Australian Classification Board vs. Aliens vs. Predator [update]

Blasphemy!

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c'mon really? again?! might as well import it if you're interested in this game with gore

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Australia must've been that kid who wasn't invited over to the cool kids party where they played Goldeneye 007 back in the day. Yes, that explains it.

Yay! Another awesome thread where people who don't know what they're talking about rip on australia and australian people in general!

Never mind the fact that this is soley due to ONE person's inability to pass a damn bill.

Yes, another game banned, it sucks, we know. Blame Micheal Atkinson, instead of coming up with smart-arse comments about australia being a nanny-state. This guy wont get elected next time, lesson learned.

oz ftw

What the hell are we supposed to use man? Harsh language?

What I want to really want to see is for someone to make a silly, sarcastic censored version of a high-profile game for the Australian market. You know, brightly colored confetti in place of blood, rainbows erupting from the chests of enemies you've shot, fluffy bunnies being fired from bazookas, that sort of thing. Then when the player reaches the end of the game, there's a note that reads, "Thought this was ridiculous? We do too. Blame your government."

I swear this is becoming worse and worse, they need to make R18+ rating already its beyond a joke now.

I wonder if Micheal Atkinson actually realized what a joke he's become in some sectors, or if he still believes he's the last great saviour of humanity's virtue?

That's a screen shot from Colonial Marines and NOT the new AVP.

At least you guys down under probably also didn't get Rogue Warrior, that must have been some sort of relief, right?

Well at least you can still enjoy the A+ stories of L4D2 and AvP and.. >.>

As much as I love Australia and Bondi beach and topless chicks, I'm glad I don't live there.

I'm still waiting for one of these companies to stand up to the Australian Classification Board's bullshit and either release a totally ridiculous censorship (i.e. when someone's head is supposed to get ripped off, instead you just see a bunch of rainbows and butterflies or something) or just skip the release altogether.

Now, I know Valve would never do this (too much money to be made), but I was really hoping that they would refuse to sell the game in Australia at all- a high-profile title like that not being released in Australia could really make a statement. It's beyond me why the ratings board refuses to allow a higher classification for titles, especially considering the demographics (most gamers are over 20 at least); plus, it's not like movies are censored in the same way!

cool title, joystiq. I have a feelin u were sittin on that one for a while.. hmn

Do they have gamer protests in Aussieland? Not a joke, I'm from Minnesota where everyone protests for everything so I'm not sure if something like this would get protested there...

This is ridiculous. If the violence exceeds the 15+ rating then they need to introduce an adult rating. Telling adult people what they can and cannot play, watch or read is not up to governments, it is upto the inidividual to decide, and in the case of those unsuitable, the bloody parents. Not some petty bureaucrat who just likes slapping red tape on things.

Why would Australia deliberately make things harder on its economy at this time?

I feel for you folk in Australia as I hate being told what to do on a very basic, personal level... regardless of what the arguments are. I've held firmly that it is very NEVER the governments place to put arbitrary restrictions on people, but rather that of the parent. If the parents wants to let their 8 year old child play the latest AvP, so be it. I would not necessarily let my children play such a game... but it is most certainly not the government's job. Let the government have the big stuff... war, theft, murder, education... stuff that governments are made for and stay the hell away from the people's personal lives.

/rant

They should go way over the top with the edited version and make everyone bleed rainbows and sunflowers, then release that over here in my damned country and as a stab at the ratings board to make a point, then release it as DLC for the rest of the world to laugh at.