Invite to Stephen King; come to Australia to stop game bans

Mike Bantick
Wednesday, 09 April 2008 08:43

Opinion and Analysis

From the Reuters article referring to King’s outrage, he seems to have the right level of indignation to maybe pull this off.
"What really makes me insane is how eager politicians are to use the pop culture as a whipping boy. It's easy for them, even sort of fun, because the pop-cult always hollers nice and loud. Also, it allows legislators to ignore the elephants in the living room," he said.

He pointed out that there already was a rating system for videogames and banning them was pointless because if the youngsters wanted to get hold of them, they would find ways.

Similar arguments have been thrown up before, hopefully, soon some will sink in. 

There is definitely a counter argument for banning offensive material, and all game loving adults surely agree that any material that falls outside of even an R18+ rating should be duly treated with.

All we ask for is the chance to bring ratings in line with other entertainment media and an acknowledgment that video games, or the more adult term, interactive entertainment is indeed for the masses, including people older than 18.

And by golly,if we need to coax a celebrity into the fray then so be it!