Posted by Doug Jacobs on 04/17/07 00:54

In alt.video.dvd Jay G. <Jay@tmbg.org> wrote:

> I don't know about the government, but I'm guessing the industry is
> releasing mature rated games because 83% of people who buy video games and
> 69% of people who play video games are over the age of 18:
> http://www.theesa.com/facts/gamer_data.php

Shhh! Don't throw facts at them, it'll only confuse them!

My favorite little bit from the latest "review" of the ESRB is that the
government slammed the ESRB for NOT putting the list of objectionable
material on the front of the game packages. (eg. 'M for mature for
graphic violence' vs. just 'M')

This is pretty stupid.

Go to Best Buy or some place where they sell DVDs. Pick up a rated R movie
and look at the front. Does it even have the movie rating on it? No. In
fact, you have to look pretty carefully to even find the rating (if it has
one!) on the back of the disc. Even then, most movies don't even say WHY
the movie got its rating. (again, 'R for profanity, violence' vs. 'R')

I'm all for a rating system on games and all that, but why aren't movies
held to the same standards? If anything, the ESRB has bent over backwards
to try to appease the government's requests, while the movie ratings on
packages still harken back to the 'bad old' pre-ESRB days.

Yeah, I know. Consistency is another thing that'll just confuse the
government.

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