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The Escapist : News : The Week in Review: Cocaine, Jedi and Lasers HomeNewsFeaturesVideosReviewsCommunityForums RSSLatest NewsMost PopularMost CommentedNews ArchivesSubmit TipSubscribe!Welcome, Stranger!Login with FacebookNot Registered? Sign up for a free account to enter contests, post comments, and simply be a more awesome person.Event.observe(window, 'load', function() { if($F('ims_user_input') != '') { $('ims_user_input').setStyle({background:'#FFFFFF'}); } }, false);Event.observe(window, 'load', function() { if($F('ims_pass_input') != '') { $('ims_pass_input').setStyle({background:'#FFFFFF'}); } }, false);The Week in Review: Cocaine, Jedi and LasersLogan Westbrook | 12 Mar 2011 07:00Filed under: logan westbrook, census, cocaine, gamestop, jedi, laser, lawsuit, steve pope, ubisoft, we dare

In this week's edition, Germans put holes in things with homemade laser guns, and Ubisoft cancels its raunchy Wii game in the UK.

Therapist Compares Gaming to Cocaine - Again

British therapist Steve Pope says that playing videogames for a couple of hours has the same effect on the brain as taking a line of cocaine. This is almost exactly the same claim he made in May of last year, even to the point of repeating himself nearly word for word. He referred to videogames as the "silent killer" of our generation, and said that videogame addiction was the fastest growing addiction in the UK. (Link)

Raunchy Wii Game Not Coming to the UK

Ubisoft has dropped plans to release its naughty party game We Dare in the UK, citing a negative reaction from the media. We Dare isn't intended for children, but its content is sufficiently tame that it only received a 12+ PEGI rating. PEGI has defended its rating however; saying that the negative press reaction was based on the advertising campaign, while the rating was based on game itself. (Link)

Atheists Urge UK Jedi to Take Census Seriously

The UK census is coming up and a group of atheists are trying to get people to stop putting "Jedi" down as their religion, when they actually mean "No Religion." The group asserts that by putting anything other than an unequivocal no on the form, people skew the data, leading the UK government to fund more faith-based programmes than it should. (Link)

Laser Lover Builds a Blaster

A German laser enthusiast has constructed a working pulse laser pistol capable of burning wood and punching holes in thin metal. The gun uses energy stored in capacitors to generate a pulse that lasts for around ten billionths of a second. The gun only has a range of about ten feet, so it won't be revolutionizing warfare anytime soon. It could still give you a nasty burn though, or even blind you if it were to hit your eye. Hit the link for a video. (Link)

GameStop Hit With DLC Lawsuit

Retailer GameStop is in hot water this week after angry customers issued a class action lawsuit against the company for its "deceptive" business practises. The suit alleges that GameStop will allow customers to think that the free DLC that comes with a new game is still included if that game is bought pre-owned, even when that isn't the case. According to the suit, it's like "selling a book without telling the customer that chapters are missing." (Link)

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The Escapist : News : PEGI Says We Dare Isn't So Hothtml {background: #000000 url(http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/library/deriv/48/48925.jpg) top center no-repeat;} document.observe('dom:loaded',function() { var _pageSize = document.getWindowSize(); Element.insert(document.body,{top:" "}); }, false);  HomeNewsFeaturesVideosReviewsCommunityForums RSSLatest NewsMost PopularMost CommentedNews ArchivesSubmit TipSubscribe!Welcome, Stranger!Login with FacebookNot Registered? Sign up for a free account to enter contests, post comments, and simply be a more awesome person.Event.observe(window, 'load', function() { if($F('ims_user_input') != '') { $('ims_user_input').setStyle({background:'#FFFFFF'}); } }, false);Event.observe(window, 'load', function() { if($F('ims_pass_input') != '') { $('ims_pass_input').setStyle({background:'#FFFFFF'}); } }, false);PEGI Says We Dare Isn't So HotAndy Chalk | 8 Mar 2011 01:15Filed under: andy chalk, pegi, ubisoft, we dare, wii

European game rating agency PEGI stands by its 12+ classification of Ubisoft's We Dare, saying it's not nearly as sexy as the publisher makes it out to be.

We Dare looked like pretty racy stuff when the first ad for Ubisoft's "sexy Wii minigame compilation" debuted back in February, so it was a little bit baffling when PEGI slapped a 12+ rating on it. Parents and Parliamentarians alike were angry and upset over the prospect of young children legally buying and playing a dirty sex game and called for the release to be held up while the matter was more thoroughly investigated. But PEGI isn't budging on its decision.

"PEGI does not take into account the context of a game when rating it, we only look at the contents of the game," the agency told Cubed3. "[We Dare] has been rated as a PEGI 12 because it contains mild swearing, minor assault on a human-like character and words/activities that amount to obvious sexual innuendo, explicit sexual descriptions or images and sexual posturing."

A PEGI rep said a higher rating was considered because of a "specific [sexual] atmosphere" but was rejected by the Video Standards Council, an independent organization that verifies the ratings. "This means that the game itself is in fact less sexual/offensive than the marketing campaign leads us to believe," the rep said. "For example, you cannot see real spanking in the game. There is a 'stripping game' but you don't have to undress; throwing away keys or anything that reduces your weight is good enough."

Nonetheless, Ubisoft continues to promote the game as solely adult fare and will include its own "Parental Discretion Advised" sticker on the packaging, while tabloid news sites in the U.K. are having a field day with the situation. The Sun reported that one version of the infamous YouTube trailer ends with the couples swapping partners and going off to have sex, while another has all four of them "romping together."

Barring unforeseen legislative delays, We Dare is expected to come out later this month in Europe and the U.K. Ubisoft has "emphatically" ruled out a North American release.

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