Risen Banned in Australia
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HEY LOOK GUYS
AUSTRALIA BANNED A GAME
THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN OR ANYTHING
Odds are the developer will just cut/change the references, and the game will be released anyway... though it will be less interesting for it. I mean, sure I like Fallout 3, but think of all the dramatic tension that could have been in the game by showing the animation of your avatar actually DOING DRUGS, instead of magically consuming/taking them from the pause screen.
AUSTRALIA BANNED A GAME
THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN OR ANYTHING
Odds are the developer will just cut/change the references, and the game will be released anyway... though it will be less interesting for it. I mean, sure I like Fallout 3, but think of all the dramatic tension that could have been in the game by showing the animation of your avatar actually DOING DRUGS, instead of magically consuming/taking them from the pause screen.
Truthfully I think something needs to be done about Austrlia either internally or externally.
At any rate I'd HOPE Australians will find back door ways of getting the game if they want it.
At any rate I'd HOPE Australians will find back door ways of getting the game if they want it.
Conservative Catholicism by any chance? Just a wild stab in the darkannoyinglizardvoice said:
.But see, that's the problem. The industry shouldn't be trying to appease censors but fight them, or effectively render them irrelevent. Free Speech/Expression/Artistic Expression is a cornerstone of freedom and humanity.scotth266 said:
Not exactly. ONE MAN (Who also happens to be the Attorney-General of South Australia) is holding back R18+ ratings on games because he believes that kids shouldn't have access to that kind of material...Danzaivar said:
We have Stephen Conroy and his magical filterwall on one side and Michael Atkinson and his "games are for kids" mentality on the other. We don't have anywhere to turn.
It's not. Our government is just built in a way that it takes a while to put proper systems in place for newer trends or media. So there are a few key people in key places that cause this kind of crap to happen. On the whole, nobody gives enough of a shit about video games to censor them, just the people that matter... the irony would be delicious of irony wasn't the favorite passtime of this country.annoyinglizardvoice said:
I'm going to write to my local member-chap person, at least I won't feel useless about the whole thing.
You mean this guy doesn't realise that if it has an 18 age rating then giving the game to a kid is breaking the law? And he's Attorney General?aaron552 said:
Maybe we should have shipped some more smart criminals down there. Sorry about that.
Well you can always emigrate I guess.
I am suddenly interested in this new game i've never heard of, along with everyone else whom I assume has not heard of Risen.
Can't you just switch your download region in the steam settings to buy the game? Or if that fails use a proxy or make another steam account set in another country?Royas said:
The sad thing is this will just drive all the people who were going to buy the game to pirate it if they can't get it through legal means.
Can Australia please have a fucking revolution already. I mean the American government treats its citizens like they are 16 year old, but the Australian government treats its citizens like they are 7 year olds.
