{"id":14895,"date":"2026-08-23T17:33:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T17:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culturalleft.org\/cl\/2026\/08\/23\/illicit-deeds-have-just-gotten-a-new-halloween-video-game-banned-in-australia-and-its-not-because-of-the-violence-culture-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T17:33:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T17:33:20","slug":"illicit-deeds-have-just-gotten-a-new-halloween-video-game-banned-in-australia-and-its-not-because-of-the-violence-culture-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culturalleft.org\/cl\/2026\/08\/23\/illicit-deeds-have-just-gotten-a-new-halloween-video-game-banned-in-australia-and-its-not-because-of-the-violence-culture-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Illicit deeds have just gotten a new Halloween video game banned in Australia \u2013 and it\u2019s not because of the violence Culture | The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Academics \u2013 and a former director of Australia\u2019s Classification Board \u2013 say Halloween: The Game\u2019s ban due to \u2018incentivised drug use\u2019 highlights an incoherent set of standards<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">breaking news email<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Halloween\u2019s Michael Myers is one of film\u2019s most feared boogeymen, responsible for some of the most brutal on-screen deaths in horror cinema. US video game developer Illfonic looked to reproduce those terrors in its upcoming title Halloween: The Game, with gruesome killings a major focus of the gameplay: for instance, you can stomp another player\u2019s head through a toilet seat, or fry their brain by throwing them through a television screen.<\/p>\n<p>But Australians will not be able to play Halloween: The Game, because it has been refused classification by the Classification Board, which means it is banned from sale within the country. 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