Australian R18+ Discussion Paper Now Available

Dippndots

Hey guys thought I would point out, in case any of my fellow Australians had missed the news, the Public Consolation Document for a discussion on a R18+ rating is now avaliable for download here (on the right side in the orange box that says downloads).

http://www.ag.gov.au/gamesclassification

Its essentially a super easy to fill-out questionnaire with the option of adding your opinion in 250 words or less.

If you have the time please fill out and submit the questionnaire, so we can be one step closer to not having awesome games banned or ruined (*cough* LFD2 *cough*).

danshewan

Rather topical....

"This is a question of a small number of very zealous gamers trying to impose their will on society -- and, I think, harm society," he says. "It’s the public interest versus the small, vested interest."

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/26482/Australias_Atkinson_Only_Small_Number_Of_Very_Zealous_Gamers_Want_M_Rating.php

CheeseOnToast

I always thought it was strange for a fairly liberal society like Australia to impose limits like this.

Over here, we still have some pretty stupid licencing laws concerning alcohol and pub closing times. They're a leftover from WW II, but still enforced under some strange belief that allowing people about 3 or 4 hours to drink in then booting them all into the street at the same time is a good idea....They've loosened the rules a bit now in England ( which had the strictest regulations to start with), but not far enough IMO.

sampson

its a bloody outrage it is! i'm contacting my local member of parliamentt... oi... andy!
/simpsons reference