The Germans hate violence. They hate it so much that the country's censors love nothing more than to slap blanket bans on videogames with violent content. Or red blood. Green zombie-style blood is fine though.

So if you want to see more on the latest videogame nasty to get the German ratings board (Die Unterhaltungssoftware SelbstKontrolle to be exact) all worked up, you can now check out the playable demo of Codemaster's superb Clive Barker's Jericho which has just popped up on Xbox Live Marketplace and on PC.

Warning: This game is truly shit scary and it is brilliantly frightening to play it in a dark room alone. Despite what your parents, teachers and other concerned authorities might advise. Go on. Try it. We dare you. Adam is still having actual nightmares about this game and refusing to continue playing it. It's that good!

Grab the 900 MB demo off Live right now or head here for the PC demo.