Mass Effect banned in Singapore over lesbian scene

by Ross Miller { Nov 14th 2007 at 10:30PM }

If a human female and a humanoid alien who is classified as female want to express their love in a physical manner, who are we to interrupt the natural order of the universe? According to Singapore newspaper The Straits Times, the government's Media Development Authority has banned BioWare's Mass Effect from sale in the country.

As reported by Reuters, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said, "the city-state should keep its conservative values and not allow special rights for homosexuals." The lesbian scene was posted on GameVideos earlier this week before Microsoft asked them to remove it.

[Thanks, Mitchell]

Tags: bioware, gay, lesbian, lgbt, mass-effect, masseffect, sex

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)

hvnlysoldr @ Nov 14th 2007 10:35PM

Singapore actually buys non-pirated games?

Hashbrown_Hunter @ Nov 14th 2007 11:13PM

Honestly, I'm just as surprised as you are

silentio @ Nov 15th 2007 12:14AM

Yes. A good number of Singaporeans do buy original games. It's actually hard to find pirated discs here these days, not as rampant as it was just a few years ago.

That said, the vast majority still download ISOs and buy pirated discs when the opportunity arises. The attitude towards respecting IP is very poor here. Parents pirate and children learn it from young when they use a R4 with their DS to play Pokemon. A sad state of affairs which is improving only slightly. But it's better than no improvement at all.

comtar @ Nov 14th 2007 10:42PM

I bet Iran will ban this game, cause there are no gays in Iran.

gonk @ Nov 14th 2007 10:43PM

if there are no gays in iran then this game shouldn't make a difference in that, since these are virtual

*wink*

man iran is so fucked up. well all hardcore muslims are

DangerMouse @ Nov 14th 2007 10:49PM

I don't think video games are sold in Iran, anyway.

F1 @ Nov 14th 2007 11:36PM

They are but they all end in you blowing up.

Nick @ Nov 15th 2007 12:05AM

@gonk
Too bad only a tiny portion of Iranians are "hardcore" Muslims. Don't believe everything you see on Fox.

gonk @ Nov 15th 2007 12:07AM

they should overthrow their government then and erect one that represents the majority

Nick @ Nov 15th 2007 12:24AM

Funny, I would say the same thing about the US government.

gonk @ Nov 15th 2007 12:39AM

bush was re-elected by 51% of the voters... (not by me though)

hvnlysoldr @ Nov 15th 2007 1:14AM

Having worked in the previous election Nov 6, 2007, let me tell you this. Don't change the voting machines again. It cost us a pretty penny already for new machines. And then they made us buy brand new ones in the next election. Ugh. And don't get me started on photo ID, absentee, and provisional votes.

Jake @ Nov 15th 2007 8:44AM

There are about as many "hardcore Muslims" in Iran as we have hardcore rednecks that truly believe we should nuke Iran. It is a lot, but certainly not the majority. If fact, Iran's youth generally want a more progressive future.

GRANTED @ Nov 15th 2007 9:56AM

I don't think we are talking about hardcore Muslims--true Muslims only care about following the Koran and don't give a shit about the US. you are talking about extremist radicals, called so because they are not in the majority. And the movement would be much smaller and more isolated if: 1. it wasn't funded by the Iranian government, and 2. the US didn't involve itself in what is bound to be a decades-long conflict in the Middle-East. The hilarity of the whole situation is as long as U.S. treats Middle-Eastern nations like shit, Anti-US hard-liner fundamentalists will stay in power and will continue to fund terrorist cells and promote a culture of terrorist extremism.

I'd rather deal with a hardliner Muslim than an evangelical Christian any day, and I'm Catholic.

JLynx @ Nov 15th 2007 10:41AM

Can we get back on the Mass Effect talk now? Save the huffing and puffing for another blog.

upz @ Nov 15th 2007 12:26PM

"...well all hardcore muslims are."

Perhaps, but we could say that same about "hardcore" Chrisians and probably even "hardcore" gamers, Mr. Narrowminded.

Bluebrake @ Nov 14th 2007 10:43PM

"the city-state should keep its conservative values and not allow special rights for homosexuals."

Do you mean "equal rights"? Fuck, I hate these people.

Jon @ Nov 15th 2007 3:32AM

You should google 'Thio li Ann' and see what the country has become.

xGeneral DEATHx @ Nov 15th 2007 12:59PM

Props to Bluebrake for the Springheel Jack pic.

Richard @ Nov 14th 2007 10:43PM

Ahh, yes, "special rights." Such as those considered normal rights for everyone else.

DangerMouse @ Nov 14th 2007 10:47PM

Hmm, should i let video games mold me into a heartless killer without remorse, or should i let them teach me the ways of the lesbian?

ChiTownRuler23 @ Nov 14th 2007 10:48PM

come on singapore who doesnt like sum extra teresttiual extra teresttial love

ChiTownRuler23 @ Nov 14th 2007 10:49PM

come on singapore who doesnt like sum extra teresttiual on extra teresttial love*****

gonk @ Nov 14th 2007 10:59PM

what

hvnlysoldr @ Nov 14th 2007 11:04PM

It's extra terestrial. Damnit ET!

Sentry Gun (Jesus) @ Nov 14th 2007 11:24PM

i dont like extra terestrial love
it makes my penis hard and uncomfortable

ChiTownRuler23 @ Nov 14th 2007 11:56PM

yah how ever you spell it im not an english teacher and i was being sarcastic i dont thinkt hat scene got ne one hard well maybe the occasional nerd who never talked to a girl face to face

gonk @ Nov 15th 2007 12:08AM

jesus dude, go back to school

Tiger of PTS @ Nov 15th 2007 2:30AM

Funniest comment of the day.

fluffbox @ Nov 15th 2007 9:21AM

You know, Firefox 2 has this wonderful spell checking feature that checks your spelling when you type.. ;p

ChiTownRuler23 @ Nov 15th 2007 12:46PM

aww did i get every ones panties in a knot because i spelled a few words wrong I'm sorry i didn't think of your feelings and used spell check, now you that you got your apology now you can go off and spell check every ones grammar over the internet