There is a news story doing the rounds at the moment about the infamous South Australian Attorney General, Michael Atkinson, stating that gamers are scarier than bikie gangs. Apparently a gamer, or possibly 2, have slipped death threats under his door at 2am because he won’t change his stance on allowing R18+ games to be sold in Australia. Coincidentally he …

If Nick and Geoff (and the rest of the Internet) are to be believed then Mass Effect 2 is one of the best gaming experiences of all time. We will have our official review up soon but I think it’s safe to say that the game is going to score very well indeed. However one slightly depraved Internet individual has …

I know it’s not good news for local on Xbox 360 but I am honestly glad that Sega is finally taking a stand against the archaic censorship in Germany and maybe Australia as well. Sega have decided that it’s not even worth attempting to release their upcoming Aliens vs Predator in Germany due to the high levels of violence and …

As you most probably know all games that portray Nazi symbolism have to go through a cleansing process before they are allowed to be released in Germany, apparently the Germans don’t like to be reminded of their not so glorious past. Anyway the big news this morning is that a few swastikas were missed in the Wolfenstein cleanse and as …

It hasn’t even been released yet and already Left 4 Dead 2 is one of the most controversial games of all time. From the moment it was first announced fanboys around the world have been upset stating that it should have been an expansion and now fans in Australia are about to go postal. The archaic classification system in Australia …

When I think of censorship I think of evil regimes dictating their idiotic policies to a mass of ignorant followers, so in other words I don’t like it. However Brutal Legend has added the ability to self censor itself which is great news for gaming parents everywhere. Instead of a standard menu interface to decide on whether to censor naughty …

For those out of the loop, Australia currently doesn’t have a censorship rating for videogames over M for mature (Apologies, MA+ for mature). Which boils down to any game aimed at adults being banned down under. Some of the more famous titles that have fallen under the archaic laws of this oppressive regime are GTA IV, Fallout 3 and most …

You’ve seen a million of them and most probably signed half but have you ever seen one actually have any effect on real life? Well for once the Internet has joined forces for good and an online petition has accomplished what it set out to do. Recently some nimrod in the German government decided it would be a good idea …