We didn't think Fallout 3 was close enough to completion for a rating, but the Australian Office of Film and Literature Classification has already refused to classify the title, effectively banning it from sale in the country. The game be resubmitted, with edits, in the hopes it meets the gudelines for MA15+ rating. If Grand Theft Auto IV could do it, we have no doubt that Bethesda will find a way to edit the game for sales in the Land Down Under. So much for the Bloody Mess perk.
(Alternate captions: "Was it something I said?", "I can has rating now plees?")
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Reader Comments (28)
Posted: Jul 9th 2008 8:35AM Just A Canuck said
i feel sorry for my Aussie cousins.
by the way, fall has two L's. not one.
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by the way, fall has two L's. not one.
Posted: Jul 9th 2008 8:45AM (Unverified) said
Wow, what's up with gaming in Oz? Even when they allow the games into the country they cost an arm and a leg. (No pun intended).
What's it like importing games in Australia to get around the bans / exorbitant costs? Do customs crack down on that sort of thing?
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What's it like importing games in Australia to get around the bans / exorbitant costs? Do customs crack down on that sort of thing?
Posted: Jul 9th 2008 9:39AM (Unverified) said
Quite easy actually, as importing games it's easy. To date I have not had a problem with importing games, and I import abroad (USA, EU, ASIA).
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Posted: Jul 9th 2008 9:41AM (Unverified) said
Our customs is quite strict, but that mainly pertains to natural objects for a fear of the OMGZ DIZEASEZZZZ. In any case, many just import from NZ. Games that are refused OFLC classification usually find their way over there under a R18+ rating there. I think GTA4 was the only game that was refused classification that didn't make its way to NZ uncut.
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Posted: Jul 9th 2008 8:47AM PoisonedAl said
RULE 1: NO POOFTERS!
RULE 2: NO VIDEO GAMES!
RULE 3: NO POOFTERS!
RULE 4: THERE IS NO RULE NUMBER 4!
RULE 5: NO POOFTERS!
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RULE 2: NO VIDEO GAMES!
RULE 3: NO POOFTERS!
RULE 4: THERE IS NO RULE NUMBER 4!
RULE 5: NO POOFTERS!
Posted: Jul 9th 2008 8:48AM darkinchworm said
My head would asplode too if I knew Fallout 3 was coming soon.
Hey... guys?... aaarruuruuguauuhuahauuahu
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Hey... guys?... aaarruuruuguauuhuahauuahu
Posted: Jul 9th 2008 8:50AM (Unverified) said
That dumb.They're not making a difference.
If you can't buy, torrent it.
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If you can't buy, torrent it.
Posted: Jul 9th 2008 9:25AM (Unverified) said
Oh no. Will this mean NZ'ers get en edited version down the line the same as they did for GTA IV
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Posted: Jul 9th 2008 9:20AM WiNGSPANTT from TopTierTacticsco said
To anyone who thinks there's too much censorship in America, just remember:
It gets worse.
To anyone who thinks there's too little censorship in America, just remember:
Go f*** yourself.
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It gets worse.
To anyone who thinks there's too little censorship in America, just remember:
Go f*** yourself.
Posted: Jul 9th 2008 9:56AM Vegeta has a ps3 said
I never got that. Why do people feel the need to censor themselves here?
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Posted: Jul 9th 2008 7:06PM (Unverified) said
This is why I'm not a liberal.
They're way too conservative minded for me.
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They're way too conservative minded for me.
Posted: Jul 9th 2008 10:30AM (Unverified) said
Because replacing a couple letters with stars apparantly maks it.....wait, no, it still has the same meaning, so why isn't frigging as taboo as fucking? Both have the same damn meaning.
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Posted: Jul 9th 2008 12:17PM GenBanks said
If you're naked and you cover yourself with your hands you're still naked.
If you say fuck and you put bleep out some of the letters you're still saying 'fuck'.
But does that mean if we were naked in the streets we shouldn't bother trying to cover ourselves with our hands? Perhaps we should do so for the sake of other people...
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If you say fuck and you put bleep out some of the letters you're still saying 'fuck'.
But does that mean if we were naked in the streets we shouldn't bother trying to cover ourselves with our hands? Perhaps we should do so for the sake of other people...
Posted: Jul 9th 2008 12:17PM WiNGSPANTT from TopTierTacticsco said
You fools, I censored it as a joke regarding censorship. How the h*** could you not know that?
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Posted: Jul 9th 2008 1:41PM PoisonedAl said
When posting, you have to remember that some people here are dumber then a sack of spanners and wouldn't get the point if you rammed an icepick in their eye.
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Posted: Jul 9th 2008 9:41AM (Unverified) said
Quite easy actually (Importing games in Australia), as importing games it's easy. To date I have not had a problem with importing games, and I import abroad (USA, EU, ASIA).
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Posted: Jul 9th 2008 9:48AM (Unverified) said
They should do this in Europe aswell, because it sure as hell isn't going to be a Fallout game.
Fuck you bethesda.
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Fuck you bethesda.
Posted: Jul 9th 2008 9:49AM (Unverified) said
Yeah, they also make it easy for us Australian's to import stuff since our media isn't meant to be region locked.
I wish every Australian would just say "up yours" to the government and import all of their games and other media but that's just not gonna happen.
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I wish every Australian would just say "up yours" to the government and import all of their games and other media but that's just not gonna happen.
Posted: Jul 9th 2008 1:47PM (Unverified) said
I wish we could, but xbox 360 games are region locked most of the time.
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Posted: Jul 9th 2008 9:58AM Premature ejaculation man said
TO PLAYASIA DOT COM!
I hate MA15+ being the highest classification.
Please Microsoft, copy Sony and make games region free next time.
I could be playing rockband if it weren't for you (and maybe EA hehe) ;_;
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I hate MA15+ being the highest classification.
Please Microsoft, copy Sony and make games region free next time.
I could be playing rockband if it weren't for you (and maybe EA hehe) ;_;
Posted: Jul 9th 2008 11:30AM LaughingTarget said
This is exactly why games aren't region free. MS, Sony and the big N wouldn't even be allowed to sell hardware if the local government thought police couldn't rate objectionable material out of existence.
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Posted: Jul 9th 2008 10:25AM (Unverified) said
Socialist, progressive, liberal a$$hats.
Why do they keep acting like Republicans?
Because they all look alike.
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Why do they keep acting like Republicans?
Because they all look alike.
Posted: Jul 9th 2008 6:00PM (Unverified) said
If NZ ends up getting the aussie version (like gta4) I will personal hop the ditch and bitch slap every aussie
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