Australians Unite: Treat Us Like Adults!
After the Attorney-General Michael Atkinson’s personal reply to a disgruntled gamer, Australia’s quest for a R18+ classification is continuing. A former game designer has taken it upon himself and set up a blog, fittingly titled: Treat Us Like Adults.
Ethan Watson has created the site in order to ‘œeducate anyone who reads this site about what the current ratings system means for everyone and what its limitations and exploitations are’. Ethan is organising a protest in King George’s Square, Brisbane to put pressure on the Government, so if there’s any Australians in the area, head along!
Australia has suffered dramatically without an adult classification for games, which means titles such as Left 4 Dead 2 have to be edited in order to be sold in Australia. IGN recently gave the Australian version of the game 5/10 and stated that it is a ‘œhollow shell of a game’ when compared to the US version.
We hope Ethan is successful in his campaign and suggest that all you Australians who want to play the proper version of games, head down to Brisbane on the 5th of December to express your annoyance. If not then just head over to Ethan’s site TreatUsLikeAdults.Wordpress.com and spread the word!
Via: GamerLimit.com
It is pretty sad that a place that at least masquerades around as a 1st world country can refuse to allow adults to buy a form of media that breaks no established law.
Hello, Nanny State.
Wow…that sucks. Too bad for Australians.