Silent Hill f has been banned in Australia, and no one knows why
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None taken, I still get embarrassed when I remember they banned GTA V cuz it had weed in it, got brought back quickly with an R18+ rating games couldn't get up until then coincidentally.
How's the fight for legalization coming down under?
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No other choice but to sail the high seas then
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Nanny state strikes back.
This is the future the USA would have had if ESRB wasn't cobbled together in haste
Government regulations are better than companies deciding what's allowed.
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Government regulations are better than companies deciding what's allowed.
Yeah mostly I would agree with that... unfortunately in this case you get exhibit A. Australia.
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They updated the article. Good.
It's just waiting for clarification.
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That explains Canada.
They put all of theirs into a random goose.
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The children are safe.
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Yeah mostly I would agree with that... unfortunately in this case you get exhibit A. Australia.
Good thing it wasn’t actually banned.
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Good thing it wasn’t actually banned.
I see that. We'll just have to see
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Government regulations are better than companies deciding what's allowed.
Barely. Probably equally bad in some cases.
An educated citizenry that actively participates in government is the best solution, but we know that’s almost impossible for multiple reasons.
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How's the fight for legalization coming down under?
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Barely. Probably equally bad in some cases.
An educated citizenry that actively participates in government is the best solution, but we know that’s almost impossible for multiple reasons.
I would not say equally bad, citizens are at least theoretically able to influence their government in a democratic system; you have no hope of influencing the ESRB or MPAA or CCA
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I would not say equally bad, citizens are at least theoretically able to influence their government in a democratic system; you have no hope of influencing the ESRB or MPAA or CCA
Equal “badness” in the sense of commercial/oligarchy takeover or the authoritarian nanny state. Extremes where citizen input is token at best. Russia is technically a democracy, but no regular person there has a hope of changing the government or policy with a vote.
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Hotline Miami 2, South Park: The Stick of Truth, and Saints Row 4 are among dozens of games to have been denied an Australian release [...]
This is only partially true, Saints Row 4 and The Stick of Truth released modified versions in Australia. Hotline Miami 2 remains without and official release in Australia.
And it's been given: MA15+ Strong Horror Violence
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