I feel bad for them too, I thought they were over it. However at the same time, our First Amendment is under fire as well thanks to the Governator.Fappy said:This is why I love the first amendment. Sorry Australia
Mortal Kombat Banned in Australia
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No, it's around 1-2 per year. Has been since media classification was Federalised (it was a real ratfuck when it was State based)... however, yes, the seemingly arbitrary way in which many games are rated shows the biggest problem with the current system.Woodsey said:
What's even more fucked up is when publishers pre-emptively edit their games and later turns out it was unnecessary (GTA 4 is a prime example - console versions were submitted already butchered, later PC version was submitted unedited and got exactly the same rating... as did the completely unedited stand alone expansion).
Half the MA15+ games I own are rated 17 or 18 in other countries. That's why I've always considered Atkinson and his 'think of the children' ilk to be hypocrits of the highest order - if they stopped pontificating for half a fucking minute and pulled their heads out of their arses they'd probably see that the current system allows more age inappropriate material into the hands of teenagers than a system with a R18+ rating would. It's taking this tact that finally got the whole issue on the table (okay, well near the table most of the time. On the side table, if you will) - not a bunch of self-entitled overgrown children endlessly talking bollocks about their 'rights' but discussing with non-gamers the problems with the current classification system, how it's broken, why it's broken and why the MA15+ classification cannot be trusted as an indicator of age appropriate material.
So EA and the ACB lied when they said the Aussie version would be uncut?Veldie said:
It was Germany that heavily butchered the game - gore, ragdolling and dismemberment all taken out and it still got slapped with an 18.
The release info is that it's a modified version but all involved have said the modifications had nothing to do with cutting content.Veldie said:
Well, Bulletstorm is listed as "MODIFIED" in the ratings but they do that every time they look at a game more than once no matter the reason. They looked at Bulletstorm again to approve the extra content provided in the Epic Edition. No changes at all; that's what's so shocking here.Veldie said:
~_O Australia always does this. But NZ is a 4 hour flight away and we usually let most of what they ban in so its not all bad. They can just import it from here and it will work on their systems because we share the same region code.
Silly Australian government. You didnt think of that did you.
Silly Australian government. You didnt think of that did you.
As far as I understand the government has never won a case like this (although I guess they pseudo won in the 50's with the comic book child delinquency hearings), so I am not really all that concerned about it.Therumancer said:I feel bad for them too, I thought they were over it. However at the same time, our First Amendment is under fire as well thanks to the Governator.Fappy said:This is why I love the first amendment. Sorry Australia
If it were released here in Australia it would be sold at $109, so we import it and save like $40. Its not that critical. Odds are most would have imported anyway just to get it cheaper.
That's still more than any other nation, and any censorship is too much censorship. In Canada a few games have been met with controversy, but the government have never taken action to ban the sale of any game, movie, or anything else of that nature. That's just not true in your home and native land is it?Zenode said:
