9 Video Games Banned For Ridiculous Reasons

9. Marc Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure Banned In Australia For Graffiti

Marc Eckō is an American fashion designer. Already that phrase being involved with a video game should cause a certain amount of apprehension.

To its credit, Marc Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure (just 'Getting Up' from this point) is actually a pretty solid game. It's a kind of Grand Theft Auto meets Jet Set Radio with a really decent soundtrack.

The game follows the story of Trane as he uncovers a city-wide conspiracy concerning gentrification (this came out in 2006, mind) and involves quite a bit of 'tagging'. There is a lot of graffiti-focused plot in this game and that was a problem for the Australian government.

The Federal Classification Review Board claimed the game contained real life graffiti artists and showed kids how to commit the crime (once again, a major plot point involves gentrification and death squads). Like in most countries, graffiti is illegal in Australia. Unlike most countries, the game was effectively banned down under.

Australia is actually surprisingly conservative when it comes to video games.

Not to throw too much logic here but surely it would be better for kids to tag in a game than in real life?