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Post by tspec @ 01:00pm 18/10/07 | 25 Comments
The Age's Screenplay blog bears word that yet another title has received the big RC due to Australia's lack of an R18+ rating for video games.
Activision's Soldier of Fortune: Payback has become the second game this year to be refused classification by the Office of Film and Literature Classification. Article Here's hoping the R18+ rating finally gets passed this time around. Might be an interesting situation if a game like this being banned from being sold in Aus ends up being distributed over a system like Steam though. promoted/edited forum item 
Tags: soldier of fortune / classification 
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Posted 03:58pm 18/10/07
Posted 11:59am 19/10/07
Posted 01:46pm 19/10/07
Sheep who think theyre adults, lol.
Posted 12:32pm 21/10/07
http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/member.asp?id=0J4 - Write to this man... Tell him we want an R18+ classification bill for Australian games and not just MA15+ or AV15+...
http://www.aph.gov.au/house/members/memfeedback.asp?id=0J4 - Write feedback and tell them.
It is not actually John Howard, that has a say in the OFLC. It's Ruddock. It has always been Ruddock and it always will be, for the time being, Ruddock.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200701/s1826237.htm
These guys:
http://www.classification.gov.au/special.html?n=259&p=68
are just the pawns to the pollie power.
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"He's the deciding agent it would seem in Australia, not the body which is supposedly independent."
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Need we say more?
There it is in black and white. Go get him. Tell him we want *cough* we are desperate *cough* for a R18+ classification. This is a perfect opportunity to "capri diem" because they've let the previous two computer games into Australia. If they can let the previous to in. Why not this one? WHY NOT? Demand it to be known. Why they aren't letting this one into the country. Is it because its too real? and if it looks too real. Then fire back and ask. What's going to happen in the near future when other video games that look "too realistic, too violent, too sexual, too whatever" that get published overseas. But won't be published here in Australia cause our rating system bites the bullet.
Although on another forum not mentioned here some people thought that the reshuffle of the OFLC back in 2002/2003 was related to some South Australian attorney general and Family First. Once again I still think its Ruddock cause where there is smoke there is always fire and I can smell the smoke a mile away.
After a fashion Im glad there are guidelines:
http://www.comlaw.gov.au/ComLaw/Legislation/LegislativeInstrument1.nsf/bodylodgmentattachments/68B2D60B74DE00A1CA25700D0034B958?OpenDocument
But the R18+ rating is still needed and this being an election year. Wait... Did we just say ELECTION YEAR? My doesn't time fly *grins evilly* could be the perfect opportunity for certain people to enact *cough* seize upon things *cough* certain things.
last edited by Kimbo at 12:29:23 21/Oct/07
last edited by Kimbo at 12:32:16 21/Oct/07
Posted 11:42am 23/10/07
If this poor example of a man gets in for another term things will get worse in our country.