Comments on: Left 4 Dead 2 banned in Australia

By: DarkElfa

DarkElfa — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:47:41 +0000

God, I remember thinking I could always run to Australia when things became ridiculous in the US. Looks like I’ll be off to the Netherlands instead.

This world is heading for nutsville.

By: Phoenixblight

Phoenixblight — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:29:41 +0000

Been awhile now. THis country is why certain games get censored for all of us ie Bioshock.

By: DarkElfa

DarkElfa — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:25:54 +0000

When did Australia become the UK from V for Vendetta?!

By: endgame

endgame — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:41:21 +0000

“Left 4 Dead releases in the civilised world in the coming months.” Too right Pat.

By: Phoenixblight

Phoenixblight — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:21:08 +0000

http://www.vg247.com/2009/09/14/gamers-raise-3000-to-fly-gabe-newell-to-australia/

THat right there is a kick in the pants. Aussies fly him down there and in the same week his game gets banned.

By: DogSoldier

DogSoldier — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 15:01:59 +0000

Voice your opinion and show your support for Australian’s who demand the right to purchase and play Left 4 Dead 2 in its original and uncensored condition!

Join our steam group (http://steamcommunity.com/groups/l4d2inoz) and sign our petition (http://www.petitiononline.com/l4d2inoz/petition.html).

By: DaMan

DaMan — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:36:32 +0000

it’s just some politicians making a living through this stuff, same as in other countries. Australia just doesn’t have a plausible rating system.

By: El_MUERkO

El_MUERkO — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:32:58 +0000

it’s that great two-faced conservatism as well, where they beat there wives do drugs and sleep around while denouncing their neighbours lack of godliness

By: Michael O'Connor

Michael O'Connor — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:15:26 +0000

“People of Australia, you have the vote, use it before your government decides you are not capable of choosing your own representatives as well as your own video games.”

What you don’t seem to realise is that the majority of the Australian population *support* this sort of decision. The country is rife with rampant conservatism, and the Australian government goes out of its way to pander to *anything* that *anyone* bitches about.

By: Jadeskye

Jadeskye — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:59:38 +0000

Gotta love Censorship.

By: DaMan

DaMan — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:12:02 +0000

-_-

I can’t fucking believe this.

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:25:57 +0000

About time you moved out of the dark ages isn’t it Australia?

By: freedoms_stain

freedoms_stain — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:16:13 +0000

People of Australia, you have the vote, use it before your government decides you are not capable of choosing your own representatives as well as your own video games.

I don’t know what the political situation is like in Aus, probably a 2 or 3 party system like everywhere else, but generally all the top parties are almost identikit clones on issues like this, so vote for someone else.

By: Freek

Freek — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:00:55 +0000

Sooner or later they will catch on to the idea that people over the age of 18 might also play a game now and then?

You know, like the rest of the world.

By: Tonka

Tonka — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:56:52 +0000

/signs petition

By: Gekidami

Gekidami — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:36:47 +0000

I’ve actually played the Australian version of L4D. Its pretty funny; All green blood and disapearing zombies as soon as they die (which looks really odd when you set them on fire), all the static corpses have been removed to.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:22:48 +0000

It might be less work to just start running ‘Game X not banned in Australia’ stories instead.

By: Michael O'Connor

Michael O'Connor — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:55:09 +0000

Australia <– LOL