Jail Parents for Giving Children Violent Games?

According to the website stuff.co.nz, New Zealand's chief government censor Bill Hastings proposed that parents who give their children violent video games should be prosecuted.

Laws around video games were "an even stricter regime than alchol", because when an adult gives a child aged under 18 access to a restricted video game, even in their own home they are breaking the law, he said.

If someone was to be caught knowingly allowing a child to play restricted video games such as the R-18 Grand Theft Auto series, they could be punished by up to three months of imprisonment or a fine of up to 10 000 dollars while no-one had yet been prosecuted under the law.

Mr Hastings says:

"That's what the law says, but... you're not going to have police officers in everybedroom... There would certainly be some shock value to prosecuting a parent who gives their under-18 child access to a restricted game. It would send out a message that the enforcement agency means business."

More at : http://news.mmosite.com/content/2009-03-10/20090310003231076.shtml
Source: MMOsite News Center

NEWS FLASH

Sorry about posting like 10 mins after my first one but I just got news that new Nintendo DSi will be in stores on the 02/04/09 for $300 (EB Games). This also comes with 2GB SD card when you pre-order from EB. For more info on the DSi its self, watch the vid below.



Later:)
AndrewCow

Apples On a Role:)

APPLE IS ON A MASSIVE ROLE

FIRSTLY--Safari 4

I hate to say it. It may sound blasphemous(i googled the spelling:) ) but i have switched.

I have been using FireFox and i hate to say it but......it is better that FireFox.

It is so damn fast and has an awesome interface(even if it is just like google chrome -

it is better than chrome). I am not joking it is 42 times faster that IE7.

I definitely recommend downloading the BETA here.

SECONDLY -- New iPod Shuffle

Yes on the 11th of March apple released the worlds smallest MP3 player

AND it even talks to you. Yes they has combated the problem of not having

a screen by making it say your selection. It is so tiny because it has no buttons.

All of the buttons(except for the hold button) are on the headphones.

It comes in silver and black and only available in 4GB models so far but for only

AU$129. For more info go to the official site here.

Also, as most people no by now, apple has made the worlds most energy

efficient Desktop AND Laptop. The Mac Mini is the tiny desktop (about the

size of the small Dell ones but SOOOOOOO much more power)that has claimed

the title of the most energy efficient computer and the new Mac Book can run off

1/4 the power of a light bulb.

Well done apple:)

AndrewCow

(Don't get me wrong - PCs all they way.........except for maybe my AMVs)

Sorry for the repost -- formatting issues:)

Army of 2, Command and Conquer and The rise of Casual Gaming

Welcome to the new opinion based ausgametech.

EA has announced Army of 2: The 40th day which appears to follow on from the idea of the original Army of Two. It does however change the way the co-op works with each player relying on each other. There will also be more co-op moves and the game will be available on the XBox 360, Playstation 3 amd Playstation Portable.

Command and Conquer Red Alert 3: Uprising is availiable digitally today.

Finally, I have been receiving many press releases from both Activision and EA outlining nwe Casual Games becoming available for all teh major gamign consoles. EA has released Trivial Pursuit and Activision is set to release Little League World Series Baseball 2009. This could be the start of a downhill trend with each publisher publishing more casual games than hardcore games. If this happens then it may prove to cause their profits to drop signifcantly.
I have only one thing to say to the major publishers...FOCUS ON YOUR MAJOR FRANCHISES AND TRY TO COME UP WITH A FEW MORE IDEAS TO PROVIDE A FRESHNESS TO EACH FRANCHISE!

2009 Conventions!

This year ausgametech will be visiting 2 conventions held in Brisbane.

The first will be Supanova, which andrewcow will be covering from April 3-5.
"Gathered from the wonderful worlds of science-fiction, pulp TV/movies, toys, console gaming, trading cards, animation/cartoons, fantasy, comic books, entertainment technology, books, music, sport, internet sites and fan-clubs, Supanova Pop Culture Expo is where the adoring public comes face to face with the creative talent that inspire their imaginary worlds under one big roof. It's where burgeoning talent can also display their work and where industry comes to get new ideas and network within the community.

Celebrity guests, tournaments, special events, exclusive screenings, interactive competitions, product launches, collectables, nostalgia and more drawn from the international elite of popular licenses and intellectual properties combined with the very best of Australia."

The second will be Gen Con Australia, which I will be coverign from 18-20 September.
"Gen Con™ Australia is a consumer games and entertainment convention that showcases games for a broad audience of entertainment seekers. The event will be held 18th to 20th of September 2009 at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Gen Con™ hosts the largest number of games tournaments and demonstrations ever seen in Australia.

Held annually in Brisbane, Gen Con™ provides families and games enthusiasts with an opportunity to see and play games across three major categories namely Electronic Games, Family Games and Enthusiast Games."

LOL

LOL i have been very happy lately. YU-GI-OH the Abridged series has been posted every week for about 3 weeks in a row:) If you don't no what it is go here to watch some of the hilarious episodes . But the real reason I bring this up is LittleKuriboh(the person who makes the show) made this vid that i thought was definitly worth sharing:) ENJOY!!!



Now on to other matters. I am a terrible person:) I have two big posts that i have been putting off for about a month but NO MORE. The Windows 7 review p2 will be up this weekend and the How to make a media server on your PS3 will be up sometimes the week after:)

Now on to other other things. Are you one of the 11.5 MILLION people who play wow(that is more than half the population of Australia LOL). Well then i definitely recommend you get the Zygor WoW guide:) It is Excellent. It may be a bit pricey in our economic depression but oh well:). If you don't play WOW START NOW.

So yea BTW for some strange reason Mozilla announced that the log awaited FireFox 3.1 is now 3.5?? Does this mean FireFox 4 is coming sooner that we thought. Yea well I have been using the Beta 3 Pre Beta for a while and it looks well............exactly the same. Oh well i am probably missing something. :)LOL if you are wondering, the rumors are true. SAFARI 4 BETA IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS GOOGLE CHROME.:)

See you next time and feel free to ask questions or request we review something on the chat box:)

AndrewCow

P.S. - I will be covering Brisbane supanova(the tech part of it anyway)

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