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Da Dego · 7th Aug 2006, 14:58

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/08...te_your_games/

Veles · 7th Aug 2006, 15:37

leviathan18 · 7th Aug 2006, 15:41

instead loosing time in this why they dont try to educate better the children in the schools or free heatlh care or better ways to handle politics instead of war (but im in favor of the irak war at least the get rid of saddam)

Kipman725 · 7th Aug 2006, 16:40

erm play all the games thorugh... 1. what about games whith randomised enviroments? (what if the bushes one time you play look like boobies or something?)

2. What about games like morrowind and oblivion that take 500hrs odd to play trough (some very very funny parts in morrowind, I'm sure the raters missed out on, sex slaves anyone?)

DXR_13KE · 7th Aug 2006, 17:26

this is very lame, pointless and slow, just make the game producers make a sumary of everything and a possible rating of the game and then ESRB can rate it, it is more eficient and its faster, if the game is another rating then change it at the expense of the game makers, or better yeat, each game company has a person responsible for the rating, if the rating is wrong then the fine should go to the company that maked the game.

greensabbath · 7th Aug 2006, 17:45

this seems like another peice of crap legislation from a crap congress distracting from this issues that actually matter, namely everything else, good job guys.

olly_lewis · 7th Aug 2006, 18:33

Congress can bite me...
But of course we all know that the combination of "violence and cleavage" is destroying the world, the American way of life, first it was the communists and their violent commie video games and now its the TERRORISTS.... god bless America and aging senators with no knowledge of electronic or video entertainment in general... saving our way of life, one piece of pointless legislation at a time.....

yahooadam · 7th Aug 2006, 21:23

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Originally Posted by olly_lewis

Congress can bite me...
But of course we all know that the combination of "violence and cleavage" is destroying the world, the American way of life, first it was the communists and their violent commie video games and now its the TERRORISTS.... god bless America and aging senators with no knowledge of electronic or video entertainment in general... saving our way of life, one piece of pointless legislation at a time.....

QFT i think

I really think that the goverment is just too damn restrictive on games

speedfreek · 7th Aug 2006, 21:47

Deadly combinations of violence and cleavage.

Im certian that just about any member on this forum is more of a videogame expert than that guy.

yahooadam · 7th Aug 2006, 21:50

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Originally Posted by speedfreek

Deadly combinations of violence and cleavage.

tbh you can find them easier on the internet then in a game <_<

Cthippo · 7th Aug 2006, 21:55

Be glad the government is doing stupid and useless things. They do less damage that way.

DXR_13KE · 8th Aug 2006, 11:39

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Originally Posted by Cthippo

Be glad the government is doing stupid and useless things. They do less damage that way.

amen to that brother

Captain Slug · 8th Aug 2006, 14:28

Will never fly. They have absolutely no case concerning why the change is needed since the ESRB has moved EXTREMELY fast in the rare occurances that they need to change ratings.
The problem right now is that almost nobody pays attention to the ratings (which ALREADY INCLUDE the content that earned it that ratings). It isn't the fault of the ESRB that parents are too lazy to bother reading the box before buying or renting the game.

zoom314 · 8th Aug 2006, 21:26

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Originally Posted by olly_lewis

Congress can bite me...
But of course we all know that the combination of "violence and cleavage" is destroying the world, the American way of life, first it was the communists and their violent commie video games and now its the TERRORISTS.... god bless America and aging senators with no knowledge of electronic or video entertainment in general... saving our way of life, one piece of pointless legislation at a time.....

Well this would only apply within the US, It would need to pass Congress, The Senate(No senate version = No bill to be signed into law) and then be signed into law by the President of the United States of America.

But It's only 3 out of about 490 congressional representatives, Lets see If It has any real legs.

7th Aug 2006, 14:58	#1
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Kipman725 When did I get a custom title!?! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: UK Posts: 1,753	erm play all the games thorugh... 1. what about games whith randomised enviroments? (what if the bushes one time you play look like boobies or something?) 2. What about games like morrowind and oblivion that take 500hrs odd to play trough (some very very funny parts in morrowind, I'm sure the raters missed out on, sex slaves anyone?) __________________ Sn45g game server mod My Electronics Site Hardware: 3400+ Sempr0n, 1GB RAM, 1.28TB local storage, x1950pro,Razer Viper,M$ comfort curve 2000,L70S + 17", Fujitsu 17" CRT Audio: HD-650's, PE congress amp, Sound Blaster AWE64, Soundblaster 24bit

7th Aug 2006, 17:26	#5
DXR_13KE Madeira's banana is the best!!! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Madeira ; Portugal Posts: 6,473	this is very lame, pointless and slow, just make the game producers make a sumary of everything and a possible rating of the game and then ESRB can rate it, it is more eficient and its faster, if the game is another rating then change it at the expense of the game makers, or better yeat, each game company has a person responsible for the rating, if the rating is wrong then the fine should go to the company that maked the game. __________________ *Renegade X - 0.40 Release!* <---- CLICK!

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8th Aug 2006, 14:28	#13
Captain Slug Infinite Patience Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: USA Posts: 1,404	Will never fly. They have absolutely no case concerning why the change is needed since the ESRB has moved EXTREMELY fast in the rare occurances that they need to change ratings. The problem right now is that almost nobody pays attention to the ratings (which ALREADY INCLUDE the content that earned it that ratings). It isn't the fault of the ESRB that parents are too lazy to bother reading the box before buying or renting the game. __________________ Past Project: Baby Mk.V \| Current Project: Metal Slug \| My Guide To Machining Plastics