Comments on: Risen Refused Classification

By: Glenn

Glenn — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 01:49:48 +0000

I read on a Whirlpool forum about the ban, and it was compared to The Witcher, which is a lot worse than Risen as it included plenty of nudity, sex scenes, violence, drugs, etc.

By: Fed up

Fed up — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 02:42:16 +0000

This is just getting ridiculous. It’s time for gamers to get off the couch and hit the streets. How about coordinated nationwide marches, with gamers and their families (potentially tens of thousands of people), a well spoken PR person at each march, and invite local Members of Parliament to come down to the march.

The time for polite (or even impolite) outrage has passed. It’s time to send a message to Canberra that we vote, and we’re pissed off.

By: Aron

Aron — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:29:42 +0000

I don’t know when exactly this site was created but i thank you for doing so. I’ve been personally raging about the inadequacies at the Australian (game) rating system for some time, and being that i am currently in the process of completing a Game Design and Culture unit at university, and work in a retail game store, i feel like this is pretty damn relevant to me.

In relation to the issue presented in this article, i couldn’t agree more. The idea that one game can get banned for specific content while another can “somehow” pass through without too much issue is laughable. Further more, and to my understanding, the idea that ALL attorney generals must agree to change the game rating system unanimously is ridiculous and an affront to democracy (correct me if i am wrong here, but is the majority not enough in, oh i don’t know – every other aspect of government?).

I would like to know whether the listings you have for the attorney generals in the different states is up to date, because i believe i will be making a creating letters of my own.

– Aron