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by Blake Ellison, Sep 09, 2008 3:18pm PDTBethesda has revealed that following trouble with the ratings board in Australia, all versions of Fallout 3 will be identically censored when the game is released in October.
"We want to make sure folks understand that the Australian version of Fallout 3 is identical to both the UK and North American versions in every way, on every platform," Bethesda VP Pete Hines told Edge.
Fallout 3, a sequel expanding on Black Isle's classic PC RPG series, was initially refused classification in Australia, effectively banning the game from sale. The game was modified so that "the reward and incentive" for in-game drug use was reduced significantly and then given an MA-15+ rating.
Names for real-world drugs have also been removed from the game. Hines asserted, "An issue was raised concerning references to real world, proscribed drugs in the game, and we subsequently removed those references and replaced them with fictional names."
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I do hope however next year (or end of this year i cant remember the exact date) when our ratings board comes together, that they will indeed create an R18+ ratings for video games. The problem with our system is each state needs to agree to change the ratings, if one state disagrees then it will not happen. And for many years now, one guy from South Australia (family first wanker) has been against it. But there is alot of pressure coming from all levels of government to change the ruling and infact the tv show "good game" (which is on ABC and funded by the government) also regularly pushes for an R18+ rating.
I should also point out, here in Sydney we have drug clinics where addicts can come to a safe place to inject and dispose of needles and get help if they ask for it 100% legally. It's been running as a test program for over a decade and has been incredibly succesfull helping to remove the amount of needles from beaches, parks and also reducing the amount of deaths from overdoses. It has also helped alot of people kick the habit. But our governent is too scared to increase the amount of rooms we have and its stuck on a permanent "trial period".
There's such a small minority of family first conservatives here that control so much of our policy making its frustrating.
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