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Battlestar Galactica Hits PC - Long awaited by fans of the sci-fi space drama,
Auran's Battlestar Galactica arrives on PC and Xbox Live Arcade next week. The game packs ten single-player missions, said to be inspired by the show, and supports online play with up to 8 players on Xbox 360 and 16

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Sabot · Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 2:39 pm Post subject:

I knew that this would be banned somewhere. It's pretty obvious that it's OTT.
Anyone remember Carmageddon being banned because of the old lady in the zimmer; "I was in the war!" Laughing

Besides SoF is a bit too political for what is happening in Iraq etc. (it's the first thing i thought of when i seen the clips)
You can see as much real viceral action on YouTube and the like and SoF has, imo, crossed that boundary.
When does the game begin and the reality references stop? By all means make it a fun shooter, but does it always have to be controversial Rolling Eyes

Sabot · Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 2:58 pm Post subject:

Rainbow Six: Vegas had the same 'massive' in-game adverts etc. I just played it offline and blocked it from downloading/connecting with ZoneAlarm.
Whether Hellgate can be blocked the sameway offline, don't care about MP with crap software that violates your rights as a gamer, i'll soon find out.

Slightly OT but in the UK the watchdogs slammed subliminal advertising in progs on TV that clearly where sponsoring products and getting paid too!
This being license payers money -since we have to have a TV license to view this $hit!.

EDIT: well it could be full of urine for all i care..this is the pants Rolling Eyes