The Tragedy that was: Rule of Rose

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Published on November 4, 2019 8:59:38 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q87ppu6kg90

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Rule of Rose (2006)

Duration: 23:01

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Many years ago a game that was both beautiful and cruel and it became the target of unfounded and unmitigated hate. This is the story of that game.

Version en Español:
https://youtu.be/RewDa3ayOXg

Resources:
Panorama Article through internet archive:
https://web.archive.org/web/20070130123747/http://www.panorama.it/internet/computer/articolo/ix1-A020001038759

Wikipedia: Rule of Rose
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_Rose

Rule of Rose Wiki
https://ruleofrose.fandom.com/wiki/Rule_of_Rose

ASSEMBLÉE NATIONALE
PRÉVENTION DE LA DÉLINQUANCE - (n° 3338) AMENDEMENT N° 354
http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/12/amendements/3338/333800354.asp
http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/12/pdf/amendements/3338/333800354.pdf

Wikipedia: Controversies surrounding Silvio Berlusconi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_surrounding_Silvio_Berlusconi

Times: Torturing this child is a game too far, says appalled EU boss
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-2457394,00.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20080905204036/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-2457394,00.html

EU could force official ratings on games
https://www.itnews.com.au/news/eu-could-force-official-ratings-on-games-68698

Quick & dirty Manufactured scandals
http://deepfreeze.it/article.php?a=quickdirty

505 cans Rule of Rose Thanks to controversy.
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/news241106ruleofrose

'Sick' game gets dropped
https://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/Supposedly_sick_game_gets_dropped/1/

“Rule of Rose” hatchet job results in cancellations, truth nowhere in sight
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2006/11/8281/

Rule of Rose UK release cancelled
https://www.videogamer.com/news/rule-of-rose-uk-release-cancelled

Rule Of Rose's UK Release Cancelled
https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/102790/Rule_Of_Roses_UK_Release_Cancelled.php

Moral Panics in the Contemporary World - Google Books
https://books.google.com/books?id=hHXHAgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
P. 149

The Video Game Explosion: A History from PONG to Playstation and Beyond
https://books.google.com/books?id=XiM0ntMybNwC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
P. 280

Rule of Rose Euro release cancelled
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/rule-of-rose-euro-release-cancelled/1100-6162306/

Videogames: più censura per tutti!
http://blogvetriolo.blogspot.com/2006/11/le-crociate-del-2000-n2.html

Rule of Rose Gets Canceled Due to Sexual Controversy
https://news.softpedia.com/news/Rule-of-Rose-Gets-Canceled-Due-to-Sexual-Controversy-40997.shtml

505 responds to Rule of Rose controversy (Get over it, essentially.)
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/news171106ruleofrose

Thank Heaven for Little Girls: Why Rule of Rose May Be 2006's Most Controversial Game
https://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/2718/thank_heaven_for_little_girls_why_.php

Poland Ministry of National Education opposes the distribution of the macabre game
http://prawo.vagla.pl/node/6819

Daily Mail: Call to ban 'obscenely cruel' computer games
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-416803/Call-ban-obscenely-cruel-games.html

vgmdb: RULE of ROSE Original Sound Track
https://vgmdb.net/album/64447

Moral panics, bad journalism, videogames, and Italian melodrama
http://digitalyouth.ischool.berkeley.edu/node/60

Articolo relativo alla polemica seguita alla pubblicazione di Canis Edit Canem (Bully) e di Rule of Rose uscito sul Mucchio Selvaggio di gennaio
https://ossessionicontaminazioni.wordpress.com/category/rule-of-rose/

Panorama copione
http://blogvetriolo.blogspot.com/2006/11/giornalismi.html

Articolo: Panorama e i videogiochi
http://www.videoludica.com/news.php?news=441

Rule of stupidity
https://multiplayer.it/articoli/rule-of-stupidity.html

Rule of Rose: L'Unione Europea richiama all'ordine Franco Frattini
https://www.lastampa.it/2006/11/27/tecnologia/rule-of-rose-lunione-europea-richiama-allordine-franco-frattini-11Zjf6ihleIcHAAtki2mWO/pagina.html

Panorama contro un videogioco
http://www.alongo.it/?p=426

Tutti contro i videogiochi
https://silvanaa.wordpress.com/2006/11/20/tutti-contro-i-videogiochi/

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