The context is the ongoing debate in Australia about whether the country should finally allow video games to have the equivalent of an M rating, or in movie terms, an R rating, for video games.Currently, a game must be deemed suitable at least for a 15-year-old in Australia in order for the game to be classified by the nation's ratings replica Breitling Aeromarine Superocean Men's 887 Men board.Many games rated M in America have failed to meet this threshold, though the recent controversy over the very violent upcoming Aliens Vs.Predator appears to have ended with the game getting Australia's MA15+ rating.Here's letter-writer Caleb Owens writing in to today's Sydney Morning Herald:
True maturity an alien concept to video gamers I wish video gamers were more honest about what they want (Letters, February 2).Most mention these days that the average age of gamers is quite high, but they do not mention that most of those gamers do not play ''mature'' games.It is like arguing that tennis needs more nudity and gore because the replica Breitling A4435910/B811 Men's watch average age of those who watch is above 18.While it is true Australia stands alone in not having an R rating for video games, gamers do not tell you that an R rating is needed only to slake their bloodlust.
No game maker has yet created what an ordinary person might consider a mature game.Video games in other countries that receive 18+ ratings, many of which are refused classification here, are ''mature'' only because they contain excessive gore, cruelty or torture.There are no great works of video game art being held back.All we miss out on is replica Breitling A4935011/C671 Men's watch graphic gore.It would shock most non-gamers to realise that in a current MA15+ game, players can shoot, decapitate and dismember.
