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Game censorship around the world

The state of state-imposed babysitting

Words: Tyler Wilde, GamesRadar US
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jackthemenace  - 2 months 3 days ago 
bet no-one here new even though japanese porn has to have everything below the waist censored out, there is no child porn law. suck on THAT US!
jackthemenace  - 2 months 3 days ago 
sorry, just had to say that. also, australia should release the 18+ games as 15s. THAT would be fun...


i miss australia...

good article!
noobeater  - 2 months 2 days ago 
@jackthemenace

grz uv unveiled to the world that your a paedophile


also i think the british are generally relaxed about films and games, im happy enough, besides manhunt never interested me. oh and i got gta when i was like 12, my parents didnt mind and they knew i knew i wernt gonna kill anyone
And_ROOS  - 2 months 2 days ago 
Its stupid here in Aus, 1 person from each state (total of 5) make the rules. They all must agree on something to pass. 4 of the 5 support 18+ rating for games. 1, from a backwards hick state full of "Christian morals" refuses to comply but never has good reason for doing so.

The issue is, this wont stop online users. I STILL plan on getting L4D2 on PC via Steam, and other people i know are importing it via other sites.

So in the end, nothing gets accomplished, this turd gets heat for being a backwards hick, and gamers will keep playing those "naughty games" etc etc
SHAD0WNINJA  - 2 months 2 days ago 
I had never heard of those ones in China about "damaging the nations glory," and disturbing social order." Thank god Hong Kong isn't completely back to china then. Nice article btw.
TedDidlio  - 2 months 2 days ago 
Extremely good article.

All forms of state censorship, excluding censoring state secrets, inciting violence, and public displays of hardcore pornographic material in regards to young children, are abhorrent and should not be tolerated by rational human beings.
dimomarg  - 2 months 2 days ago 
I AM Greek. What is up with us? It's simple. The government is a crapload of crapful idiots...
Defiance  - 2 months 2 days ago 
Agree with Thoenik.

Here in Greece we have lot's of arcades and even more cyber cafes devoted to video games nowadays.

This law though was enough to send us into an era were no arcades nor any internet cafes existed.
TheWebSwinger  - 2 months 2 days ago 
I love this article. It's a bit "Rah! Rah! U-S-A" for my taste, but it's so well written that I couldn't give two shits.
Arukami  - 2 months 2 days ago 
Ahhh thgey must'nt cencor those awesome game like AI GAME 2...ahahahah!
Hurricrane  - 2 months 2 days ago 
I'm surpirsed you didn't mention how Saudi Arabia banned Pokemon
bilstar  - 2 months 2 days ago 
I remember the Mass Effect thing. Saw a lady on TV, Fox news possibly? And she was just saying stuff that wasn't accurate at all. It was just lies! It was pretty shocking really.
GRwarrior  - 2 months 1 day ago 
I live in Australia, and our rating system is fucked up. They banned Left for Dead 2 for christ's sake
FETALJUICE  - 2 months 1 day ago 
Ah yes, the "Sexbox Scandal". Those reporters who came up with that sensationalist bullshit should have been fired. Hilarious though.

And Greece? SHAME ON YOU!
Cepzeu  - 2 months 1 day ago 
Ha ha, shame on german people
dakotak51  - 2 months 1 day ago 
there was an incident involving GTA IV in new zealand on which a guy protested on removing the "aussie" 15+ rating and asking for it to be reviewed by the new zealand authorities.

Thankfully it worked and we know have the full, bloody R18 version!!!!
Trg564  - 2 months 1 day ago 
Australia is so tough that Fallout 3 was almost banned for having Morphine
Amatarasu  - 1 month 29 days ago 
germanys the reason i can't go on a murdurus rampage through little lamp light in fallout 3

hmmm, and i better cross austrailia off my " possible countrys to live in" list .....is new zeland the same way?
WaggleMyBoomstick  - 1 month 27 days ago 
it's not the OFLC's fault since Michael Atkinson on the Board of Attorney's General won't allow them to use a 18+ for games, but other forms of media can use it. Usually the OFLC Refuse Classification, then after the game has had a tiny mod, it gets reclassified 15+: the unintended age group that game was made for (the irony being lost on M.A.). They had no problem with the violence in Fallout 3 and Gears Of War.

The funny thing is, on the same day L4D2 got RC, the OFLC passed 2 porn flicks.
And you can see tits and say fuck with the australian equivilant of the TV14 rating on free-to-air network TV.
reaperman22  - 1 month 24 days ago 
basicly every gamer in australia is pissed at the fact that left for dead 2 is banned, i personally have never played the first 1 and probably would of never played the second 1 either but the fact they banned it has pissed me off.
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