Archive for the ‘Game Censorship’ Category
Monday, December 14th, 2009
It's finally here (and about time). The Federal Government is inviting submissions from the Australian public on whether the Australian National Classification Scheme should include an R18+ rating for video games.
Download the paper here: DOC | PDF.
According to the sixteen page paper, the government aims to summarise some of ...
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Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
Show your support for the introduction of an adult games rating this Saturday the 5th Of December at King George Square in Brisbane. It's set to kick off at 11am (a good chance for you to fit in some Christmas shopping after. Games perhaps?).
The Facebook group for the event lists ...
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Thursday, September 17th, 2009
It didn't take long. Another video game has been banned by the Australian Classification Board. This time Left 4 Dead 2, the high-profile sequel to the 2008 first-person zombie shooter which was classified MA15+.
The ACB handed down a Refused Classification rating to the new game, citing high in impact violence ...
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Monday, August 10th, 2009
Refused-Classification.com reports that Koch Media's medieval role-playing game Risen has been Refused Classification by the Australian Classification Board, making it the third game to banned in 2009. It was due for release October 2nd.
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Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
A government report on media use by young people, that ACMA Chairman Chris Chapman says is sure to inform further debate about digital media literacy, has found 76% - 92% of parents surveyed find it easy to manage their child's use of the Internet. The report also found that most ...
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Thursday, June 25th, 2009
Asher Moses at The Sydney Morning Herald reports that a spokesperson for Senator Conroy has confirmed that ISP filtering will be used to block access to downloadable games, flash-based web games and sites which sell physical copies of games that do not meet the MA15+ standard, the highest game classification ...
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Sunday, May 31st, 2009
I'm playing catch up on bans this week and the first worth noting is Sexy Poker by WiiWare getting hit with an RC by the Australian Classification Board. Why? Nudity is an incentive or reward to game play. Sort of the point, eh.
GameSpot reports:
"In the Board’s view Sexy Poker offers ...
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Sunday, May 17th, 2009
The new website for the Australian Classification Board reveals a comprehensive list of content that is Refused Classification (RC) in Australia.
Although this information has been available to the public in the past (unlike the contents of the ACMA blacklist of banned websites), to the best of my knowledge the grouping ...
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Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
Apologies for the late notice folks, but this one only just crossed my path (or I may have forgot about it - sorry). University of Melbourne is holding a free public lecture of online game classification and censorship on Wednesday the 13th May. Speaking is Dr Jeffrey E. Brand, an ...
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Friday, April 17th, 2009
Finally! The long awaited discussion paper on introducing an adult classification for video games will soon be released for public input. It won't be released by state and territory Attorney’s-General though. They couldn't agree on contents of the paper (no surprise). Instead the office of the Commonwealth Minister of Home ...
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