Swiss government to see violent games banned

MCV is reporting that Switzerland has just passed a law that will see a blanket ban for all violent games.

All Aboard The Censorship (part two)

The OFLC (Office of Film and Literature Classification) in Australia is stricter than most other similar bodies elsewhere in the world, but is unforgiving when it comes to video games. Incredibly, there exists no R18+ certificate for video games in Australia.

GameStream – Why are games and the mainstream media still at odds?

Games have been in the newspapers, radio and on the TV a lot recently, these mediums are what I refer to when I say mainstream. They are the sources of news and information that people have relied on for decades and they are the watermark for what’s acceptable and what gets talked about in British society. You might think then that games have made a breakthrough, that finally they’re getting the attention they warrant as one of the largest and fastest growing industries on the planet.

All Aboard The Censorship (part one)

The idea of human rights applying to on – screen fictional characters who are nothing more than data on a disc (or hard drive) is so ludicrous, I don’t feel the need to explain any further. I must be fair, however; the study’s main concern (ostensibly, at any rate) was that players of certain games are able to virtually commit war crimes, or other breaches of human rights.