I really don't like the look of the new assualt rifle. halo 3's assult rifle design is tons better. mainly coz the ammo counter was well integrated into the gun. the new one looks like its just tacked on. it does look a bit plastic tho in Halo 3. and the Halo 3 mongoose only looks better in this because the lighting in the halo 3 example gives it a massively unfair advantage.
If the PSP Go is anything to go by. Download-only consoles could be the the next console generation. a lot of ppl who work in games stores will be losing their jobs if that happens. But I think it's definitely going to happen eventually.
Wow! 4 for 4. Greens are for the R rating, against the filter, for the National Broadband Network, and recognize videogames as a proper medium so they are for the additional developer funding. I know who I'm voting for. (I just hope they're telling the truth and not just saying what we want to hear)
I just posted a 2000 word post on the 7pm Project forum that is specifically aimed at non gaming Parents. It discredits EVERY single positive point they have for not giving us an R rating and it also explains all the good points about bringing an R rating to our shores. It has direct links to the survey to make it easy for people and i also added a little note at the bottom for the 7pm project team asking to put this issue on the show. If they actually air this thing, then it will make the issue known to non-gamers nation wide! To read the post for yourself, head to http://7pmproject.com.au/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=119872&tstart=0 If that doesn't work go to 7pmproject.com.au then "forums" then"local news" then click on the forum titled "!!!IMPORTANT!!! Help protect your children from harmful content!" Notice how I didn't put any referance to gaming in the title and i also mentioned that their children are in danger (which is true to a point mainly coz of their ignorance). If THAT doesn't have the non-gaming parents of the nation flooding into the forum, NOTHING will.
I read through the disscussion paper that comes with the survey. there r a few things in there that are a little missleading. here's my opinion: The main argument here is protecting minors. If anything, no R rating is making children more vulnerable than ever. When a parent uneducated in the world of gaming picks up an MA title and looks through its themes, they generally compare it with the film rating system (which does go up to R) and think that it shouldn’t be too bad since they think that there is a rating above it for the most extreme of material. But the content in Australian MA15+ games could be balanced on the edge of an R rated blade and often falls in the R rated category in other countries. To further confuse the parent, there are vast inconsistencies with the ratings in this country. Call of Duty 4 and Ninja Gaiden 2 for example, have the same rating and same content description though one is vastly more violent than the other with no indication for the parent to know
Just a few other points: The absence of an R rating encourages piracy and importing from other countries which hurts the Australian economy “Parental lock systems are not included in older games consoles” this decision will only affect NEW games meaning that this is a mute point. No one makes games for old and outdated systems. “Were an R 18+ classification introduced, the RC category would still exist for games with, for example, gratuitous or exploitative depictions of sexual violence” We aren’t asking for pornography. We just want unwatered down games that aren’t banned.
Has anyone noticed how every time we see Atkinson playing a video game, he's always playing the tenis game on Wii sports with a big goofy grin on his face. He calls THAT gaming?!? The Nintendo Wii is the kiddy-pool of the games industry. lets see you blasting off some heads in something like Gears of War AND ENJOYING IT like a normal gamer and we might start taking you a bit more seriously.
I'm kinda half hoping for a game thats as hotly anticipated as CoD:MW2 to be banned outright in Australia. If MW2 was actually banned from sale in Australia because of the airport level before the game even came out (meaning NOBODY would be able to play it) I'm sure there would have been full on riots. If anything would send a message to the parlement about banning the games we want, that would.
your all going to kill me for this but if we get an R 18+ rating all the good games are going to be rated R. anyone still in school won't be able to get their hands on anything good. I've only got about 3 games that aren't rated MA15+ at the moment.
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