Comments on: SCAG to turn down 18+ rating for Australia http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/03/06/scag-to-turn-down-18-rating-for-australia/ This is the news Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:04:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: frod http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/03/06/scag-to-turn-down-18-rating-for-australia/#comment-2101 frod Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:44:16 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/03/06/scag-to-turn-down-18-rating-for-australia/#comment-2101 Better than pretending the problem doesn't exist. I think it's quite laudable really, too many games try for cheap shocks. Better than pretending the problem doesn’t exist. I think it’s quite laudable really, too many games try for cheap shocks.

]]> By: Blerk http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/03/06/scag-to-turn-down-18-rating-for-australia/#comment-2099 Blerk Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:39:56 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/03/06/scag-to-turn-down-18-rating-for-australia/#comment-2099 But it's a lost cause, surely? Most games are created outside of Australia, and Australia itself is such a tiny market it's not going to have any impact whatsoever on the content of most games. Which basically means devs have to butcher their games for one territory, or choose not to release it at all. Either way, it sucks to be Australian even if you don't get skin cancer. But it’s a lost cause, surely? Most games are created outside of Australia, and Australia itself is such a tiny market it’s not going to have any impact whatsoever on the content of most games. Which basically means devs have to butcher their games for one territory, or choose not to release it at all. Either way, it sucks to be Australian even if you don’t get skin cancer.

]]> By: frod http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/03/06/scag-to-turn-down-18-rating-for-australia/#comment-2098 frod Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:29:52 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/03/06/scag-to-turn-down-18-rating-for-australia/#comment-2098 I think those things are secondary to their real aim of encouraging developers not to create the 18+ material in the first place. I think those things are secondary to their real aim of encouraging developers not to create the 18+ material in the first place.

]]> By: Tiger Walts http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/03/06/scag-to-turn-down-18-rating-for-australia/#comment-2096 Tiger Walts Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:21:39 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/03/06/scag-to-turn-down-18-rating-for-australia/#comment-2096 ...or use circumvention technologies. …or use circumvention technologies.

]]> By: Blerk http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/03/06/scag-to-turn-down-18-rating-for-australia/#comment-2092 Blerk Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:55:29 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/03/06/scag-to-turn-down-18-rating-for-australia/#comment-2092 But there's also nothing to stop those same savvy young people from importing 18+ software from Europe. :-) But there’s also nothing to stop those same savvy young people from importing 18+ software from Europe. :-)

]]> By: frod http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/03/06/scag-to-turn-down-18-rating-for-australia/#comment-2091 frod Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:54:36 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/03/06/scag-to-turn-down-18-rating-for-australia/#comment-2091 Sadly, this is a pretty undeniable truth: “He doubts whether any safeguards could be put in place to deter young people, who after all (are) the most computer literate and savvy in our society, from being able to access material.” Sadly, this is a pretty undeniable truth:

“He doubts whether any safeguards could be put in place to deter young people, who after all (are) the most computer literate and savvy in our society, from being able to access material.”

]]> By: patlike http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/03/06/scag-to-turn-down-18-rating-for-australia/#comment-2090 patlike Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:53:57 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/03/06/scag-to-turn-down-18-rating-for-australia/#comment-2090 It really is shocking. So backwards. It really is shocking. So backwards.

]]> By: Blerk http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/03/06/scag-to-turn-down-18-rating-for-australia/#comment-2089 Blerk Thu, 06 Mar 2008 11:48:16 +0000 http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/03/06/scag-to-turn-down-18-rating-for-australia/#comment-2089 And we think we have it bad in Europe. Australia really is the arse-end of PAL gaming. Poor buggers. And we think we have it bad in Europe. Australia really is the arse-end of PAL gaming. Poor buggers.

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