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Wed, Mar 31, 2010 | 19:00 BST

Zombies invade Australia, protest lack of R18+ game rating

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Zombies invaded Australia again this year. Luckily for the continent they weren’t the types hellbent on a gray matter feast, though.

Instead, the undead came in droves to protest the lack of an R18+ game rating.

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Fri, Jun 05, 2009 | 15:11 BST

Dante’s Inferno protest was brought to you by EA

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Looks like the 20 or so protesters who stood outside E3 claiming Dante’s Inferno glorified eternal damnation were nothing more than bought-and-paid-for publicity.

That is all really.

Good thing we didn’t take it too seriously.

Associated Press has more if you can be bothered.

Sat, May 02, 2009 | 21:12 BST

Protesters angry over US Army using FPS to recruit into armed forces

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A group of protesters gathered together in Philadelphia this morning and marched down to the Franklin Mills Mall to a US Army Recruitment Center.

The purpose was to show its disdain for the Army’s use of videogames as a recruitment tool.

This particular recruitment branch uses PS3 and Xbox 360 consoles loaded with FPS titles to capture the attention of gaming enthusiasts there to buy a pair of dockers.

GamePolitics was on hand Tweeting the action, and it looks as though some got arrested. Go figure.

Check it out on Twitter.