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Ok.. Thanks to Penny Arcade for this little clip (and for this one too)

Video games in Australia cannot be rated R18+ as the rating only exists for film. This has led many games to be edited (to obtain an MA15+ rating) or refused classification. There is currently a debate over the need for the introduction of an R18+ rating in video games fuelled by research that indicates the average age of the Australian video gamer to be 30 years old.

Here’s a current list of games that have been banned or have been edited for release in Australia:  Read the rest of this entry »

After the refreshing change that was the superlative COD 4: Modern Warfare, the Call of Duty series returns to its well-trodden roots of WW2. But is there enough new material in there to fill a landing craft, or has it all been thoroughly riddled with bullets even before it hits the beach?

Things looked promising with the initial focus on the Pacific campaign, fighting the Japanese on small islands, facing jungle ambushes, and winkling enemies out of tunnel networks is all very different. The jungle terrain is a welcome change to the usual “French Fields and ruined cities” WW2 fare. Unfortunately, it wasn’t far into the game before we were back in Stalingrad…. Didn’t we do this in COD2? The game follows COD4’s lead in having two central characters, whose stories are alternated as the game progresses. Initially you play as Pvt Miller of the American forces in the Pacific. Then you jump to Pvt Dimitri Petrenko, of the soviet army initially in the loss of Stalingrad to the Nazis, and then jumping 3 years later to follow the Russian march on Germany. The player alternates chapters from these two stories as they play through the game.   Read the rest of this entry »