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David Bowie Is Very Disappointed in You.

In the wake of Left4Dead 2 being refused classification in Australia a lot of facebook groups and forum threads have sprung up to wail and wring their hands, but some groups have decided that what they really need is public protest – with gore.

Facebook group “Gamers for a proper rating system in Aus” (one of dozens of similarly titled and focused groups) is planning an EPIC ZOMBIE LURCH to get gamers out of the house and raise their decomposing fists to the sky and tell the Attorney General that we want an 18+ rating for games.

The cynic in me wonders if the organisers are also wanting for some brains, as traipsing around the city covered in muck may not be the best way to tell the AG that we’re grown-ups and can choose what games we want to play.

I find the non-eurocentric/american aesthetic to be really interesting and I hope the film finds a distributor in the near future.

The woman at my polling place asked me do I believe in equality for gay and lesbian people. I was pretty surprised to be asked a question like that. It made no sense to me. Finally I asked her: what do you think I fought for in Omaha Beach?

YouTube – Philip Spooner – www.EqualityMaine.org.