[akibastyle]

I had to spot this as I go along deleting posts
As far as my take on it: it is a damn shame as far as freedom of expression is concerned, but gaming companies do give a damn (as far as the financial costs) when it comes to their games' rating from T to M or changing it from M to A(I.E. - the shitfire that came along when people cracked GTA:III San Andreas - Hot Coffee says it all lmao) You also have to take in that censorship varies all over the world: the US worries more about sexual content in games more than violence whereas in Japan, they're more sensitive to graphic violence than the sex(I'm not too keen on what's taboo in Europe though...).
But it's just something that folks will agree to disagree on, since total freedom of expression will only bring more controversy (and loss of sales) for developers, as conservative folks will find it a reason to toot their own horn(remember all the crap that rained on COD: MW2 when the No Russian scene got leaked on the internet???).
The demographics say that kids are the leading consumers so until their parents get tired of buying Wii games or kids can convince their parents that Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude is really a fun game to play because of the storyline(Thank goodness they put out a A verson as well since I really loved that game lol), there's no end in sight to censorship (or at least the scaling down of games - it's just a process I've come to accept from game developers ).As long as it doesn't affect the gameplay I won't go into cardiac arrest... but I still feel ya on this bro