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=== [[Video Games]] ===

* Originally there was no R-18+ rating for videogames, so anything deemed to go over the MA 15+ rating would mean that the game would get no classification and be banned. This has since changed, with the R-18+ rating implemented in 2013 (it was originally slated to be added by the end of 2011).

* ''[[Fallout 3]'' was the subject of a rumor (since confirmed) that it originally failed to attain a 15+ rating and was thus refused a rating, rendering it banned in Australia before it even came out. It has since been rated and released with a 15+ rating - the reason it hadn't got one previously? Apparently, it was the ''depiction of a static image of morphine as a type of buff-giving item'' that ruffled the OFLC so much. The changes themselves were adopted in all versions of the game as well, as Australia's board was not the only one to raise concerns (though other countries would likely have been less trigger-happy about banning the game). ** Ironically, [https://www.cinemablend.com/games/Australian-Censorship-Makes-Fallout-3-Better-Everywhere-12150.html the change ended up being arguably] [[Tropes Are Not Bad|for the better]]; the article argues that the replacement of morphine with "Med-X" fell more in line with the retro science fiction feel of the series.

* ''[[Fallout 3]]'' was the subject of a rumor (since confirmed) that it originally failed to attain a 15+ rating and was thus refused a rating, rendering it banned in Australia before it even came out. It has since been rated and released with a 15+ rating - the reason it hadn't got one previously? Apparently, it was the ''depiction of a static image of morphine as a type of buff-giving item'' that ruffled the OFLC so much. The changes themselves were adopted in all versions of the game as well, as Australia's board was not the only one to raise concerns (though other countries would likely have been less trigger-happy about banning the game). ** Ironically, [https://www.cinemablend.com/games/Australian-Censorship-Makes-Fallout-3-Better-Everywhere-12150.html the change ended up being arguably] [[Tropes Are Not Bad|for the better]]; the article argues that the replacement of morphine with "Med-X" fell more in line with the retro science fiction feel of the series.

* ''[[Leisure Suit Larry]]: Magna Cum Laude'' was unrated due to its strongly suggestive... ''everything''. It's about an adorable [[Casanova Wannabe]] trying to get laid by college coeds.

* ''[[Left 4 Dead]] 2'' was added to the list of games refused classification for the amount of violence caused by melee weapons. It was eventually released, heavily censored; the reasoning was that the zombies (which were infected humans) get dismembered or have their organs exposed after a single hit. It's a common belief Australia would have allowed the riot infected, who were not present in this censored version; the explanation is that Valve had used the German cut which already had them censored out (though they were since patched back in), which also censored elements Australia would have allowed (e.g. disappearing bodies).