News NSW Attorney General Formally Supports R18+ Rating For Video Games
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[quote]After the SCAG meeting in July, the NSW Attorney-General Greg Smith abstained from voting on an R18+ rating for video games but signalled that, after consultation with his cabinet, he would most likely agree in principle to the rating. Today, Greg Smith has formally stated that he will give his in principle support to an R18+ rating for games in Australia.
“Few people would dispute the value of a classification system that helps keep adult material beyond the reach of children,” Mr Smith said.
“With strong classification guidelines in place, an R18+ rating should result in violent games currently rated MA15+ in Australia being reclassified as adults-only, as they already are in many other countries.”
The next step for all the Attorneys-General is to work on the revised guidelines discussed at the SCAG meeting. We’re expecting that once said guidelines are formalised they will be released to the public – fingers crossed we get the R18+ rating we deserve. We’ve heard rumblings that there have been some adjustments to the R18+ guidelines, but they haven’t been too severe. We won’t know for certain, however, until they’re finalised.
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[url]http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/08/nsw-attorney-general-formally-supports-r18-rating-for-video-games/[/url]
I think that was the last one still against it (or, at least not for it)
It's about damn time
Yeah the NSW Attorney general was the last person to appose the new rating for video games.
Can we have full violence RO2 now?
Nice so when does this take effect?
[QUOTE=RaptorBlackz;31642027]Nice so when does this take effect?[/QUOTE]
Not for fucking ages. They need to pass it, authorise it, legislate it, pass it again, do a dance, hope that it rains on the 23rd of September and that's it. Pretty simple.
Well that isn't long if its for the 23 of sep.
haha i made that up. the whole process is stupid and makes no sense.
it's meant to be outside the bounds of needing legislated change, but its not apparently.
I heard STEAM has already started to place the rating on certain games?
[editline]10th August 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Pat.Lithium;31640877]Can we have full violence RO2 now?[/QUOTE]
If dead island can get through without a fuss, RO2 shouldn't have any trouble.
they're incorrectly doing so. it was on quake by accident.
there's no such thing yet as R18 for video games at the moment.
[quote="abc.net.au"]However, it has been stressed by all parties that some games will still be Refused Classification, which may mean that American Football game, Blitz The League, which allows team managers to use steroids, may still be banned because of drug use. It remains to be seen whether this and other controversially-banned games like Mark Ecko's Getting Up (featuring graffiti tagging), CrimeCraft (drug-like boosts), Reservoir Dogs and Postal 2 (extremely violent themes) will be allowed by the new system.[/quote]
[url]http://www.abc.net.au/technology/articles/2011/08/10/3290150.htm[/url]
sigh...
Meh, I don't really care that much. The only way I'm affected is the possibility of Left 4 Dead 2 getting extra violence, but I don't play it that much and I rarely notice the lack of gore anyway.
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