Comments on: Australia bans another video game http://stilgherrian.com/media/aust_bans_another_video_game/ All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris. Vive les poissons rouges sauvages! Sat, 19 May 2012 21:24:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com/media/aust_bans_another_video_game/#comment-16215 Stilgherrian Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:57:51 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/media/aust_bans_another_video_game/#comment-16215 <strong>@Yeebok Shu'in:</strong> This is also precisely why the proponents of pervasive Internet censorship... sorry, "filtering" like the Australian Christian Lobby's <a href="http://newmatilda.com/2009/02/02/christian-lobby-are-new-lions-clean-feed">Jim Wallace</a> are misleading people when they talk about refused Classification (RC) material being about child pornography. A video game which in other countries would be rated R18+ also falls into that category because we don't have that category here in Australia. As for the "Why?", in most cases it's probably like the current one: a political trade-off for Senate votes from the extreme-right Christians by people who value short-term political gain over long-term thinking and human rights. @Yeebok Shu’in: This is also precisely why the proponents of pervasive Internet censorship… sorry, “filtering” like the Australian Christian Lobby’s Jim Wallace are misleading people when they talk about refused Classification (RC) material being about child pornography. A video game which in other countries would be rated R18+ also falls into that category because we don’t have that category here in Australia.

As for the “Why?”, in most cases it’s probably like the current one: a political trade-off for Senate votes from the extreme-right Christians by people who value short-term political gain over long-term thinking and human rights.

]]> By: Yeebok Shu'in http://stilgherrian.com/media/aust_bans_another_video_game/#comment-16212 Yeebok Shu'in Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:44:49 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/media/aust_bans_another_video_game/#comment-16212 Yes, this one's quite an issue, especially when you consider the 'average' gamer is apparently male and 35-40. That 'we' (collective, not royal we) can only play games that are suitable for 15 year olds or younger IS a worry. It means bad things for the economy also, as people are forced to get the games they want "illegally" (eg buy it overseas or torrent it). In a few ways this is quite a large issue, particularly in terms of consistency : You can buy R/X rated magazines, books, movies, etc, but not games. Why ?? Yes, this one’s quite an issue, especially when you consider the ‘average’ gamer is apparently male and 35-40. That ‘we’ (collective, not royal we) can only play games that are suitable for 15 year olds or younger IS a worry. It means bad things for the economy also, as people are forced to get the games they want “illegally” (eg buy it overseas or torrent it). In a few ways this is quite a large issue, particularly in terms of consistency : You can buy R/X rated magazines, books, movies, etc, but not games. Why ??

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