Yaaaaay, more ratings for me to ignore!!!
Hehe... remember when K-A changed to E for everyone? Now those were exciting times.
I, for one, think it is pretty cool what they are doing. The current ratings are so vague that they really don't do a lot of good. There is an enormous difference between Soldiers of Fortune and XXXI, and I think the ratings should convey that.
I like the idea for the information it brings to the customers, but I think it is a feeble attempt at changing the governments decision to put an age-limit on games. I guess we'll have to wait and see.
Like a down-and-out plumber succumbimg to his LSD-induced hysteria and crushing a poor hapless turtle until it's body violently heaves itself from it's shell?The ESRB said its "cartoon violence" label will apply to games in which violent acts happen to animated characters
I'm so glad we're wrning parents about these dangerous games.
Hmm, it's in response to local government legislation.
'Bout time. I just hope, like the ESRB itself, that it doesn't FUEL the angry parents who want the government to raise their kids.
~Dart Zaidyer
I don't think I've ever seen a game that would receive the "sexual violence" label. At least not in the United States; Japan is a different story...The ESRB defines "intense violence" as bloody, gory and realistic-looking depictions of human injury or death, while "sexual violence" covers the depiction of rape.
As the lunatic responsible for its creation, I'm wondering what exactly I was smoking when I came up with it. -- Shadowblazer, referring to the old star system
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I thought the ratings were fairly clear and fine as they were before. E is for Everyone, T is for Teen, Mature is for 17+, and they put little details on the back of the box for the rating.
Details on the back of the box?
That's probably why it needs changing. Most stores keep games under lock and key behind a glass case, so you can't see the back of the box until it's too late.
~Dart Zaidyer
I've never seen a sexual violence label either, but the worst rated game I've seen is Conker's Bad Fur Day. I think that was rated Mature and then they put an extra little warning on it that you should be 18 or up...
Yeah, on the back of game boxes for the last 3-4 years or so, there will be the rating again, and a description under it like "Comic mischief/violence", "Mature Language", "Nudity" etc. Even still, there is a rating on the front that tells you who the game is for. At least games were ruled that they are a form of expression and can't be regulated, this is probably in response to that to better the ESRBs efforts I guess.Originally posted by Dart_Zader
Details on the back of the box?
That's probably why it needs changing. Most stores keep games under lock and key behind a glass case, so you can't see the back of the box until it's too late.
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