Monday, March 16, 2009 - Page 2
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New PSP-3000 Colours Go Vroom-Vroom

Four new PSP colours are coming out this month. Here’s the Japanese TV ad for them. It’s a smart ad and looks more like a car commercial. Very slick.


News

BioShock 2 Has Multiplayer

99% of games on the market today have multiplayer. Bioshock, however, did not. It was geared towards a singleplayer experience. But the sequel? It’ll have multiplayer.


In Real Life

Stranglehold Movie Apparently Won’t Star Chow Yun-Fat

It’s already been announced that the Stranglehold movie won’t be directed by Hong Kong filmmaker John Woo. Instead, the still-in-production-film will be helmed by Stephen Fung and isn’t a Hard-Boiled sequel.


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Lecture on Video Game Violence Tonight

Kotaku AU

In light of today’s discussion around an R18+ rating, Sydney-siders might be interested to attend a lecture tonight on the topic of media violence. Titled “Video and Violence: Is There a Link?”, the lecture is hosted by “one of the world’s most influential researchers on aggression and exposure to violent media”, Professor Craig Anderson from Iowa State University.


News

Resident Evil Ships Four Million Copies

Capcom have today announced that Resident Evil 5, the latest in the company’s long, long line of zombie-killer titles, has so far shipped over four million copies.


In Real Life

What’s On Good Game TV Tonight?

Kotaku AU

That’s either what Bajo looks like before he gets his makeup on… or tonight’s episode of Good Game TV is a “Zombie Special”. Or perhaps both. Let’s find out from Junglist…


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Atkinson Argues His Case, Says He Doesn’t Trust Classification Board

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Michael Atkinson has admitted he opposes an R18+ category because he doesn’t trust the Classification Board to apply the guidelines “in their plain meaning”. In a third letter to Kotaku, Atkinson outlines his case against the introduction of an R18+ category in response to Kotaku reader Terry O’Shanassy. Atkinson claims the Board will stretch the limits of an R18+ category in the same way they currently stretch the limits of the MA15+ category.


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Censorship Minister Responds To Your Comments

Kotaku AU

Full credit to Michael Atkinson. He not only reads Kotaku and writes to us, but he also reads all your comments as well. As we just revealed, the South Australian Attorney-General and spokesperson for the anti-R18+ brigade has written a second letter to Kotaku. In it, he addresses a host of comments left by Kotaku readers the last time he wrote to us. You’ll find his lengthy response – in full – beyond the jump.


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Atkinson Reveals His Demands For R18+ Discussion Paper

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South Australian Attorney-General Michael Atkinson has revealed why the discussion paper on an R18+ rating has yet to be made available for public consultation, a year after it was first proposed. Atkinson says the sticking point is his demand for the inclusion of illustrations of the type of content an R18+ game would contain.


Did You Win MadWorld?

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We were giving away copies of Sega’s upcoming action game MadWorld all last week. To enter you had to write a tag-line for the chainsaw-tastic game. Let’s find out who won…