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Posted: Feb 11th 2010 10:35PM TRACE said

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This can only be a good thing for the Aussies :)

ps....who hasn't been a creep before at least once?
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Posted: Feb 12th 2010 9:07AM Ghen said

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no need with the internet.
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Posted: Feb 11th 2010 10:38PM Rooshma said

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YAY LOGIC

Also, "restricted to youngsters" makes me think it'll only be available to young children: a bad idea, if you ask me.
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Posted: Feb 11th 2010 10:54PM BrianH said

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yea, im pretty sure it should read something like.

"and youngsters will be restricted from it"
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Posted: Feb 11th 2010 10:38PM zuburi said

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Blockbuster doesn't carry porn.


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:(
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Posted: Feb 12th 2010 1:34AM Hivetyrant said

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Then come to Australia! land of the free! Home of unrestricted content!

Wait.....

So our kiddies can walk into Blockbuster and check out boobage on the back of DVD covers but they can't walk into a game store and look at a game cover which might show some blood or a screenshot of a mid-way decapitation?

Hmmm.....
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Posted: Feb 12th 2010 2:00PM seishino said

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//but they can't walk into a game store and look at a game cover which might show some blood or a screenshot of a mid-way decapitation?

Why not require R18+ games to have PG13 covers? Most ESRB M rated games have pretty normal covers. Devil May Cry, Castlevania, Zone of the Enders, XIII, Silent Hill... Most covers are pretty normal. They have to redo the case for the area anyway, so why not make it officially broadly public-safe?
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Posted: Feb 11th 2010 10:46PM Clavius said

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I'm sure retailers will take this seriously for fear that the government will turn around and take away the 18+ rating. Also this may hopefully force parents to *gasp* watch what their children are either buying (allowance/chore/birthday money) or making them buy. I used to work at a toy store years ago (close to 10 years now wow I'm getting old) and I wouldnt let teens buy any M rated games, and I'd also inform any parents that the game they are buying is rated M for this that and the other thing. I hope this passes for Aussie gamers!
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Posted: Feb 11th 2010 11:03PM kojo87 said

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i like the blank box idea. we should almost keep M rated games behind the counter here in the states. treat them like cigarettes. that would probably shut up the wackos who claim violent videogames are turning our youth into murdering sex crazed criminals
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Posted: Feb 11th 2010 11:30PM BPMOmega XBL PSN Steam said

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I agree that M rated games shouldn't be accessible to kids. Same with R rated movies. As far as I'm concerned, both are equally unsuitable for children.

If they have to go through all sorts of crazy hoops to get R18+ for games, I say go for it. It'll be a bit of a hassle, sure, but it'll keep down the censorship in Australia.
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Posted: Feb 11th 2010 11:42PM warxroutione said

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as they should! i live in usa but im a 29 year old man if i wanna blast zombies with plasma rifles and splice 7 ft tall locust soldiers in slow motion with akimbo saws i should make that call not government.
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Posted: Feb 12th 2010 1:55AM pika2000 said

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Sure, but then comes the ban of small tits. In the end, Australians are still deprived from their enjoyment of loli eroge.
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Posted: Feb 12th 2010 4:33AM Tezz said

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i dont know about you guys but the last time i walked into my blockbuster, the porn didnt have blank cases and they werent in a special R18+ area. I also a remember a video ezy which had its porn shelf right next to the new releases, that was amusing.
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