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Australian anti-porn group claims responsibility for Steam's new censorship rules in victory against 'porn sick brain rotted pedo gamer fetishists', and things only get weirder from there (www.pcgamer.com)
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[โ€“] sys110x@feddit.nl 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The name changes go back to Fallout 3 (at least, I can't recall if FO1 & FO2 had the same drama).

By the time of Fallout 4, names like Med-X (morphine), Rad-Away (iodine), Brawno (amphetamine? I can't remember) were well and truly bedded in, and suited the aesthetic. Why change it at that point? They've created names that suit the aesthetic better than the actual drug names.

I was in my mid/late 20s when this was all going down. I grey imported the MK reboot so I could play, had a copy of Manhunt, and others. The Fallout drug names were a result of the lack of 18+ rating and trying to comply with MA15.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2008/07/fallout-3-cant-get-a-rating-in-australia/

https://www.smh.com.au/technology/fallout-continues-from-ban-on-game-20080715-gdsma8.html

https://www.gameshub.com/news/features/australian-classification-law-video-games-2646457/

[โ€“] Fleur_@aussie.zone 1 points 4 days ago

Ah yeah true dat