Post by darkjedi @ 02:11pm 23/11/09 | 49 Comments
South Australian Attorney-General and video game censorship advocate Michael Atkinson is to appeal the MA15+ rating handed out by the Classification Board to Modern Warfare 2.Source: Kotaku article drawing from this discussion about the R18+ situation on Radio National.
Speaking to Radio National, Atkinson was asked for his views on the recently released game, described by interviewer Peter Mares as “violent and bloody and graphic and confronting.”
“I’ll be appealing against that classification, I think it’s wrong,” said Atkinson.
Thoughts? I can't help but think that if he succeeds and the rating for Modern Warfare 2 is raised to RC, this could prove to be an interesting catalyst in the ongoing debate around the R18+ situation.
Edit by trog: dotarray has done some more digging on this subject and has more information in this article featuring more great quotes, such as Atkinson saying "I have no trust in the Classification Board to apply the guidelines sincerely or correctly".
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Posted 07:52pm 23/11/09
edit: anyone else thinking Atkinson might be getting kickbacks from Activision? This is the best press they could have gotten! "Quick, buy the game now before it's banned"!@#!#@#!@
Posted 07:54pm 23/11/09
Been spending some time in Faceman's company?
Posted 08:06pm 23/11/09
Ugh, the last thing we need is more games being banned...
Despite the publicity, it's tearing apart the local gaming industry.
And Atkinson contradicts himself YET AGAIN: "I have no trust in the Classification Board to apply the guidelines sincerely or correctly". If only he just LET the R18+ rating go ahead, we wouldn't have this problem (or the problem would just become negligible). The inconsistencies in the Classification Board's decisions are mostly HIS fault.
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Posted 10:59pm 23/11/09
That was the first thing I thought as well. Quite hypocritical really.
Posted 11:05pm 23/11/09
Posted 10:35am 24/11/09
We would only be proving his (misinformed) opinion that we adult gamers are too 'violent' for our own good...
Besides:
A) Our gun laws prohibit ownership of a live firearm without a genuine reason (hunting, pest control, etc.) and the permit that is issued after said genuine reason is given for any weapon except those in Category R/E (Flamethrowers, MGs, AT guns, etc.).
[sarcasm]Does Atkinson count as a pest to the introduction of an R18+ rating?[/sarcasm]
B) The best way to hurt his currently massive ego is to vote him out. Mental attacks are potentially more damaging than physical attacks. Easier said than done, however, at this point in time, I certainly think its possible. Vote for the G4C party in the S.A elections in 2010!
Posted 02:56pm 24/11/09
Let's hope the the SA Premier's sex scandal washes away that whole corrupt and incompetent government.
"could somebody just f***** shoot him already.."
You need to grow the f*** up. It's comments like that, that get quoted on radio over and over again as 'proof' of his position.
Posted 03:13pm 24/11/09
But unfortunately that just makes his point even further. Which is totally wrong anyway.
>8-(
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Posted 02:40am 26/12/09
How the hell does AvP get unbanned but they reconsider slapping the banned tag on MW2?
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Posted 07:19am 26/12/09
must be all the family first bogan and conservative types and ofcourse they are the majority.. You're not cool unless you vote for the children!
Btw if his appeal is successful (i wouldn't be surprised), what will happen to steam copies, will steam just automatically block us from playing it and refund us the money? also who has to do the refunding?? I reckon it should be Atkinsons campaign that does the refunding..
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