited. Either way, today they've reversed said ban, allowing implied cross-species lovemaking to rain over Singapore like fairy dust, along with an M18 rating.

The Board of Film Censors (BFC) said in a statement on Friday evening that it will selectively use games ratings to 'enable highly anticipated games to be launched in Singapore' until it puts in place a games classification system in January.

The claim to be using the game as an example of the effectiveness of the upcoming games rating system for the games industry and the public at large, but we know better. Come on MDA, it's natural to have these feelings. It's part of growing up. A beautiful thing.

MDA lifts ban on game with same-sex love scene [The Straits Times via GameAxis]
Thanks Tan!

Mass Effect "Lesbian" Love Scene

fdemarco — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:05:00 MST

Warning: This video has been rated NSFW

Here it is, the one clip from Mass Effect you've been waiting to see. I have to say they handled it pretty well for a video game. I'm sure there will be some of you that find this shocking and even more that will find it mildly to uncomfortably titillating. However, it's shocking not because of the partial nudity, lesbianism or the inter-species sex, but the fact that that tawdry alien girl is doing the nasty with her superior officer. Is that even legal?

Portrait of Ruin Scans, Details Galore

brownlee — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 09:40:42 MDT

Okay, so the new Castlevania game is subtitled Portrait of Ruin not Portal of Ruin. With the implied announcement that the new DS game will feature esbian vampire sisters, they could have called this one Castlevania: Mary Kate And Ashley Make-Out as far as we're concerned.

But in our confusion — brows feverishly oozing as the grey matter below fantasized about Simon Belmont vs. Lipstick Lesbian Vampires — we didn't notice that the new Castlevania is actually one of the first games since Symphony of the Night to eschew a musically connotative subtitle. (Thanks to "That Guy" for the correction!) And thanks to the dudes at Jeux France, passed along by our secret lovers at 4CR, we now have some explanation on why that is:

We've been using musical terms for subtitles recently, like Symphony of the night," Iga reminds us. "But when you think of major art forms, the other one that comes to mind is painting. So I thought, why don't we try something with paintings for this new project?" You'll find Brauner's works hanging throughout the castle, but they serve as much more than just elegant decoration. Each one can transport you to a different locale, from the deserts of Egypt to a London inspired city called Mistry Town.

Snazzy! There's scans too!

Nintendo Power's Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin scans [Jeux France]