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Madican · **Joined:** Sun Feb 20, 2011 8:18 pm **Posts:** 13531

Valbrandur wrote:

Mortal Kombat is banned in Ausfailia. Any copy found (those who are obtained illegally or online) will be seized and import will be fined up to 110 thousand dollars.

Cool.

Wow. I mean, Australia's banned games before. But to make it an actual crime to own or import it? That's more than a bit much. That's downright Orwellian.

Syobon · **Joined:** Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:34 am **Posts:** 15027

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Ah, yes. That reminds me. The new fighter, the F-35? The base near my house was supposed to be getting a shitload of them. Except a few people in the next town over didn't want to deal with the noise pollution of the new jets. I'll admit, these planes are loud even for fighter jets, but this means new jobs and an economic boost for every city the Air Force base touches. But no, who wants to raise their kids in a neighborhood where kick-booty fighter jets are constantly flying overhead?

Well, some people happen to like their sleep. Or maybe they don't fly at night?

Also, the Mortal Kombat thing made me facepalm.

BurntToShreds · **Posted:** Fri Mar 18, 2011 6:13 am

Exeres wrote:

Centralia CURRENTLY has only seven people in it. How's that?

Also, I need to visit the Door to Hell before I die.

Centralia seems more like Silent Hill to me.

Shad · **Joined:** Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:43 pm **Posts:** 15289

Madican wrote:

Valbrandur wrote:

Mortal Kombat is banned in Ausfailia. Any copy found (those who are obtained illegally or online) will be seized and import will be fined up to 110 thousand dollars.

Cool.

Wow. I mean, Ausfailia's banned games before. But to make it an actual crime to own or import it? That's more than a bit much. That's downright Orwellian.

Welcome to 2011!

General · **Posted:** Fri Mar 18, 2011 7:28 am

Madican wrote:

Valbrandur wrote:

Mortal Kombat is banned in Ausfailia. Any copy found (those who are obtained illegally or online) will be seized and import will be fined up to 110 thousand dollars.

Cool.

Wow. I mean, Australia's banned games before. But to make it an actual crime to own or import it? That's more than a bit much. That's downright Orwellian.

I don't see any problems with it. I mean, we don't want any innocent kids to start ripping out each other's heads, right?

Syobon · **Joined:** Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:34 am **Posts:** 15027

I've been playing violent videogames(MK, GTA,...) since I was 8. Number of heads I've ripped off: 0.

Madican · **Joined:** Sun Feb 20, 2011 8:18 pm **Posts:** 13531

Syobon wrote:

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Ah, yes. That reminds me. The new fighter, the F-35? The base near my house was supposed to be getting a shitload of them. Except a few people in the next town over didn't want to deal with the noise pollution of the new jets. I'll admit, these planes are loud even for fighter jets, but this means new jobs and an economic boost for every city the Air Force base touches. But no, who wants to raise their kids in a neighborhood where kick-booty fighter jets are constantly flying overhead?

Well, some people happen to like their sleep. Or maybe they don't fly at night?

They don't fly at night. At night all their pilots are in bed around here. But during the day every now and then you can hear them way up the sky and find their sky trails. They don't strafe the town, they're so far up the plane is a tiny pinpoint.

Syobon · **Joined:** Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:34 am **Posts:** 15027

In that case, the complaints are indeed quite ridiculous.

Exeres · **Posted:** Fri Mar 18, 2011 12:09 pm

Around here (Eglin AFB, FTW), the planes fly pretty low, but that's because the pilots know we love them. The only reason Valparaiso residents are raising hell know is because the F-35 is hella loud. I won't argue with that, it is really fucking loud. But claiming something like "noise pollution" and threatening the local economy is bullshit. Eglin owns the land they live on, so there's been rumors of eminent domain being declared if they don't shut up.

[Citation Needed] · **Posted:** Fri Mar 18, 2011 12:17 pm

Here's something more about Japan:

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Japan is considering burying a troubled nuclear reactor to contain the damage. Reports Reuters:

Japanese engineers conceded on Friday that burying a crippled nuclear plant in sand and concrete may be a last resort to prevent a catastrophic radiation release, the method used to seal huge leakages from Chernobyl in 1986.

But they still hoped to solve the crisis by fixing a power cable to two reactors by Saturday to restart water pumps needed to cool overheating nuclear fuel rods. Workers also sprayed water on the No.3 reactor, the most critical of the plant's six.

Backup plans, woo!

Exeres · **Posted:** Fri Mar 18, 2011 1:47 pm

I heard they were just gonna dump a shitload of concrete on the reactors, obviously as a last resort.

Syobon · **Joined:** Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:34 am **Posts:** 15027

Only on reactor 3 I thought.

Game Angel · **Posted:** Sat Mar 19, 2011 8:26 am

BurntToShreds wrote:

Exeres wrote:

Centralia CURRENTLY has only seven people in it. How's that?

Also, I need to visit the Door to Hell before I die.

Centralia seems more like Silent Hill to me.

Going there gives you the full silent hill experience, but instead of being attacked by monsters you fall down firey sinkholes.

Exeres · **Posted:** Sat Mar 19, 2011 12:02 pm

There's another gas protest being organized? How stupid can these people be? There's no way a one-day gasoline boycott will do anything. You're still going to be driving and using gas, which you'll pay for later anyway. Even if this nonsense had any impact, it would be the gas station and the local guy that runs it that gets hit. You're not going to hurt a billionaire oil tycoon by refusing to spend $50 one day.

AngelicSongx · **Posted:** Sun Mar 20, 2011 9:36 pm

IN FLUFFIER NEWS:

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There was a massive pillow fight at the Brandenburg Gate! Berlin's trying to break the record for largest pillow fight in the world!

AWKWARD ZOMBIE

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