Category Archives: Australia

Australia, Gaming

“In-principle” agreement on R18+ classification could delay R18+ classification indefinitely

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I know, it seems like the various State Attorneys General coming to an “in-principle” agreement in favour of an R18+ rating for games would be a good thing for… well, actually for getting the rating passed.

However, it actually isn’t and it could delay this repair to the classifications system indefinitely. If the “in-principle” agreement hadn’t been announced, we’d likely have had an R18+ classification in the works by next week. As it is, it is actually looking increasingly doubtful that it will turn up any time soon.

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Adult Content, Australia, Censorship, Culture, Film, Games, Gaming, Law, Media, Michael Atkinson, Opinion, Television, Video Games, Violence

Vulnerable adults

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As you’re probably aware, Australia doesn’t have an 18+ rating for video games (though it does for other types of media such as films and publications). It’s not a stretch to see why. At the time the legislation was applied to video games, such games were the province of the young, and it is only recently that they’ve grown up, right?

Wrong.

From their inception, video games (particularly computer games) were played by all ages.

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Australia, Censorship, Games, Gaming, Law, Second Life, The Metaverse Journal, Virtual Environments/Virtual Worlds, virtual worlds

Could Australia be barred from Second Life access?

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Darn straight they could. Second Life could be on the hitlist, the more so because of the Zindra continent for adult content.

While Second Life clearly isn’t a game, I doubt that anyone involved in the process really cares about that trivial little detail. We’re all pretty sure this isn’t really about games anyway, right? After all, the current list also censors religion, political opinion, veterinarians, and school lunches.

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