All they need to do is introduce an R18+ rating for games in Australia. Ppl will play the games anyway its just going to make it safer and more controlled.

That's a very backward law :S

it's a game about shooting zombies isn't it? how in hell is that a bad thing? I wouldn't mind having a populace mentally trained and prepped for popping a zombie horde, would you?

seriously ..... i mean how stupid can it get..... this is by far the dumbest thing iv heard ..... (until the next dumbest country makes some new crap up) we'v got australia in #1 dumbest .... second we have germany in #2 ....... any one else for 3rd (new zealand or UK maybe) ?

.......to be continued

Yes, because we all know how effective a training tool an FPS is for actual use of a firearm.

That and all these damn zombies running around...

And the government can also get the taxes on it.

Seriously, if I want to play L4D2 here what is stopping me from buying it digitally from overseas and playing on an overseas server? If the overseas retailer won't sell it to me then I'll just fire up utorrent and then everyone loses.

Just another example of how backward South Australia* is.

*The only reason we do not have R18+ games in Australia is because of the South Australian attorney-general Michael Atkinson is opposed to it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Atkinson

just replace the zombies with politicians and we will have heaven on earth

Sarcasm exists you know, and mental preparation doesn't = training use with actual firearms

1. If that's the dumbest thing you've heard, you haven't seen your own posts.

2. Compared to things like the patent lawsuits, this is small apples for stupidity.




... Wasn't he using sarcasm right there himself?

Last week the Australian Classifications Board refused to classify Valve's upcoming zombie shooter sequel, banning the game based on its "realistic, frenetic, and unrelenting violence," a feature many FPS games of late actually share.


yes, because shooting zombies is real, against the law, and racist. they have feelings too.

no but seriously, its a rehash of the first game which came out not even a year ago, why do they make asses of themselves

Michael Atkinson > Common sense

Unfortunetlty Aus has laws that allow one person to ruin fun for every one. Solution: replace ingame zombie skins with Michael Atkinson. Then the whole world can have fun mowing down zombie Michael Atkinsons (which is actually closer to the real thing lol).

...patiently awaits L4D2....

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All those adds of 'resident evil 5' lying around were really really really annoying me. They're built in such a way my 'hardware visual processor' and my 'software mental processor' can't automatically ignore, so I installed addblock just to feel free to read the articles. After that, peace at least. So much peace I actually forgot the name of the game and had to disable the filter to check it again for this comment.
NO! I won't be playing your game if you keep bombarding me like that!

Brilliant idea!

Michael Atkinson is Australia's Jack Thompson (probably).

Why ban violent games? Because humans TOTALLY weren't violent before video games!

It's not about zombies, it's about (quoting the report) "living humans infected with a rabies-like virus that causes them to act violently." Now of course, no other games with gore have living humans.

All that means is that the only way to get it here in OZ is to get it illegally. Top move OFLC

No body wins

Australia says, "All your game belongs to us". I didn't buy the first one, no Steam control for me.

I headshot boom in games. =D
With an actual rifle, I can't hit the side of a fucking barn... so yeah...

ha
No, not at all...
Hey, who's up for some games in the colliseum? I'll bring the popcorn. Hope I catch some guys arm.

Does Australia have a large zombie population that they are worried about offending?

Why yes, we do have a large zombie population. We keep them in our capital building and just gave them a pay rise so they would leave our brains alone. Sadly though all we get in return is our games banned. This is to go with our nice filtered, capped and overpriced internets.

and yet a game like grand theft auto 4 isnt banned?

In GTA4, you could kill people of all colors which was not discriminatory. In L4D2, you kill solely zombies... That is the problem.

hey guys stop fighting each other, us gamers need to unite in times like these, and fight (peaceful rallying or similar acts) for well crafted video games.

WTF is wrong with Australia? I used to think it'd be cool to live there, but they've got such a huge boner for censorship nowadays I think it's draining the blood form their collective brains. Fascism sucks.

umm, i was actually more along the lines of China as #1

remember the stupid deal with WoW?

They'll do anything just to get ripped the money from Australia too.

Banning video games is a socialist act. It's why Chavez does it, and it's why Australia does it. It is blatant, in-our-face, socialism. The idea that the "Government knows better for you then you do for yourself" is socialism.

“Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.”
-Ronald Reagan

Banning video games is a socialist act. It's why Chavez does it, and it's why Australia does it. It is blatant, in-our-face, socialism. The idea that the "Government knows better for you then you do for yourself" is socialism.

“Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.”
-Ronald Reagan

This is tyranny under the "goodwills" of socialism. Just read this quote from C.S. Lewis. It's explains it much more eloquently then I can.

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."
-- C.S. Lewis

I apologize for the above post. I meant to repy to Dirtman73.

This is tyranny under the "goodwills" of socialism. Just read this quote from C.S. Lewis. It's explains it much more eloquently then I can.

"Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."
-- C.S. Lewis

This piece makes me want to cite a line of text from Clawfinger's song Reality "if you want to ban a violent show then ban the news"
Sure the game may be violent, but it's no more violent than the real world. And being born isn't rated M.