Comments with -5 or lower "thumbs" are removed from display.

• 
  0 thumbs!

  Euphoric | April 10, 2008
  It's so stupid that we don't have an 18+ rating. I seriously thought we did up until this whole GTA IV thing. I'm guessing it's because the politicians are trying to keep 'bad influence' games out of the country but that's jsut stupid as people can bring them from overseas or get fake copies from the markets. Just release them with a higher classification and enforce that only 18+ people can purchase them in the first place. This is now a prickly topic with me!
• 
  0 thumbs!

  theundertakergonzo | April 10, 2008
  Well we do have the R rating on our movies but i don't understand why this isn't applied to games likewise. It really annoys me how they ban games i mean it only puts us at a disadvantage aswell as the seller.
• 
  0 thumbs!

  Euphoric | April 10, 2008
  Exactly. I mean what intelligent gamer is going to buy GTAIV from here is Aus when they can order it from overseas and get all the extra goodies that got cut out of our version. I mean if they are being realictic it's more inconvenient overall not having the rating than implementing it.
• 
  0 thumbs!

  RyB4Shields | April 10, 2008
  I don't live in Australia and don't understand the gaming laws, but this article raises some good points. Good stuff StarJet
  • 
    0 thumbs!

    theundertakergonzo | April 11, 2008
    Well if you did live down here you would understand, we have to put up with having some nice titles banned 'cause there too "violent". A prime example ins Manhunt.
• 
  0 thumbs!

  The Rising Nebula | April 12, 2008
  Wow. I never actually new that it would come to this, to games being banned from countries and stuff. I mean it all depends on how old you are, how willing you are to play a game even considering what is inside the game such as the violence, crude humor, etc.