Throughout the year it's inevitable that a couple of games will run afoul of the Australian Classification Board, but rarely do we see the true scope of what goes through their doors. Here's a little look at a year's worth of games for the good ol' classification board.

Want to put an Android app in the Google Play store? From May, you'll have to fill out a questionnaire that allows the app to be assigned an age rating, and the app won't be published until it is approved by Google's approvals team. Here's what you need to know.

Dear Lifehacker, I know Foxtel doesn't always show fully-uncut films on its movie channels. I'm wondering whether it also trims "inappropriate" content from TV shows? The reason I ask is because Game of Thrones is classified R18+ on DVD but only MA15+ on Foxtel's Showcase channel. What's going on? Is Foxtel editing the episodes to attain a lower rating?

The other week, I watched the action-comedy flick Kickass 2 at the cinema. The movie is a delightfully perverse slice of extreme violence and non-stop swearing punctuated by the occasional gross-out bodily fluids gag. In other words, it's in no way intended for children and has a rating to prove it. However, I happened to spy some kids sitting directly in front of me who looked suspiciously tweeny...

Last night, the Australian Classification Board gave the video game Saints Row IV an RC rating, which means it cannot be legally sold in this country. This is despite the fact that video games now have an R18+ classification in Australia. So is Saints Row IV -- a tongue-in-cheek action game -- really worse than "torture porn" movies like Hostel and Saw? Or is the Classification Board still backwards when it comes to classifying games?

In line with its status as a multi-channel broadcaster, the ABC has changed the times at which it'll broadcast certain types of programs on its channels. But do age-related timings have much of a future anyway?