BBFC to review video game classification guidelines next year

Posted Oct 24, 2007 at 11:08AM by Karl B. Listed in: Tags: British Board of Film Classification, MCV, PS2
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BBFC's R-18 rating - Image 1The British Board of Film Classification will be reviewing its guidelines for games classification next year as part of a review of all the BBFC's guidelines. This was revealed by BBFC senior examiner Gianni Zamo in an interview with MCV UK.

Additionally, Zamo explained that the more realistic graphics found in today's games don't necessarily pose additional problems for the BBFC. The same goes for motion-sensing controllers. Context is one of the big factors in classifying a game, but it's not without its problems. Said Zamo:

Many game narratives are often fractured and detached from the interactive element of the game, making it difficult to see them as a whole, coherent piece. Trying to understand the context of a 40 plus hour game (even with a storyline) is very different from understanding a 90 minute movie.



Via MCV UK

 
 
 

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by iamback(unregistered) - 2007-10-24 06:53
» first

and now to show what I think of the bbfc:



Snort... HA HAH HH HAHAHAH H:AHAHAH HAAHHAHAH A WTFBBQ? HAHAH HAHAHH AHAHAHH H AHAH

LOLLERSKATES!!! !

by platon - 2007-10-24 14:47
» different then a 90min movie? yes, harder to rate? no!

I don't see their point... It's not harder to rate a game then a movie. In 3 hours you know way enough of the game to rate it anyway. It's not like an RPG will transform to a blood bath after the 4th hour... (unless you play shin megami tensei games... humm, no, you should see at least one suicide the 1st min anyway, lol).

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