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ESRB adds summaries to ratings

Posted Nov 12, 2008 at 9:04AM EST by QJ Staff

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Manhunt - Image 1Just in case parents don't understand what "Adults Only, 18+" means, the ESRB has helpfully decided to add "ratings summaries" to the existing ratings system.

According to the ESRB, their research shows that parents do regularly check a game's rating before buying it for their children.

Despite this, many under-aged gamers are still getting their hands on games better left for older, less impressionable minds. Naturally, the ESRB concludes that parents just don't quite understand exactly what the ratings mean.

To remedy this, "new rating summaries, which provide exclusive and unprecedented insight into the nature of the content that triggered a given rating assignment," will be added in addition to the existing ratings info. The summaries will be searchable via their website.

If you detect an undertone of sarcasm in this article, I do apologize. It's easy for me to criticize the ESRB for a making a plan that will obviously not prevent parents from spoiling their kids rotten. Irresponsible parents will still be irresponsible parents and I suppose there's really not much else the ESRB can do about that. At least this way, people will have one less excuse when their kids steal a car GTA-style.

With the Christmas season around the corner and game sales expected to skyrocket, I guess every little bit helps.

PS. No, I'd rather not get into the argument on whether or not violent games will cause little kids to rampage the streets, guns blazing. If you must know, I'm actually in the "that's hogwash" camp, but I also recognize that I'm no psychologist, hence I tend to listen to the game's rating on the box unless I know better.



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# What.Killa B 2008-11-12 14:57
Haven't they been doing that for years?



-Spyro the Dragon: E for Comic Mischief



-Goldeneye 007: T for Blood, Animated Violence



-Grand Theft Auto III: M for Blood, Animated Violence, Realistic Blood, Realistic Violence, Strong Language



(source: ign.com)

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# Yup....LordRussell 2008-11-13 06:59
Hollywood and several recording companies have attempted to 'self regulate' themselves without having some frigged congressman's wife trying to dip into your business.



Now that the gaming community has been doing it (for quite some time I might add) the ice queens are just not going to leave well enough alone.



1. The test concerning parents surveyed... Total BS. NO parent in their right mind is going to publicly say that they aren't interested in the violent content of a medium that (for some idiotic reason) is still considered children only material/entertainment. (This is also a major reason why there have been little or no Animated films aimed at an adult market)



2. The re-fried frozen fur burgers of our congressional policy makers are under an equally delusional idea that people on the whole are COMPLETELY stupid. If you are incapable of understanding the difference between a "G" or "R" title, how the hell did you get a liscense to drive to the store your kid got the game and further more, who the hell gave them the right to reproduce?



Enough is enough! Evolution mandates that the strongest survive. Our current PC philosophies and holier than thou mind frame is actually producing an evolutionary path for the inept.



Maybe its my age, but there is something to be said for the demise of the kid in your neighborhood that ate a couple of lawn darts. All because he/she was too stupid to get out of the flight path for one reason or another.



Simply closed... You can take up the entire 6 sides of the packaging with Surgeon General warnings and everything else that the "no longer getting laid" crowd wants, they are still going to find an excuse for why whomever did something stupid or illegal and blame that as the being the cause of their behavior.



The idea that the "gene pool needs cleaning" is a concept these idiots don't see as being a long term solution.



Which is a story for another format. Look for a "Russell's World" blog and comment there. I've already taken up too much bandwidth.



Lord... I am probably going to get flamed for this rant....

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# I agree with you, generally.Scarface88 2008-11-13 11:14
What annoys me is that bad parents blame everything but their own ineptitude for their kids' behaviour.



It's the same everwhere. Very rarely do people just own up to their mistakes. It p*sses me off, to be frank.

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