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GDAA pres slams lack of R18+ cert in Australia-> 0

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on Wednesday July 30 2008, @09:02PM

Lurks writes "While Australia is one of the world's hotspots for game development the sun and sports loving nation also has some strange views when it comes to computer games. Most recently this resulted in the ban of Fallout 3 in Australia as a side effect of the lack of an R18+ games rating. Tom Crago, present of the Game Developer Association of Australia, voiced his frustration with the Australian law. Apparently, while most states are in favor of a change, it only takes one state Attorney-General to hold it back. Perhaps unsurprisingly it's all about saving the children."
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Alienware and Intel creates game 0

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on Friday November 30 2007, @09:11AM

Lurks writes "Alienware looks like they've made some 3D flash game called Hyperblast. It's a kind of Wipeout clone (remember that?) but seems to be based on a real 3D engine in Flash and I found it pretty fun. Interesting to see the sound track done by an old 90s techno group I loved back in the day, Eat Static. Anyway, it's your usual promotion thing with a heavy Intel tie-up with prizes offered (Europe only by the looks) so I guess it must be all about capturing emails or something. Still, it's interesting to see these guys making games instead of just hardware. Is the boundaries of commercial games and promotional games becoming more blurred?"