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Aussies Ban GTA3

Posted by timothy on from the natural-habitat-of-meddlesome-regulators dept.

KITT_KATT!* writes: "Australia has banned Grand Theft Auto 3 for PS2. This is a tragedy for Australian gamers! According to this story in Australian IT, the problem is that there is no R rating for games - MA15+ is the highest permissible and GTA3 exceeds that because it contains scenes of sexual violence." Aren't you glad Australia has a helpful rating system?

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  1. Cant say I'm too disappointed here. by QuantumG · · Score: 1, Troll

    The Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC) refused classification for Grand Theft Auto 3 because of a scene in which the player can bash and kill a prostitute for money after having sex with her.

    Even with an R rating this would not be permissible content for a movie, let alone a game. WTF is up with the sick fucks over DMA Design?

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  2. Re:Whatever by renehollan · · Score: 1, Troll
    And why not?

    IIRC, in Canada, a woman can claim rape "after the consentual fact" if she changes her mind (perhaps she wasn't satisfied?).

    In a world where women can claim rape after having consentual sex, it seams fair to have games where one can bash in the heads of prostitutes and recover one's "investment".

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