Adult gamers call for R rating – APC magazine, 7 July
July 11, 2006
Adult gamers call for R rating
Recent government moves including the banning of the Reservoir Dogs game have led Internet free speech group EFA to renew its call for an R rating category for computer games.
Adult-themed games have also come under greater scrutiny in Western Australia, with the state government’s recent decision to ban the public display of MA 15+ games.
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The games conundrum
February 25, 2005
By Sarah Stokely
Cover feature, CRN (Computer Reseller News) 23 February 2005
Passing the censors is one of the last hurdles a new computer game needs to clear before hitting the market.
While a swirl of controversy and the suggestion that a new game might not scrape through the censors might be easy pre-release publicity, the product becomes worthless to its publisher if fails to clear the Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC).
Rotten Apple
February 17, 2005
I’m truly disgusted at the way Apple is behaving at the moment.
From the BBC:
Civil liberties group the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has joined a
legal fight between three US online journalists and Apple.
Apple wants the reporters to reveal 20 sources used for stories which leaked
information about forthcoming products, including the Mac Mini.