[thechat] No R rating for Australian video games

[Ben Dyer]

At 08:39 PM 11/7/2002, you wrote:
>http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/11/08/1036308467249.html
>
>FUCKERS! GTA3 had to be modified here because the bastards at the OFLC
>thought that a car rocking to imply sex was out of the MA15+ range,
>which is ludicrous in itself, but not allowing an R rating for games
>when over half of Australian gamers are over 18. STUPID
>OVERLY-CONSERVATIVE FUCKS. ARGH.

Sheesh.  If that's what they're concerned about, they obviously didn't play
the game (you don't see anything, it's not vital to the course of the game,
etc.)...or they apparently have no problem with beating the brains out of
someone with a baseball bat...

For the 900th time: GTA3 is not popular exclusively for it's violent
content (there are games that are more violent that suck), but because it
has open-ended gameplay: run missions for people, drive boats, drive cabs,
deliver pizzas or just drive around aimlessly through the huge environments...

...on the sidewalk.

--Ben
(Currently playing GTA3: Vice City and having a blast.)