News by Matt S. It’s always good to know that the Australian Classification Board is out there protecting us from things that no human being would ever want to see. Like a knight in shining armour, the Board is out there shielding us from the evils of nasty game developers…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. Today I was shopping at my local EB Games store, and the customer in front of me was a grandfather, who was obviously buying a game for his grandson, who was standing with him at the counter, and was at most 14 years old. The game…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. In a bid to “cut red tape” and make the classification process easier for those selling digital copies of games, the Australian Government is considering signing up to the International Age Rating Coalition; a group of national classification boards across the world that have partnered to…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. So I finally got around to picking up a PlayStation 4 (side note to other Australians, you still need to preorder for shipments at EB Games. Who knows when the console will be available on the shelves). That in turn meant that my first PlayStation 4…
Read MoreUPDATE: Games industry legal professional, Josh Cavaleri, has confirmed for me over Twitter that the publishers will not need to front the cost of the re-review. No, the Australian taxpayers will foot the bill. What a way to use our money, folks. Twelve MA15+ rated games are going to go…
Read MoreProving further that the R18+ rating is a complete farce in Australia, the Classification Board has seen fit to ban the release of Saint’s Row IV. The game was Refused Classification (RC), meaning that retailers cannot sell the product, on the basis that interactive, visual depictions of implied sexual violence…
Read MoreToday’s nasty little surprise that a near-innocent JRPG has been slapped with an R18+ rating by the Australian Classification Board is further proof that Australia is in many ways the poster-boy of western hypocrisy with regards to sex and violence. I’ve written about this topic in the past and that…
Read MoreLike most other Australians I cheered a little bit (ok, a lot) when Australia finally emerged from the media dark ages and realised that sometimes, just sometimes, adults like to play games too. By that I mean we have finally got the R18+ rating. Games can finally be classified as…
Read MoreSo I got my copy of Atelier Meruru today. I love the game, it’s pure, unadulterated fun, and you’ll be able to see my review on Otaku Gaming shortly. The point of this piece is not to discuss the game, though. It’s to point out how absolutely inconsistent the Australian…
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