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[-] Zozano@lemy.lol 26 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

For the uninitiated, the game was banned, not because of the gratuitous violence, extreme drug use, and themes involving fugue states, war crimes and cold war conspiracy,

But because of a scene depicting rape.

Except, the "depiction" was simply a character, from a pixelated top-down view, climbing onto the other character. No nudity, no thrusting - then...

The director yells "CUT!"

Turns out, it was a movie being filmed. So even within the context of the game, it wasn't rape, it was an abstraction of an abstraction, WITHIN an abstraction.

Ratings board are morons.

As an Aussie, I was lucky to have a friend gift this to me on Steam.

[-] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 97 points 2 days ago

This pretty much shows, that in all that time: noone cared

[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 35 points 2 days ago

Noone always cares. He's a great guy.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

He's a great guy

He's the eighth guy, he is!

Tap for spoilerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4OS17lqHiE (The singer's real name is Peter Noone)

[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago

Yes! Thank you. I was going to look him up cuz I know who he is, but I was lazy

[-] slimerancher@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

According to the article, it was only released on PS5 last October. So, took about an year.

[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 62 points 2 days ago

Australia continues to treat its residents as criminals who cannot be trusted with naughty things.

[-] BadlyDrawnRhino@aussie.zone 13 points 2 days ago

We've had an R18+ rating for video games since 2013, so not sure why Hotline Miami 2 wouldn't have been able to receive classification.

Funnily enough, I own the game on Steam, so at some point Valve also made the same mistake. But at least they won't pull the game from my library.

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 days ago

The root problem is that not-being-classified counts as a ban, rather than defaulting to adults-only.

[-] BadlyDrawnRhino@aussie.zone 5 points 2 days ago

Oh, absolutely. I was only commenting on the weird timing, the game was released 2 years after an adult rating for video games was implemented.

We definitely have an odd and often archaic view on things here in Aus. Personally I think the classifications should be a purely informative system rather than something that decides whether or not something should be banned. Films are given much more artistic leeway than video games, and I could rant for hours on the government's stance on gambling, which is much more harmful than most things you'd find portrayed in any artistic medium.

[-] dumbass@leminal.space 13 points 2 days ago

Australian government bans entertainment

The government: Why is everyone pirating?

[-] Wooki@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Sharing is made a criminal offence

[-] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 2 days ago

They are a prison colony after all

[-] Mango@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Stupid nanny states.

[-] affiliate@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago

i’ve been clutching my pearls for the past 10 years but it’s nice to know i can rest easy tonight

Tonight, Australia sleeps for the first time in ten years.

[-] Dvixen@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

And only pulled after some pearl clutching nanny noticed and decided to point out the original ruling.

Not the first time someone had a dummy spit over a game that is less problematic than the average M rated movie...

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 days ago

The fact that's even possible is a crime.

[-] WraithGear@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

What a downer ending

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Finally I will not need my ambien

this post was submitted on 10 Oct 2024
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