There were 17 long years of waiting, but eventually the poor people of (almost) all ages in Germany are authorized by local government to live moments of exquisite delicacy and poetry while trying to use a machine gun to defeat a demon that has a cyber deployed bazooka in place of one hand. They can now buy the popular game Doom.
Doom: pure poetry
Launched in December 1993 by id Software, shortly after his arrival in stores Doom had restricted its sales in Germany for its scenes of violence. Until last Wednesday, August 31, the game had had permission to be sold in schools for adults only.
According to the BBC news network, dropped the ban because "government officials now believe that Doom now only awaken artistic and scientific curiosity, but it has more appeal among the young." The decision to release the game was taken earlier this month by local authorities, who concluded that the advancement of modern images of titles make their graphic violence has less impact.
But the graphics was not the only reason for its ban in 1994. "The story of Doom involves an endless cycle of shootings 'sadistic and bloody,'" said the Federal Bureau Against Media Harmful to Young (or Bundesprufstelle).
Doom 2, however, released in November 1994, remains banned in the country due to the presence of some icons Nazis in some of its phases.
Doom: pure poetry
Launched in December 1993 by id Software, shortly after his arrival in stores Doom had restricted its sales in Germany for its scenes of violence. Until last Wednesday, August 31, the game had had permission to be sold in schools for adults only.
According to the BBC news network, dropped the ban because "government officials now believe that Doom now only awaken artistic and scientific curiosity, but it has more appeal among the young." The decision to release the game was taken earlier this month by local authorities, who concluded that the advancement of modern images of titles make their graphic violence has less impact.
But the graphics was not the only reason for its ban in 1994. "The story of Doom involves an endless cycle of shootings 'sadistic and bloody,'" said the Federal Bureau Against Media Harmful to Young (or Bundesprufstelle).
Doom 2, however, released in November 1994, remains banned in the country due to the presence of some icons Nazis in some of its phases.
