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Censorship Review Committee
Censorship in Singapore mainly targets political, racial, religious issues and homosexual content as defined by out-of-bounds markers. Implementation The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) approves publications, issues arts entertainment licences and enforces the Free-to-air (FTA) TV Programme Code, Subscription TV Programme Code, TV Advertising Code, Radio Programme Code and Radio Advertising Code through financial penalties. The MDA's decisions may be appealed to the Broadcast, Publications and Arts Appeal Committee (BPAA) and the Films Appeal Committee (FAC). The Censorship Review Committee (CRC) meets every ten years to "''review and update censorship objectives and principles to meet the long-term interests of our society''". The CRC was most recently reconvened in 2009 and made some 80 recommendations the following year, most of which were accepted. Justification The government of Singapore argues that censorship of political, racial, religious and homosexualit ...
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OB Marker
An OB marker, short for "out of bounds marker", is used in Singapore to denote what topics are permissible for public discussion. Discussion topics that go beyond the OB marker, are considered to be either societal, cultural or political Taboo, taboos. The entire phrase "out of bounds marker", however, is rarely used within the political landscape. Etymology The term is adopted from golf, where an out of bounds marker denotes the area beyond which playing is forbidden and not allowed. However, unlike golf, the OB markers of Singaporean political discourse are not visible. The term "OB markers" was first used in 1991 by the then-Minister for Information and the Arts George Yeo to describe the boundaries of acceptable political discourse. Considerations An additional complication is introduced by the fact that OB markers may shift depending on the political climate, so a topic that was previously permissible may be banned in the future, and ''vice versa''. In 1999, George ...
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The Lego Movie Videogame
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Grand Theft Auto III
''Grand Theft Auto III'' is a 2001 action-adventure game developed by DMA Design and published by Rockstar Games. It was the first 3D game in the ''Grand Theft Auto'' series. Set in Liberty City, loosely based on New York City, the story follows Claude, a silent protagonist who becomes entangled in a world of crime, drugs, gang warfare and corruption. The game is played from a Third-person (video games), third-person perspective and its world is navigated on foot or by vehicle. Its open world design lets players Nonlinear gameplay, freely roam Liberty City. Development was shared between DMA Design, based in Edinburgh, and Rockstar, based in New York City. Development involved transforming popular ''Grand Theft Auto'' elements into a fully 3D world for the first time. The game was delayed following the September 11 attacks to allow the team to change references and gameplay deemed inappropriate. ''Grand Theft Auto III'' was released in October 2001 for the PlayStation 2, in May ...
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Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2
''Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2'', stylized as ''Ninja Gaiden Σ2'', is a 2009 action-adventure game developed by Team Ninja and published by Koei Tecmo, Tecmo Koei for the PlayStation 3. It is a port of the 2008 Xbox 360 video game ''Ninja Gaiden II''. It includes the entirety of the original story mode as well as various changes to the game's design, along with updated textures and a 720p resolution. The game changes ''Ninja Gaiden II'' in a similar, but not identical way to how ''Ninja Gaiden Sigma'' changed the original ''Ninja Gaiden (2004 video game), Ninja Gaiden''. A port for the PlayStation Vita, titled ''Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Plus'' (''Ninja Gaiden Σ2+''), was released in 2013. ''Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2'' was released for the Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One as part of the ''Ninja Gaiden: Master Collection'' on June 10, 2021. An Unreal Engine 5 remaster that blends more aspects from the original game with ''Sigma 2'', titled ''Ninja Gaiden 2 Black'', wa ...
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Hyborian Adventures
The Hyborian Age is a fictional period of Earth's history within the artificial mythology created by Robert E. Howard, serving as the Setting (narrative), setting for the sword and sorcery tales of Conan the Barbarian. The word "Hyborian" is derived from the legendary northern land of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greeks, Hyperborea, and it is rendered as such in the earliest draft of Howard's essay "The Hyborian Age". Howard described the Hyborian Age taking place sometime after Thurian Age, the sinking of Atlantis and before the beginning of recorded ancient history. Most later editors and adaptors such as L. Sprague de Camp and Roy Thomas placed the Hyborian Age around 10,000 BC. More recently, Dale Rippke proposed that the Hyborian Age should be placed further in the past, around 32,500 BC, prior to the beginning of the Last Glacial Maximum. Rippke's date, however, has since been disputed by Jeffrey Shanks, who argues for the more traditional placement at the end of the Last ...
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