Not sure of the veracity of this..could anyone comment?
http://www.gossipgamers.com/australias-net-will-filter-ma15-games/ The Australian government <http://www.gossipgamers.com/tag/government/> has set their eyes on gamers, promising to user its internet censorship regime to block websites hosting and selling video games that are not suitable for 15 year olds. Can you imagine the number of games that will be included? I was feeling bad for Germans <http://www.gossipgamers.com/all-violent-games-may-be-banned-in-germany/> as there was a proposed banning for all violent games but Australia <http://www.gossipgamers.com/tag/australia/> is about to take it much harder. To further complicate things, Australia does not have even have a R18+ rating. For video games, MA15+ is as high as it goes while movies and such has R18+ and X18+. Games will be required to modify their content to meet the MA15+ guidelines in order for distribution. Corrado Morgana
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