I'm going to derail this slightly; since it seems that we're now arguing terminology and not the merits of the argument itself; and pick up on the censorship issue that's been raised. Again.

The Australian version of the game will be the same. The tactics, teamplay, required skills, and the challenge will all be the same. The VS mode will be the same. The new realism mode will be the same. The only difference will be a slight change in visuals. Hell, if anything, removal of disabled models will likely slightly improve performance.

I ask myself, did anyone not buy Carmageddon when the blood was green? Did anyone not buy Carmageddon 2 when they went on to use wierd greeny yellow insect blood, even after the first game had the blood patch? (Incedently, someone should release a new Carmageddon game, it's been long enough that people have forgotten the flaws, with current technology it could be awesome.) Remember, graphics maketh not a game, and gore is just one aspect of graphics. Quite frankly it was an aspect of graphics that I didn't require when I was twelve, let alone now.

Ok, I didn't know about the riot cops thing. Strikes me as lazy on Valve's part, I'm sure they could have remodelled it to something else, I don't know, an American footballer or something.

Gore doesn't make a game scary. Atmosphere, tension and setting make a game scary. I haven't played Dead Space, but Resident Evil is not scary, apart from two points right at the beginning of the first game. Lots of gore, but not scary. Now, Project Zero, or Fatal Frame if you own a Playstation, that's scary. And it has zero gore.