The following review was written in 2005 as an example of work for an application to a Journalism degree. It's reproduced below to follow on from David Valjalo's blog If Only They Were Games, and will perhaps explain my points a bit more.
Dear Michael,
I write this letter to address your recent comments regarding the lack of an R18 certificate in Australia, particularly in regards to the following excerpt;
"It certainly does restrict choice to a small degree, but that is the price of keeping this material from children and vulnerable adults. In my view, the small sacrifice is worth it,"
You may or may not have noticed that a link to the EDGE Forum has now appeared at the top of the page. You may or may not have been aware that there even was an EDGE Forum at all, most likely not.
So if you're considering clicking on that link, or already have and are a bit confused, perhaps this might answer a few questions.
First thing you need to know is that your EDGE Online account will not work on the forum. It's a different log in, so you will need to create an account on the forum
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The amount of Gold subscribers says otherwise.
I'm allowing this to stand, as in the context of the discussion, the pictures can be relevant. I have however added a warning to it, as not everyone will want to be confronted by such images.
Exactly, The day PSN provides an equivalent service to Live, I'd happily pay.
I'm happy with what I get for my money. It's hardly breaking the bank.
Some of these games are very old. Surely this is an example of them not having protected their patent?
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