Oz Government Seizes Games For "Full Classification"

Posted by timothy on Wednesday December 5, 2001 @02:28AM from the ignore-the-censor-behind-the-curtain dept.

sprayNwipe writes: "QGL is reporting that the Office of Film and Literature Classification has raided game stores in Australia and removed games from shelves, after deeming that said games are offensive earlier in the day. Some of these games are big christmas sellers, too (Grand Theft Auto 3, and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon). Why must our government be filled with luddites?" Can any Australians comments on what "full classification" means? Does it only mean labels, or are some games outright banned?

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stealing cars = bad by Blob+Pet · 2001-12-05 03:00 · Score: 3, Interesting

Apparently, the Australian government doesn't take kindly to games that promote the stealing of cars and running down of people; they won't even give GTA3 a rating so it can be sold.

Do they censor books and other forms of entertainment/media like this in Australia?

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