Games Are Outpacing Classification Systems - Margaret Anderson | grokludo 3

Margaret Anderson became Director of the Australian Classification Board in 2013, a time when it still made opaque decisions and wasn’t prepared for the tidal wave of gaming content that would come in the following years.

She talks to grokludo about declassifying the classifications as it were, and dealing with the multiple challenges that games created as a fast-moving technology that vastly outpaces the laws written to regulate it.

On the way we cover Australia’s debate over whether or not to have an R18+ rating for games, the quagmire of loot boxes and gambling content in games, and some fun stories about what it was like at the Board in these big moments.

Later in this episode, Margaret also talks about her time at Prisoners Aid NSW and the social entrepreneurship behind Mates on the Move, a group which started by helping people move house, and wound up in the waste management industry!

Enjoy!