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Left 4 Dead 2 banned in Australia
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"The game contains realistic, frenetic and unrelenting violence which is inflicted upon "the Infected" who are living humans infected with a rabies-like virus that causes them to act violently... it is the use of the "melee" weapons such as the crowbar, axe, chainsaw and Samurai sword which inflict the most damage.
These close in attacks cause copious amounts of blood spray and splatter, decapitations and limb dismemberment as well as locational damage where contact is made to the enemy which may reveal skeletal bits and gore. Projectile shots to infected humans can cause abdominal wounds which can reveal innards or even cause intestines to spill from the wounds."
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I lol'd, they actually made it sound awesome, if only...
Silly Aussies.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_banned_video_games#Australia
sucks to be a gamer in australia
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Typical nanny state gone wrong.
Really, what's the difference between burning books and banning video games?
No difference at all. It's insane and obscene to see a modern 'democracy' acting this way.
"" Voice acting isn't an RPG element....it's just a production value." - grumpymel2
Wow, sucks to be an Aus
March on! - Lets Invade Pekopon
Exactly! Is OP sure that this excerpt isn't actually from Left4dead 2's ad campaign? =P
By the way, for as cool as Australia is I feel really sorry for their gamers.
Originally posted by GTwander:
How are you an MMO? Or any of us for that matter?
I say we strike all users from the site for not being MMOs.
They should change their rating system for games
Man I do feel sorry that their government sucks ass by trying to control stuff like that. If that ever happened in America Id be pissed and I would turn into a damn Pirate then. Fuck big government, I say do whatever the fuck you want as long as your not hurting anyone its cool.
"Left 4 Dead 2 could still see sale in Australia should the offending gore be altered. The OFLC originally refused to classify Fallout 3 due to its depiction of morphine, but Bethesda's RPG received an MA 15+ rating once the drug was changed to the fictional "Med-X." Fallout 3's graphic "strong violence" was deemed within the limits of the rating."
Lol'ed about this part of the story as well. Shows how broken the system really is.
You mean like buying alcohol when you are 18..? Countries ban a vast array of stuff, usually for the same reason: Those who do not consume product make the laws. It's insanely stupid, but it's been around since ancient Greece. (Germany banned Wolfenstein btw)
That said, poor Aussies.
Stories like this make me consider acts like Columbine and the crying out against violent videogames Americans had at the time. Yet today videogames are at least ten times more violent and graphic as the games those guys were playing (Doom I think it was) and save for the rare occasion (Manhunt 2 anyone?) people in the states have come to terms with obscenely violent games that are being made today. I guess what I wonder is, exactly how many acts of violence that can be linked to videogames has Australia had for them to tow as hard of a line as they do?
Originally posted by GTwander:
How are you an MMO? Or any of us for that matter?
I say we strike all users from the site for not being MMOs.
Any violence committed by a person "due" to a video game is more the fault of stupidity than the video game itself. They should be banning stupidity before they ban video games, but if stupidity was banned, the world would be a lot less populated.
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I agree there are a lot of stupid people on this earth and I just don't get it how people can play a game and then think they can get away with it in real life. www.break.com/usercontent/2008/4/7-Year-Old-Steals-Grandma-s-SUV-For-Joyride-495358.html
This is one kid that should not have had his hands on GTA lol.
Violent people commit violence, games do not. If you can't distinguish between fantasy and reality it isn't the game that's the problem, it is the person. I've played plenty of violent games and killed real persons in combat, but have never been in a fight or hit a person. The whole argument surrounding this is not grounded in science or reality, just through spurious correlation.
Censorship exists in all "free" states. Its the degree that has us fooled.
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