Category: Games

Gaming news or stories that are just too cool to pass up.

Bioshocked too?

Whenever there is a commercial and critical hit in the gaming world, it seems like only a matter of time before we can expect a sequel. Developers Irrational Games’ ‘Bioshock’ was one such hit, praised for its brilliantly atmospheric environments, engaging story and variety of action and gameplay, and as expected, the developers (2k Marin, …

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Michael Atkinson falls on his own sword and resigns from the front bench

Many weeks ago on a Geek Actually Podcast episode I said that we needed patience and sooner or later Michael Atkinson, the South Australian Attorney-General, would either be voted out or give up the fight. I was ridiculed by the chat room, they said that he was in a safe seat and he would be …

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Help Support an R18+ Rating for Games – Here’s How

Our friends over at PALGN are running a campaign (in conjunction with Game – the gaming retail stores) to help usher in an R18+ rating for games. If you have been living under a rock and don’t know what this is all about, click here or here to learn more. Many retailers and sites are …

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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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