I’m buried in putting Freeplay together and haven’t really found time to blog, which is a shame because this year has been fascinating for games locally and there’s lots to be said. Luckily, other people have said interesting things which means I can just link to them 🙂
R18+
My thoughts on the R18+ discussion
Well, I guess Amnesia Month is well and truly over…
I wasn’t going to weigh in to the R18+ issue largely because for a long time I’ve maintained that it didn’t really affect developers, and there was already a well-motivated and very vocal contingent of gamers who had the time and the energy for the fight. I also couldn’t find a way to add anything more to the argument than has already been stated elsewhere.
But now I think I can.
…if the latest surveys about the average gamer being a 32-year-old single male who sits at home and plays games all day are correct, then what I am proposing is not going to have much impact at all.
From Gamespot.
Tiny Update…
I’m on ABC Radio’s Tech Stream program (along with a bunch of other people) talking a little bit about GCAP and the year in review – link. For the record, my game of the year is Canabalt on iPhone.
And here‘s an article I wrote for Open Forum on the R18+ rating, the proposed Internet filter, and how they might affect the local games industry.