Australia Set to Begin Filtering Online Games

[FallenRainbows]

I swear if my gf still wants to move to Aussie when we can, I may scream and die inside... Until I get TEH SEX0R

Oh well, 5-10 years till that yet, Oh and a nuclear Armageddon. Trust me on this one.

 

[CoverYourHead]

It's times like this that I'm kinda glad that I live in America... but the feeling only lasts a second.

This is just... crazy. I can't believe a government would censor everything rated higher then a 15. I just can't wrap my head around it.

 

[Soulgaunt]

Why do people live in Australia...From the news I can gather that Australia is:Extremely hot, plenty of fires, floods, fires and floods, all the wildlife is trying to kill you, they get everything with delays, video game censorship and probably other crap...

Australlia is starting to sound like hell.

NO! YOU BEAT ME TOO IT!

I were just gonna say that Australia is hell and if you live there you become awesome, Paul Hogan and Steve Irving are proof of it, well, not Steve, but Paul Hogan is.

Muahahaha! Fear my scorpion's almighty ability to ninja!

I'm this near changing to a Zakum avatar, just to make you submit.

I'll just change my avatar to the one and only, almighty Pink Bean!

Scuba Pepe > All

Good sir, have you seen the Pink Bean?

Sadly, no. But I'll look it up on Hidden Street.

http://media.strategywiki.org/images/1/16/MS_Monster_Pink_Been.png
Those who are easily frightened should not click on the link.

 

[A random person]

ATKINSON!!!!!

Thats it, timmy, hand me my baseball bat, then I'm going to carve a well thought out speech into the wood THEN BLUDGEON THE WORDS INTO THERE SKULLS!

Can I join in with my flame chainsaw?

 

[Soulgaunt]

Why do people live in Australia...From the news I can gather that Australia is:Extremely hot, plenty of fires, floods, fires and floods, all the wildlife is trying to kill you, they get everything with delays, video game censorship and probably other crap...

Australlia is starting to sound like hell.

NO! YOU BEAT ME TOO IT!

I were just gonna say that Australia is hell and if you live there you become awesome, Paul Hogan and Steve Irving are proof of it, well, not Steve, but Paul Hogan is.

Muahahaha! Fear my scorpion's almighty ability to ninja!

I'm this near changing to a Zakum avatar, just to make you submit.

I'll just change my avatar to the one and only, almighty Pink Bean!

Scuba Pepe > All

Good sir, have you seen the Pink Bean?

Sadly, no. But I'll look it up on Hidden Street.

http://media.strategywiki.org/images/1/16/MS_Monster_Pink_Been.png
Those who are easily frightened should not click on the link.

That thing has got nothing on Scuba Pepe.

Speaking of Maplestory, do you know what to do with those God damn watermelons from that new quest?

 

[Mackinator]

Why do people live in Australia...From the news I can gather that Australia is:Extremely hot, plenty of fires, floods, fires and floods, all the wildlife is trying to kill you, they get everything with delays, video game censorship and probably other crap...

Australlia is starting to sound like hell.

Ain't it.

And I agree with Olive there are some pretty bad things and some crime is supposed to be bad in some places.

 

[TheDoomThing]

Wouldn't it be easier to just to put a 18+ rating into place?
Trying to block mature things on the limitless gruel-tub that is the Internet seems just like overthinking it. And also maybe the start of goverment controlled game making. Fucking facists.

 

[tsb247]

Why do people live in Australia...From the news I can gather that Australia is:Extremely hot, plenty of fires, floods, fires and floods, all the wildlife is trying to kill you, they get everything with delays, video game censorship and probably other crap...

'Tis a high price to pay in order to have the best damn accent in the world.

I second that!

However it is quite a shame. So much for freedom... I hope the Australians can catch a break from this nonsense.

 

[Tharwen]

"The United Australian People's Government will reign supreme comrades! With the generous and benevolent government keeping your minds from turning astray by blocking games with undesirable messages, our glorious nation will be purged of those who would corrupt your hearts and divert your aims!" - Source: Official Australian Government broadcast, 2025

 

[obisean]

So I guess from now on that Yahtzee will be reviewing "Disney Princess Adventure" and "My Little Pony Paradise Island"?

 

[hieiwrath]

i dont get it why they do that? what adults game have that is so bad to them? i understand China, that it isnt a democratic country, so they dont want the chineses to know that other people have rights.

 

[The Bandit]

If you have kids under ten playing Silent Hill, then you have a problem. Fifteen-year-olds, not a problem. Legal adults--this shouldn't even be an issue. It seems ridiculous that the government of a supposedly free country is doing its best to censor the content available to everyone, not just minors. I find the ESRB's restrictions frustrating enough--I'm quite glad I don't live in Australia at the moment.

If ten year olds are playing Silent Hill it's a family issue, not a national security crisis that requires censoring the effing Internet.

 

[The_Prophet]

Why do people live in Australia...From the news I can gather that Australia is:Extremely hot, plenty of fires, floods, fires and floods, all the wildlife is trying to kill you, they get everything with delays, video game censorship and probably other crap...

Yeah, and the dropbears.
OT: What do they think they'll get by doing this? Except maybe angry mobs.

 

[hieiwrath]

Except for the fact that they have this crazy censorship and a wildlife extremely letal Australia is good country to live i think