Aussie Gamers Dress As Zombies To Raise R18+ Awareness

swandives writes "Australian gamers will dress as zombies to raise awareness about the lack of an R18+ rating for video games in the country. The protest will begin at Hyde Park Fountain on March 27 and lumber through Sydney, raising awareness of the need for a higher classification rating and hopefully causing a bit of havoc at the same time! Computerworld Australia has pictures of previous zombie protests in the lead-up to the event. Australia has a long history of lobbying for an R18+ games classification but, even after a decade, video games are banned from sale if they exceed the maximum M15+ classification. So far, the list of banned titles includes 7 Sins, Risen, Left 4 Dead 2 and Dark Sector. Others, like Alien vs. Predator, were initially banned but appealed the rating and are now MA15+."

Comments

Left 4 Dead 2?

[VGPowerlord]

I thought Left 4 Dead 2 was censored enough after its initial rejection to receive an M15+ in Australia.

Re:What we really need

[Anonymous Coward]

Sorry, you must confusing Australia's system with that of a sane country. Rating games to inform parents about the content within is a great idea, but Australia took it one step further and established a system under which games denied classification cannot be sold, even to adults.