Authorities in Germany have long been renowned for their strict policies on violence in video games, but a recent tightening of standards has sparked a noisy -- and public -- backlash.
You've got to fight the powers that be.
The moves reportedly came as a response to a spate of German school shootings, some of which were linked to violent first-person shooter games like Counter-Strike. Multiple local German governments have apparently banned any public display of these so-called "killer games" -- and numerous organized Counter-Strike competitions were canceled as a result.
Frustrated and upset, German gamers have been taking to the streets in their hundreds to protest the move, GamePolitics reports.
The first protest -- which saw as many as 400 gamers marching through Karlsruhe -- will be followed by additional marches in Cologne, Karlsruhe and Berlin later this month.
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Posted: 8 Jul 2009
