The hilarious thing, as others have noted, is that both Bulletstorm and DNF were given a straight-up green light as MA15+ games. In other words, Australia's mighty rating system, which a substantial number of politicians and lobby groups must be maintained as-is to keep objectionable games out of the hands of children, is actually having the exact opposite effect: giving some of the most overtly offensive games in recent memory a lower age rating than anywhere else in the world. Australia is the only country on the planet where someone as young as 15 has the official okay to buy this stuff.
It's such an obviously dysfunctional mess, yet it's easier to snag a few votes by pounding on the "protect our children" line than it is to have thoughtful conversation about it.
(Not that that's unique to Australia. Sadly, that's how most Western democracies work these days.)
It's such an obviously dysfunctional mess, yet it's easier to snag a few votes by pounding on the "protect our children" line than it is to have thoughtful conversation about it.
(Not that that's unique to Australia. Sadly, that's how most Western democracies work these days.)