Plugged In
Stay plugged in to technology news. Cox staffers across the country and around the globe bring you breaking tech news and other high-tech tidbits and explain what it all means to you and your community -- 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Only with "Plugged In."RSS feed
What's on this page →
All the entries posted on November 21, 2007.
Commenting is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. M-F
Recent entries
Home > Plugged In > Archives > 2007 > November > 21
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Microsoft’s Mass Effect game out everywhere but Singapore
Microsoft shipped its Xbox 360 video game, Mass Effect, to retailers this week. It sells at a list price of $59.99, but undoubtedly there will be discounts.
Except in Singapore. The futuristic space odyssey has been banned in the tiny city-state because of a lesbian scene between a human and alien woman.
The story pits a special agent, Commander Shepard, against evil forces around the galaxy. Think Captain Kirk versus the usual bunch of alien bad boys.
It’s gotten good reviews. One described it as a thinking man’s Halo. It poses moral dilemmas; you have to think before you shoot.
The game is rated M for blood, language, partial nudity, sexual themes and violence. But if what I viewed on joystiq.com was the objectionable scene, it looked pretty tasteful to me. And anyway, won’t most players be too busy saving the world to devote much time to such nonsense?