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#1   Nosferatu 

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    Posted 03 December 2009 - 10:58 PM

    Aight, fuck makin' more topics. Just post retarded Australia + Game links here.

    http://kotaku.com/5418499/aliens-vs-predat...n-yes-australia

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      Posted 03 December 2009 - 11:03 PM

      I though this topic was going to be about an Australian version of Afrika.

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        Posted 04 December 2009 - 12:18 AM

        What do you expect when our nations retards banded together and voted in idiots in most of our states and our federal government. Pretty much every social and public service in NSW is not even third world worthy but we can ban video games, HOOAH.

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          Posted 04 December 2009 - 10:53 AM

          http://kotaku.com/5418963/rebellion-refuse...tralian-release
          I <3 them already.

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            Posted 05 December 2009 - 01:44 AM

            View PostNosferatu, on Dec 3 2009, 08:58 PM, said:

            Aight, fuck makin' more topics. Just post retarded Australia + Game links here.

            http://kotaku.com/5418499/aliens-vs-predat...n-yes-australia

            in before AvP2 gets L4D2'd.

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              Posted 09 December 2009 - 10:27 PM

              http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/6984/michaelatkinson.jpg

              ^ Go Go Gadget Wikipedia.

              "Michael Atkinson, Australian politician, is the current South Australian Attorney-General, Minister for Justice, Minister for Veterans' Affairs, and Minister for Multicultural Affairs in the Rann Government."

              "Atkinson is responsible for maintaining Australia's status as the only Western country without a "Mature" rating for video games, despite overwhelming demand for such a rating. Due to this, Atkinson is often at the receiving end of criticism from the international Video Gaming community."

              "Other related consequences include the sale of what are rated "Mature" games in other countries to minors and repeated inconsistent decisions from the OFLC who are "stuck between a rock and a hard place".

              "Australia's current rating system lacks a classification for games above MA15+. It therefore lacks not only an equivalent rating to the ESRB's "AO" (Adults Only) but also an equivalent to the ESRB's "Mature" (17+) rating."

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              As of now there's only one State vetoing an amendment to the classification system, mostly due to the attorney-general's burning grudge against democracy. He wrote a letter to Kotaku this November, almost reminds me of a certain American lawyer.

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                Posted 12 December 2009 - 09:32 AM

                it's worth mentioning that they were advised and presented with papers that encouraged the creation of mature ratings. But of course, our favourite attorney-general voted no because of his personal beliefs.

                It's hilarious that he says censorship for all adult australians is a small sacrifice to keep violent games out of the hands of minors. The best way to do that is to enforce laws on sales to minors, and to educate parents etc etc.


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