Game on: Aussies have their say on R18+ video games

This article was published in The Sydney Morning Herald 15 December 2009

Should Australian adults have the right to buy computer games featuring high-level violence, sexual content or illegal drug use?

The Federal Government wants to hear from the public on whether an R18+ classification for video games is needed and has released a 14-page discussion paper outlining the arguments for and against.

It seems like a simple enough question, given that there has long been an adult classification for films, but the issue has created a giant rift between the ever increasing army of gamers - the average age of whom is 30 - and the older politicians in charge of administering Australia's censorship regime.