Comments on: CrimeCraft Refused Classification

By: Glenn

Glenn — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:40:58 +0000

PALGN reports that the game was actually rejected due to the "fictional representation of drugs". Smells like Fallout 3.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:46:41 +0000

It will be interesting to see how they intend to police this, since free-to-play MMOs don’t actually have a point of sale, and generally support distribution via BitTorrent as well as direct download. Online games didn’t even get a rating from the OFLC until last month.

As we all know, the system is a farce.

@Senior Pants, how about Modern Warfare 2?

By: Marty

Marty — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:44:41 +0000

again we are being subjected to the morals and personal views of the individual board members. these so called members should be sent to new zealand to observe the classifcation board over there.

in NZ when a title is refused classification they cite the legislation or relevant law (or whatever the refernce might be) and the description from the game the breaks the citation, this is called transparency apparently the good senator from adelaide has no idea what this is and is crusading like the good senator (now barred from practicing law) jack tomphson.

australia does not need to become a nanny state, opps, i think we are already there!!!

By: Senior Pants

Senior Pants — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:18:27 +0000

I wouldn’t say it was ‘inconsistent’ of the board, as the games you mentioned are not lunch Crimecraft. One is real world violence, the others are over the top fantasy.