Physical violence against government officials. And listening to some of them on the radio, it appears that is indeed what some of the city mayors/councillors feared.
Marc Ecko actually grew up as a graffiti artist before becoming one of the leading fashion designers in hip hop culture. I believe he created the game partly as a testament to his own beginnings.
Also, the game is about the young guy trying to beat through an oppressive, controlling, corrupt government.
I don't see either of these things as foolish (particularly in light of the game itself being censored in this way!). I'm guessing you're not a fan of any game that contains illegal activity, like speeding, or breaking into soda dispensers for free drinks (let alone murder, kidnapping, carjacking and drug dealing). Or is it that this particular act of vandalism is somehow worse than these other acts? Graffiti in its pure sense is actually an artform and the media bastardise it to make it the illegal activity.
Most Aussies actually don't agree with the decision based on the various polls I've seen over here, so you might want to rephrase your comment to "good on the Australian Classification Reviews Board" (even the initial OFLC rating was MA15+ - it was only after a petition for review was lodged that it became declassified).
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Physical violence against government officials. And listening to some of them on the radio, it appears that is indeed what some of the city mayors/councillors feared.
Marc Ecko actually grew up as a graffiti artist before becoming one of the leading fashion designers in hip hop culture. I believe he created the game partly as a testament to his own beginnings.
Also, the game is about the young guy trying to beat through an oppressive, controlling, corrupt government.
I don't see either of these things as foolish (particularly in light of the game itself being censored in this way!). I'm guessing you're not a fan of any game that contains illegal activity, like speeding, or breaking into soda dispensers for free drinks (let alone murder, kidnapping, carjacking and drug dealing). Or is it that this particular act of vandalism is somehow worse than these other acts? Graffiti in its pure sense is actually an artform and the media bastardise it to make it the illegal activity.
Most Aussies actually don't agree with the decision based on the various polls I've seen over here, so you might want to rephrase your comment to "good on the Australian Classification Reviews Board" (even the initial OFLC rating was MA15+ - it was only after a petition for review was lodged that it became declassified).