Even though we’d argue that Bloomin’ Onions are equivalent to a pound of fried cocaine, the land down under remains resolute in its commitment to keep drugs off it’s koala-infested streets and, more importantly, away from its videogame store shelves. Vogster Entertainment’s MMO Crimecraft is a perfect example of this hot and steamy Aussie desire, having just earned banned status from the Australian Classification Board for its usage of drugs as a device.
According to the ACB, Crimecraft was scrubbed because of "drug use related to incentives or rewards.” Specifically, it was the close depiction of the game’s fake drugs (used as “boosts”) to real drugs that forced the decision. Bummer.
On an up note, Australians-who-crave-Crimecraft, take a look outside. Check out that weird animal with the floppy pouch and consider: even though most of us have legal access to the MMO, we’ll never be able to claim to we live in the home of both Crocodile Dundee and the kangaroo. Rest easy, mates.
[via GameSpot]
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11:30 PM on 11.30.2009
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On a loosely related note I watched The Union, a documentary about marijuana, and I've decided to become a pro-weed legalization activist. Just thought I'd share.
Someone make this happen.
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Holy. Shit.
I am now going to give up on playing games and spend my spare time being a "kangaroo whisperer".
WTF? Curse our Classification Board, not us.
Strewth mates, this bloody dodgy hum-dinger is a sure fire cock up I reckon.
Now that's some original wit right there....
And what the hell are Bloomin' Onions?
We are - for the most part (excepting that idiot in South Australia) - pretty fucken chillaxed.
I bet if I tea-bagged your mum she'd get off on it.
Who really cares, this looks like a terrible game anyway.
Just what the hell ARE Bloomin' Onions?
I have a lot of Family in Melbourne, have always considered moving to Oz, but with gaming being quite a large part of my life and Oz getting so fucked over when it comes to games, it's quite a turn off.
Please tell me there are others like you in the world.
A link to the quick look below if anyone want's to see lots of gameplay of Crimecraft & thankful they didn't buy it quickly without looking into what exactly you'd be playing.
http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-crimecraft/17-1281/
The FEW cases of game censorship we've faced have been to fit a game into an MA15+ rating - GTA is MA15+ here, and I understand that it's R18+ most everywhere else? The only thing that was removed from that game was the adjustable 'sex-cam' (afaik). Fallout 3 was also MA15+ and only had drug references removed. The CLASSIFICATIONS are reasonable, it's the lack of an R18+ rating that causes the controversy, and that is the result of ONE SINGLE MAN in South Australia.
And the only case of "lunacy" that I can agree with is the censorship of Left 4 Dead 2, which goes beyond ridiculous.
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