Fallout 3 Ban Explained - Drugs

[CSN NewsBot]

The reason for the ban on Australian ban on Fallout 3 has been explained in official documents from the OFLC. Australian Gamer managed to get their hands on a copy of the documents containing the reasons for the ban.

The key part to take from this is the line that states, "In the board's view these realistic visual representations of drugs and their delivery method bring the 'science-fiction' drugs in line with 'real-world' drugs." It's not the violence the board has a problem with, only the visual depictions of the "chems" used in the game looking too much like drugs and drug paraphernalia found in the real world.

[Ryosuke T]

i live in los angeles. downtown skid road is less than 10 min drive and let me tell you you are a drug addict when you are homeless and are begging for money not for food, but for more crack. those are addicts and drug misuse. this ban is full of bananas.

[Dr.Worm]

i reg'd for this site because of this lol to put my 2 cents in



I went down to Australia for a full month and almost every town i went to drug where legal you could grow w/e you wanted and smoke anything you wanted



this here ban is as Ryosuke said full of Bananas ALOT OF BANANAS

[Diamond Dust]

For a country full of criminals you wouldn't think they would be so uptight.

[mifdeath]

Heaven forbid you represent drugs found in the real world. Realistic depictions of real things????!!!! OMG run for the hills. Im telling you blinders for children dont work, they just look all that much harder when you arent paying attention. Imma buy a few extra copies over here and sell them for crazy prices to the poor Aussies (which I will be fleeceing with no sympathy whatsoever). Way to legislate every part of your pitiful lives, cause otherwise you may have to think and make decisions yourselves. The states got kinda lucky because Jack Thompson showed everyone how retarded the stance of against video games can get. Apparently the Aussie government is a large Jack Thompson.