NPR talks game ratings
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Very interesting info. With all the different kinds of games that come out these days its good that there is a rating system. It lets people know if a game is appropriate for say a teen but not a little child. Although sometimes I would wonder why a game got a certain rating, then I'd play it and be like oh ok I get it now.
I think its a load of redbull
I know parents think game ratings are designed for them, but sometimes I feel like its just a sales tactic that works for games because it boasts their product and therefore their sales. I mean there are hardly any rated PG blockbuster movies, and most movies aimed at teenagers are rated R.
They say being rated by ESRB is optional, but to not have it rated is financial suicide for game makers. Given our culture of sex and violence the realistic rating for COD: MW2 is probably +15. I mean I played games like wolfestein, duke nukem 3d, and doom when I was 11 years of age.
I'm saying this for everyone because strangely buying a video game rated M is more appealing then a game rated Teen. Like it is for kids who thought the explicit warning label on music cds was part of the album design.
I looked up ESRB ratings, and they got AO which is not different from M. What gives? Fall Out 3 should of been AO, but its not. In fact I never even heard of the rating AO.
I honestly think ESRB is a load of redbull designed to monopolize the gaming industry and customers such as ourselves don't know any better and think they really are doing us a service.
[edit] I am not endorsing redbull in anyway, it fries your brains.
look at my xray, that's after five cans.
I know parents think game ratings are designed for them, but sometimes I feel like its just a sales tactic that works for games because it boasts their product and therefore their sales. I mean there are hardly any rated PG blockbuster movies, and most movies aimed at teenagers are rated R.
They say being rated by ESRB is optional, but to not have it rated is financial suicide for game makers. Given our culture of sex and violence the realistic rating for COD: MW2 is probably +15. I mean I played games like wolfestein, duke nukem 3d, and doom when I was 11 years of age.
I'm saying this for everyone because strangely buying a video game rated M is more appealing then a game rated Teen. Like it is for kids who thought the explicit warning label on music cds was part of the album design.
I looked up ESRB ratings, and they got AO which is not different from M. What gives? Fall Out 3 should of been AO, but its not. In fact I never even heard of the rating AO.
I honestly think ESRB is a load of redbull designed to monopolize the gaming industry and customers such as ourselves don't know any better and think they really are doing us a service.
[edit] I am not endorsing redbull in anyway, it fries your brains.
look at my xray, that's after five cans.
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Very infrormativ artical. From my own apinion, i think that the rating system is a good things. It keep younger children form having there minds aflicted from violent action. The games now adays at so life like and real, they have hige picture quality and seam very real to a small child.
But some parrents dont cear about the raiting system and buy there children games for xbox live, playstation 3 and so on. From the point they get the games you see the change in behavior, i have worked in a kindergarden for a cupple of years and i my self have seen changes in behavior from the oldest children that have parents they buy them games, they have mor fun from wresling and fighting. But ofc there are children that dont get aflicted but the violent action in the games.
So from read the artican i can cunclude that the raiting system has it ups and downs but still its a good thing for the parents to judge after.
For life <3
But some parrents dont cear about the raiting system and buy there children games for xbox live, playstation 3 and so on. From the point they get the games you see the change in behavior, i have worked in a kindergarden for a cupple of years and i my self have seen changes in behavior from the oldest children that have parents they buy them games, they have mor fun from wresling and fighting. But ofc there are children that dont get aflicted but the violent action in the games.
So from read the artican i can cunclude that the raiting system has it ups and downs but still its a good thing for the parents to judge after.
For life
<3
