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Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 911 Joined: 20 Jun 2008     | |
BANNED  Posts: 2505 Joined: 19 Aug 2008    | Why would you ban a video game? What is it going to do? Its not going to go around making people kill other people, its not GTA IV or something like that! F.E.A.R. 2 has been banned for sale and distribution in Australia by the OFLC due to "high-impact violence."[11] Warner Bros. Interactive spokesman said that company will appeal and that they are willing to look at "all avenues" to make sure that game is released in Australia." I just read that on the Wikipedia page. User was banned for: Poll: Round 5 - Field of Four - (1) Turbine vs (1) Nintendo. (Permanent) |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 862 Joined: 29 May 2008    | well... at least there consistent in there Pursuit of... censorship? |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 786 Joined: 12 Aug 2008   | Oh no, FEAR 2 banned in Australia. S'not stopping me from moving back to Adelaide. |
BANNED  Posts: 108 Joined: 2 Jul 2008    |
Micheal Aktinson - this man is in South Australia - NOT EVEN A F------ STATE - and is a politition who does not an R18+ rating, so Australia cannot have an R18+ rating until he gets on the bandwagon (As likely as Jack Thomsan Being Pro GTA) or someone else gets elected into his position Hoped that helped User was banned for: Poll: Round 4 - North: (1) Turbine vs (2) Valve. (Permanent) |
On the Record  Posts: 5178 Joined: 3 Mar 2008     | Hey, they banned GTA: San Andreas for a while, almost banned Fallout 3 (But had it censored instead; I think Steam might be the solution to this problem) and is even thinking of censoring the internet. Now it's this, and with no justified reason, either. Oh well, at least I'm getting a free laptop next year (or so they say). |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 105 Joined: 17 Nov 2008     | BITCH!!!! fear 1 was freaking awesome, the australian goverment lately has something against games that are fun. oh yeah i cant wait for the tone down, same thing happened too fallout 3. this is why i would never fight in the army for my country, because i'd be dying for a load of idiots in authority |
BANNED Posts: 108 Joined: 2 Jul 2008 |
THINKING!! They already have activated it, this means slightly slower internet for everyone and pedophiles and bomb makers have to go somewhere else for their material (perhaps adelide?) I am kidding about the adelide bit. User was banned for: Poll: Round 4 - North: (1) Turbine vs (2) Valve. (Permanent) |
BANNED Posts: 108 Joined: 2 Jul 2008 |
Don't bet on it, Kenvin Rudd has bigger issues, if you live in NSW then you may get one but if you live anywhere else then probabley not (I live in WA :'( ) Kevin Rudd is putting the budget into deficet to stop Australia going into a recession (or every part of Australia that isn't WA because we have Iron Ore) that means that there won't be any money for your laptop Sorry for Double posting User was banned for: Poll: Round 4 - North: (1) Turbine vs (2) Valve. (Permanent) |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 931 Joined: 17 Sep 2008     |
From what I've seen it doesn't work in the slightest. Krunk why are you getting a laptop? |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 418 Joined: 22 Nov 2008    | I say the software board are hypcryts.(sorry for the bad spelling) Not that there is anything wrond with bioshock and farcry 2 Im just trying to say that the board has alot of double standards. |
On the Record Posts: 5178 Joined: 3 Mar 2008 |
Labor Party Policy, which, thanks to the reallocating of the Senate, has allowed them to actually do anything. Anyway, it states that students from years 9-11 get a free laptop (it's looking like it's going to be a MacBook) for use at school in the ongoing technological advances. Hopefully, they will start to use fibre optic cabling too, so our internet will be decent too. But that's just me wishing. |
Pulitzer Laureate Posts: 931 Joined: 17 Sep 2008 |
Damn it must re-enrol in year 11. Correct me if I'm wrong but didn't we lay a huge fibre optic cable across some of the ocean but when it hits Australia we still have the same exchanges so only metro get some of the speed but still not all? |
On the Record Posts: 5178 Joined: 3 Mar 2008 |
Yeah. However, it doesn't change the fact that Australia's internet is crap, and will be extremely expensive to fix. I don't think we'll see awesome internet until the Credit Crunch dies down. |
Pulitzer Laureate Posts: 931 Joined: 17 Sep 2008 |
That isn't double standards. It would be if other games used drugs that are from the real world, like Fallout 3 with morphine, but Bioshock uses faux drugs and I haven't played Farcry 2 but is it safe to assume the drugs you use to heal yourself aren't drugs that you would see a junkie using?
Oh well, better than nothing. That's also the same opinion I have about games being censored, think about it if it weren't for being censored the game would just be denied sale in Australia, which is worse? |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1566 Joined: 8 Oct 2008  |
Bad parents form the majority of voters and they make any excuse to blame something else for their bad parenting, the politicians listen and laws are made. Democracy just doesn't work! |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 704 Joined: 27 Nov 2008     |
No no no. democracy is working here. it is working for the peoples interests. sadly the people are idiots and honest to god don't know whats best for them. |
BANNED Posts: 108 Joined: 2 Jul 2008 | Democracy works like my mothers old Mitsabishi Pintara - Fine most days but some days it will die and will be stranded until someone helps out - just remember guys there is a difference between something working and something working well. User was banned for: Poll: Round 4 - North: (1) Turbine vs (2) Valve. (Permanent) |
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Look, it all comes down to mothers and farthers every where to make sure their kids dont play these kind of games, and blaming a game after your kids kills himself or someone else doesnt change the fact that games dont kill. Bad parenting does.