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Tech news stories that caught our attention or imagination.

Australia Needs an R18+ Rating for Games Now – You Need To Get Involved

We here at Geek Actually rant on about censorship issues constantly, one of these issues is the lack of an R18+ rating for games in Australia. The lack of this rating is leading to many games being refused classification (or banned in other terminology) so it is a serious censorship issue. Well, our friends over …

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South Australian Attorney-General Michael Atkinson Speaks

Kotaku has a very interesting letter online. South Australian Attorney-General Michael Atkinson was sent a letter by one of their readers (Robert) earlier this year asking about the R18+ rating for games in Australia. He was recently sent a reply from Mr. Atkinson and Kotaku has it. If you follow the link above you can …

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Is Left 4 Dead 2 Coming to Australia?

Okay I am going to start by saying that I have no hard facts yet. However, that being stated, it looks like Valve’s Left 4 Dead 2 might get an Australian release with an MA15+ rating. Now before we start cheering, we don’t know if it is an edited version or the uncut version. The …

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The Movie Fan House Comes to Geek Actually

I want to thank Charlie and Brad from The Movie Fan House Podcast for joining us on the latest after show. This was the most fun I’ve had in a long time, with the Fan House guys and Josh and our special guest, journalist, Dave Kozicki. We expected to do a quick half hour after …

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Holy Crap, Left 4 Dead 2 Banned in Australia!

My sister (and occasional co-host) Sarah will be shattered at the news that Valve’s new game ‘Left 4 Dead 2’ has been refused classification (RC) in Australia. This means, for all intents and purposes, the game is banned in Australia. I was alerted to this from an email from one of my listeners (Brad over …

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Geek Thoughts: Will Wii drop its price now?

The last two weeks bring some interesting developments in the console wars. Ps3 finally coming out with both its price drop and also its slim model in one swift and powerful blow, finally we see the titan of the previous generation pull its special move out and force the whole industry to adapt. So, then …

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