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Posted by WMercier on 04/17/07 04:52
A lot of this comes from having to be politically correct and from people
wanting to cover their butts. They have to have ratings, however ridiculous
they are, so that nobody can use the games as an excuse to sue them.
"Jordan" <lundj@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> On Apr 16, 8:59 pm, "Jay G." <J...@tmbg.org> wrote:
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>> I think this double standard arises partially from a lot of people still
>> thinking of video games as being mostly "for kids," much like how comics
>> always get a lot a flack for adult-orientated material. Also, a lot of
>> people fear that since video games are interactive they are more
>> "influential" on a young person's psyche than movies can be.
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> Yeah, it's the "Interactivity" that gets the most flack, despite the
> fact that M rated games are, as a rule, far far tamer than R rated
> movies.
>
> I haven't seen a game as violent as Sin City or 300 or as sexual as
> Basic Instinct or Bound, but they have the same age restriction.
>
> - Jordan
>
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