Seems that Sega has become a target of censorship lately on the heels of their Condemned 2 ads being banned for being too brutal for television. Apparantly a total of nine complaints were filed and three people said that the commercials were inappropriate for broadcast television. It is good to see that the network folded to the demands of the majority, those three people probably filed three complaints each to make the grand total of nine.

The ads appeared in post-9pm and post-11pm slots respectively. The longer, post-11pm version showed three punches from a first person perspective, with a hooded figure holding a brick aloft then bringing it down towards the camera.

The ASA concluded: ‘… the ads contained scenes of graphic and brutal violence which, although computer-generated, were realistic in appearance.

I think this is utterly ridiculous that in this day and age we can not watch animated violence on television. There are so many worse things to see, but a thirty second spot of Condemned 2 is ridiculous!? Two things if interest here as well are the fact that the game ads were set to air late night, which you would think would not give it any problem what so ever and the fact that Condemned 2 is an old title by now. The relevancy of the game is pretty low at this time since it has been at least 6 months since its release to the market and now people are complaining?

[Via MCV]