R18+ games far from a done deal

Gamers' celebrations of an impending R18+ rating for video games may be premature, as South Australia's Attorney-General says he may still veto any proposed changes to game classification laws.

The federal Attorney-General's department has confirmed that the matter will next be up for discussion on May 7, after 60,000 submissions were received from the public.

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Gamers are still being wet nursed by the government.

What does 158kg of R18+ submissions look like?

Video games retailer EB Games today revealed it had received over 46,000 submissions from customers in support of a new R18+ Australian classification category for games. And this is what it looks like.

30,000 of the submissions were hand-signed in EB Games' stores over the past two weeks, with another 16,000 collected online in conjunction with Grow Up Australia, an organisation also pushing for a R18+ rating. The retailer will hand all of the signed submissions - 158kg of paper - to the Attorney's General's Department this week.

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46000 submissions for the creation of an R18+ category for games. I agree that adults should be allowed to play adult games. Further, I think there should be an "Unclassified" category. That would make the classification process look more like classification and less like censorship.