Topic: Online Gaming

Why is it important? There are plans for the Australian Government to filter and block URL that have violent video games. This means that an online game which is classified above the MA classification will be censored and any one above the age of 15 will not be able to access the game. Whether it is possible to 100% accurately censor the internet is unsure.

Research question: How online games might be effected by these laws. I have researched three different online gaming websites and compared whether these laws should be aloud to block these games from users?

666 games.net- This websites is the largest server of violent games on the net. It is extremely popular and free to play. All of the games on this websites have the words torture or sadistic or murder. Its a website full of dark games. One game inparticular. The Torture Game 1 or 2, graphics are realistic in the second one. There is no skill involved and you basically just torture someone with nails, ropes, gun and/or chainsaw.

Gore- This game is also free to the public, quick to download and is promoted as easy to learn. They further advertise this website as killing with humour involved.

Steam- Is a subscription service, where online gamers buy and download retail games to their computer. Games which are not available in Australia can be downloaded to your computer through this service. They use the American rating system.