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this post was submitted on 02 Oct 2024
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What is it with Germany and Australia always being so anal about video games?
There was a lot of panic about "killer games" in the 90s-00s. Politicians and parents blamed video games for school shootings. Nowadays nobody cares about the topic at all, but the strict rules remain. Steam just kind of ignored the local laws so far, but now decided to actually adhere to them.
Australia had a bit of an old fart classification board. It's gotten a lot better in recent years, especially after the R18 rating was introduced. It was pretty dumb for a while though I agree.