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Thursday Feb 16, 2006
Grafitti game banned in Australia
A new video game in which the player takes on the role of a graffiti artist in a city of the future has been banned in Australia (report in the Sydney Morning Herald). The game, Marc Ecko¿s Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure, hasn't been banned anywhere else - yet - but it does continue a trend of computer games becoming Target Number One for the morally outraged (a job which the movie business, and before it the book business used to do admirably). Last year Senator Hilary Clinton jumped in with her own attack on video games, targeting the admittedly pretty violent Grand Theft Auto series.
The most interesting point for me here is its illustration of the generationgap canyon it portrays. From the SMH article:
Update: It may be 'ultra violent' as The Sun says, but Grand Theft Auto has been judged a top 10 British icon.
The most interesting point for me here is its illustration of the generation
"Based on information provided on the Office of Film and LiteratureClassification website, calculations show that the average age of thefour board members who presided over this decision is 43.5 years."At the risk of being criticised of rampant ageism, what chance does this group have of viewing this game in the context of all the other youth culture the potential players are submerged in? Most gamers are sensible, savvy people who are able to make the simple distinction between gaming escapism and real life. Aren't they?
Update: It may be 'ultra violent' as The Sun says, but Grand Theft Auto has been judged a top 10 British icon.
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