censorship
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Let’s Take Another Look At Aussie Left 4 Dead 2 Edits
33Sick of seeing just how Valve has butchered the Australian version of Left 4 Dead 2 to placate the censors? Of course you aren’t. Yes, let’s take another look.
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Aust Govt Adds Video Games To Proposed Web Filter
The Australian Federal Government has revealed plans to extend its internet filter plan to include computer and video games.
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Yahtzee on Silent Hill censorship and the art of horror
Very nice opinion piece up at news.com.au from Ben “Yahtzee” Crowshaw about the banning of Silent Hill: Homecoming. Yahtzee is a well noted lover of Silent Hill, so I’m sure many have been hoping he would rear his head in the local media to let loose on the local classification regime. But the meat of…
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Grand Theft Auto Doesn’t Kill People…
There’s a stirring editorial at Destructoid over the recent murder of a taxi driver in Thailand by a youth who cited Grand Theft Auto as his inspiration. While the piece focuses on violence and its (non-existent) link to video games, I feel the logic applies to other issues (say, drug use) as well: Grand Theft…