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God of War creator David Jaffe recently said the Australian classification board’s labels are “utter BS.” God of War III is set for March 2010 in Australia and has yet to be classified. In the past the franchise has received MA15+ rating for violence and sexual references.
“There's a government board and if they say it's too offensive, in that case there's no fight to fight — it is what it is," Jaffe said at the Game Connect Asia Pacific conference in Melbourne. "There's not much you can do if you're making games aimed at a mature audience. We never like to cut it [content], but what are you going to do? You're dealing with governments.”
He went further to comment on the view of video games as toys for children and not much more.
“There's absolutely an inconsistency in the consciousness about video games. The reality is people still see a lot of these things as kids' toys. It's utter BS."
Do you agree?
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Ya. I agree. Video games are not ment only for five year olds. There are mature gamers out there that kind of want something more than a video game that amounts to nothing more than a squeaky toy meant to entertain a small child. Some games are aimed at a mature audience and should be viewed as such. Its rediculous that people think they need to cut content for people 17 and up. I am pretty sure that if your that old you've seen it all before.
I totally agree with what he just said. When will everyone stop viewing the game industry as just for kids? And why are video games censored more heavily than movies? They both reach a wide audience. More equality, please.
David Jaffe is fuckin awesome.....he doesnt care about voicing his opinion on video games there always for video game public....and he also created GOD OF WAR!!!!!
When will the general audience see that the majority of gamers are in their early 20's? Its not just a kids thing.
i agree with him completely.
Yes, most of the Video Game audience from previous years have grown up creating that audience that is older and "Mature". These things aren't just kids' toys anymore.
David Jaffe is awesome. That is all.
yes i do agree. apparently the Aussie government is a dictatorship in disguise that chooses for you that these games are too mature for you. and the sad thing is they (the Aussies) have no say in the matter.
Wow, really. Way to go Australia...
We definetely need more people like David Jaffe who although they care, won't let stupid sh*t affect them.
I definitely agree with him on all of his points.
However, you can't forget that he may be a bit biased, seeing as he helped create a game where tearing heads off with your bare hands, gutting a giant three-headed dog, and having... fun... with naked women is the norm :-P
The gaming industry VS Australia. Its a war.
Agreed. Jaffe hits the nail on the head.
Go David Jaffe! It only takes a minute or two in a video game retailer to realize that adults are driving the market now...
I agree with him also. Video games first started out for kids but times have change and a more wider audience has developed and game companies have to go were they think the money is to keep themselves in business or they are going to go under. There is a rating for "mature" players meaning 18+ who can differ between whats real and whats not real so to claim it to offensive its clear there only caring about the kids and not the target audience in which their making the game for. You have the right to buy the game or not. There are plenty of video on the internet that show you what the game is like, there are magazines that review game with pictures so you get and understanding of the game and its YOUR choice to buy it or not. If you a parent that buy mature game for you kids that are not 18+ then that's on you, not the game company, they made the game for 18+ not 8+ the need yo review the game based on the target audience.
Yes. Australian government needs to loosen up. for f*cks sake the age limit to get an M rated game is apparently 15. They really have their sh*t f*cked up over there.
All this business with game getting banned in other countries makes me glad to be an American. Well, that is, most of the time... *cough*Bush*cough*
video games stopped being childrens toys with the N64 generation. with all the different games getting censored in Australia, it makes me so happy that i dont live there and have to deal with that kind of dictatorship BS.
A majority of gaming would not do well with little kids. I think the older generation still associates gaming with a younger generation but they forgot that the generation grew up.
Australia seems to have the most brutal censorship in the world right now. I am looking at the related articles on the right hand side of my screen and all I see is "New Ghost Recon Almost Banned In Australia" "Australia Refuses Left 4 Dead 2 Classification, Remains Censored". What is going on down there?
I agree. I'm 35 years old, and I've been playing video games of one stripe or another for nearly 30 years now, since the days of the old Atari 2600. As I've grown up so has the medium, and there is no reason to try and retard its development as a medium for entertainment aimed at adults.
A lot of people thought animation was "just for kids", and some still get hung up on this. But folks like Ralph Bakshi showed us in the 70s that animation could be aimed at adults too, and the Japanese have been making mature audience anime for years as well.
Why <i>should</i> we tie the hands of game developers in ways that we don't stymie the creative efforts of authors, animators, and film makers? I've yet to hear a compelling argument.