Category: Film & Literature Classification

R18+ Classification for Video Games – Nearly There

It’s been in the news today but I thought this topic was worth mentioning. I’ve also written about this in the past, specifically: R18+ Video Games – One Step Closer R18+ Computer Games Classification – Its Time Will Come Draft R18+ Guidelines for Computer Games Released Today, a bill was introduced into Federal Parliament to …

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Draft R18+ Guidelines for Computer Games Released

For those gamers amongst us as well as concerned parents the developments of an R18+ classification for computer games would have been on the radar over the last year. In particular, we have seen more than the usual musings over support or opposition given the turnover of state governments over the same period of time …

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Is the Banning of Mortal Kombat Really a Victory?

The game Mortal Kombat has never been shy of a bit of publicity thanks to the level of gore contained within the game and ignited fierce debate with the release of its first instalment back in 1992. Sega was happy to release the game with the full gore and fatalities of the original arcade game …

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Boydo’s Tech Talk – The First Year

Perhaps hard to believe but the blog has been up and running for a full year and many things have happened over the course of the last twelve months. At times, it has been a bit of a challenge to do a daily entry particularly with the demands of full time work as well as …

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R18+ Computer Games Classification – Its Time Will Come

The avid gamers amongst us would have been closely following the news today regarding the R18+ classification for computer games and the subsequent postponement of a decision until 2011. I can only imagine that many people are disappointed that there wasn’t a definitive result but by the same token it does mean that it is …

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Net Filtering vs NBN – What’s it Gonna Be?

As the last few years (and particularly the last few months) have unfolded, we have seen the mandatory web filtering debate get knocked around the press whilst the NBN (only now coming online in a few towns conveniently before an election) got its fair share of airtime. Apart from the issue of credibility and electability …

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100th Blog – Roll the Highlights Reel!

Today marks the 100th post on my blog and of course, no significant celebration of a milestone would not be complete without looking over some of highlights since the beginning. I’ve written some informative pieces looking at ways to improve the accessibility and reliability of the technology that we use in our everyday lives. In …

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Internet Filter Shelved – Make Your Vote Count

In news that may have gone under the radar, a spokesperson for Communications Minister Stephen Conroy announced that legislation regarding Internet filtering would not be introduced in the final sessions of parliament before the coming election. This follows the Emissions Trading Scheme also being put out to pasture for the time being as well as …

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Net Filtering – Even the US is Concerned

Over the last couple of days, it has become evident that the US has been keeping an eye on the Internet filtering policies of the Australian Government. The US has a strong sense of “net neutrality” (i.e. there should be no discrimination against users, particular types of traffic, etc on the Internet) which is enforced …

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R18+ Video Games – One Step Closer

Yesterday, it was announced that John Rau will be the new Attorney-General after controversial incumbent, Michael Atkinson, stepped down from the position earlier this week. Reports have surfaced that the Gamers4Croydon party president, Chris Prior, had met with the new AG and had received a positive response to an R18+ rating being established for video …

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