L4D2 banned in Oz

[shaft]

Australia

[Don Carlos]

[seremtan]

Australia

[phantasmagoria]

The game contains realistic, frenetic and unrelenting violence which is inflicted upon "the Infected" who are living humans infected with a rabies-like virus that causes them to act violently.

[U4EA]

Yea it's pretty fucking lame that they don't have an 18+ rating, cause like, video games are for kids right? =/

edit: Also, every couple of months there's a hue and cry around new and existing MMO games. The classification board contends that while the content in the games themselves is reasonable for an MA15+ rating, the fact that they're based entirely on an online gaming experience and the unfortunate fact that many people turn into raving fucktards behind the anonymity of the internet means that the games should not be classified MA15+ based solely on the possibility that someone might be using unsuitable language in a public chat channel. It's maddening

[bitWISE]

Just pray they never see WoW trade chat during peak hours

[YourGrandpa]

And they say the US government has too much say.

Hey Australia, there is such a thing as a rating system.

[LawL]

Oh no, a video game won't be on sale here. Guess I'll have to make do with scuba diving in the Whitsundays instead.

[LawL]

"consider leaving the beaches behind and fleeing to that crumbling, syphilitic hell-hole across the water"

[Doombrain]

I had no idea Aussies were such pussies. Well, almost no idea.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/article ... 4-Dead-Ban

The list is pretty big too. Even LSL. Which has about as much sex in it as Songs of Praise. Throw another elderly retarded government that thinks everything is for kids on the fucking barbie, strewth mayte

fucking hell

[LawL]

Video games.

[Doombrain]

you

[LawL]

Your tits.

[Doombrain]

making a stink about what characters of text populate the space above the topic list on a regular basis

[LawL]

Having a cry about what characters of text populate the post below yours on a moobie basis.

[Fjoggs]

So what happens if you get caught playing it?

[Ryoki]

Saudi Arabia

Pokémon series - Banned because of "promoting Zionism and gambling."

[U4EA]

So what happens if you get caught playing it?

Pretty such the lack of classification just means the game isn't allowed to be sold in stores here. If I understand this correctly, you could have it shipped from overseas, or purchase it yourself and bring it into the country, so long as it was for personal use and not for reselling.

[YourGrandpa]

Can you buy it off of Steam or are Aussi IP blocked?

[U4EA]

Since it's an official distribution channel, I'd think it would be blocked, but I don't know without having tried it.

[scared?]

now the moronics aussies r banning bottled water...

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/ar ... DsF9w9U5qQ

[LawL]

Bottled water is for morons.

[U4EA]

Agreed. Paying for bottled water is dumb when you've got potable tap water and/or filters. Lewis Black puts it best:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNGWn-aWn5g

[phantasmagoria]

now the moronics aussies r banning bottled water...

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/ar ... DsF9w9U5qQ

That's fucking awesome, more places should follow their lead.

[N|K]

Yeah, this wouldn't suprize me.. Anglo Australian's are like the most boring people on the planet! They ban everything.. You can't even smoke in nightclubs anymore.. What a joke!