Worst Places in the World to be a Gamer

November 25, 2008 | By: Micheal Mullen

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From local politicians who want to appear family friendly to gung-ho politicos seeking a national stage, the U.S. isn't the worst place for being a gamer.

Video Gaming Under Fire

Here in the United States, video gamers deal with countless threats to their entertainment liberties. From local politicians who want to appear family friendly to gung-ho politicos seeking a national stage (or merely their 15 minutes of fame), there are many non-gamers who feel that any violence in games should disappear from public consumption. Thankfully, there are places in the world where being a video game fan are much worse.

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tooheytoohey at 6:23 pm on November 29th 2008

i almost agree wit all th places cept brazil AND GERMANY.ARE YOU KIDDINGTHEY ARESOEM TOF THE BEST PLACES TO PLAY.SO QUIET AND PEACEFUL

sydzilla96 at 2:43 pm on November 29th 2008

GameDaily, I have read almost every one of your pages, and they all suck. As a matter of fact i think that you guys should read your comments for once. your info is ALWAYS hit or miss. Really and honestly i dont think you guys are gamers. I like to read the comments because they down you so bad. and you down Nintendo. stop! you guys should REALLY play one of the classics like Metriod, Mario, or Legend of Zelda. Im sick of you guys.

friendman319 at 1:13 pm on November 29th 2008

OMG brazil banned counter strike all there is are guns and bombs thats it

friendman319 at 1:08 pm on November 29th 2008

um god of war for saudi is true it does show lol and pokemon they say is gambling cus you know how you trade pokemon and that stuff like battling and if you lose you um... i dont know what im talking about

dallasgoalie31 at 10:07 am on November 29th 2008

so glad i live in America, where free gaming runs amuk.

iiamdoopeyo at 2:03 pm on November 28th 2008

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marykandra at 11:27 am on November 28th 2008

Even if this was true (which these people say it isn't. And I know for a fact from friends that both Australia and the UK get the games you listed) you didn't even list that many games! it's not like all video games were banned. I'm sure hard core fans of the series you listed will disagree, but honestly... they aren't missing out on much if that's it.

cmoyle09 at 8:27 pm on November 27th 2008

i live in Australia and those games you listed are not "banned" when Grand Theft Auto IV came out i just went down to the local game store (EB's) and purchased it like all the other GTA's as for both manhunts i remember hiring them from my video store. Just like most of these game daily list your info is hit and miss.

apathydiver at 6:14 pm on November 27th 2008

i live in brazil, and really play all types of bloody violent games out there, they actually my favs. besides the fact original games are over 200 bucks at least, most ppl cant afford them, so pirate games are normal althought illegal, so any forbden game is easily found and brought by 20 bucks tops depending the plataform.

methanous at 5:00 pm on November 27th 2008

I live in Saudi Arabia, i have to tell u that the country is very open to gaming, pokemon didnt get a ban, but there is a debate about it, i have pokemon pearl and God of war 2, maybe the writer need to check resources?...