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Friday, July 11, 2008 --- 59 days ago http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/qj/qjnet/~3/332512921/122050
 As it turns out, it wasn't the guns and the violence that caused Fallout 3 ( Xbox 360 , PlayStation 3 , PC ) to be banned in Australia . Instead, it was the drugs. The heaps and heaps of drugs like Mentats, Jet, Buffout, and even morphine. If you've ever played a Fallout game before, you'll be pretty familiar with Mentats and the like. These items, more commonly referred to as chems, can buff players up while offering some adverse effects at the same time. Apparently, the Australian Office of Film and Literature Classification ( OFLC ) felt that the in-game representation of these drugs crossed the line. Here's an excerpt off the OFLC board report: Corresponding with the list of various "chems" are small visual representation of the drugs, these include syringes, tablets, pill bottles, a crack-type pipe and blister packs. In the Board's view these realistic visual representations of drugs and their delivery method bring the "science-fiction" drugs in line with "real-world" drugs. The use of morphine in Fallout 3 also became a point of contention for the ratings board, and, in conjunction with the usage of fictional drugs outlined above, is quite possibly what pushed the game over into banned territory: In the Board's view the drug use in particular the use of a prescribed drug, via means of selection from a menu, is related to incentives and rewards as the incentive to take the drug is to progress through the game more easily and the r ... |
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