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    100 KB Anonymous 01/22/10(Fri)21:49 No.47499156  
    Lets discuss video game ratings (E, T, M, etc) and censorship. Do you think censorship in the future will become more strict, or less strict?

    On one hand, I can't recall a video game having a backlash as strong as Mortal Kombat did back in the early 90s. Grand Theft Auto stirred up some controversy, notably with it's hot coffee mod, but it seems to pale in comparison to all the bundled panties over Mortal Kombat. Now a days we have hyper violent games like Madworld and nobody questions its blood and guts content. I remember the sex scene in Mass Effect being blown out of proportion by Fox News, but I don't recall anyone clamoring against the sex in God of War, which actually showed nudity, I don't hear anything against the nudity in Dante's Inferno either.

    It seems to me like a lot of parents don't even know about video game rating systems, in the same manner they know about the MPAA movie ratings (PG, PG-13, R etc). An adult who would never take their kid to a rated R movie might be more apt to buy their kid a rated M game. I just find it strange that over the years the R rating has fell out of favor for PG-13, but the same trend isn't happening with video games. Are we in an era of uncensored vidya decadence? Will all blockbuster game titles in the future be tamed down to "T" to reach a larger audience?
    >> Anonymous 01/22/10(Fri)21:51 No.47499297
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    nobody cares about censorship?
    >> Anonymous 01/22/10(Fri)21:51 No.47499347
    >>47499297
    no because I'm not 12.
    >> Anonymous 01/22/10(Fri)21:52 No.47499383
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    we have too many children! Without little kids, we wouldn't need those ratings and everyone would be happy.
    >> Anonymous 01/22/10(Fri)21:53 No.47499432
    >>47499347
    you will care when every video game that wants to be profitable has to lower its rating from "Mature" to "Teen."
    >> Anonymous 01/22/10(Fri)21:53 No.47499476
    I personally think it will get worse before it gets better. Video games are still viewed highly as a kid toy, and more and more people want everything to be more family friendly. I wouldn't be surprised to see physical retail stores not stocking M rated titles in the near future.
    >> Anonymous 01/22/10(Fri)21:54 No.47499529
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    >>47499383
    yeah! Fuck children!
    >> Anonymous 01/22/10(Fri)21:55 No.47499585
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    >>47499529
    >Fuck children!
    >> Anonymous 01/22/10(Fri)21:56 No.47499705
    I don't think that games will start moving towards "T" to attract a broader audience. I feel like with video games, much less so than movies, there's sort of an emphasis on being "edgy." Maybe it's the fact that I'm on /v/ most of the time and as such am more exposed to games aimed for an "M" userbase, but I feel like games that are rated "M" are selling well, probably better than their "T" rated counterparts.
    >> Anonymous 01/22/10(Fri)22:00 No.47499923
    >>47499476
    I doubt it. M is still profitable and video games by and large don't seem to attract the sort of attention that the same situations in a movie would attract. It's a one day news story on the cable network at best.
    >> Anonymous 01/22/10(Fri)22:00 No.47499942
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    >I just find it strange that over the years the R rating has fell out of favor for PG-13, but the same trend isn't happening with video games.

    >On one hand, I can't recall a video game having a backlash as strong as Mortal Kombat did back in the early 90s

    Answered your own question, there.

    People really don't care about video game ratings the same way they do about movie titles, and the only way that will happen is if there's some catastrophic backlash and ensuing public awareness campaign, which I don't see happening.

    And I find it very hard, as someone who's over 18 but doesn't have any kids, to really care about this at all.
    >> Anonymous of College Park,MD 01/22/10(Fri)22:00 No.47499968
    >>47499476
    Things always gets worse before it gets better.

    As for the ESRB ratings, I would simply add a 15+ rating because there are so many games that are classified M17+ but only because of one aspect of the game (Blood or coarse language).

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