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What Is The Video Game Rating Scale

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2008-07-08 18:44:00 by Codrut Nistor in PlayerzBlog.com
...unsuitable for children under 10 years of age, titles in this category may contain more cartoon, fantasy or mild violence, mild language, minimal and/or infrequent blood and/or minimal suggestive themes, was introduced in March 2, 2005, and Donkey Kong Jungle Beat was the first game to receive it T Teen : used on E10+ games before 2005, this...
 
Tags: game, video game, video game ratings, game sales, pornographic video games, video games, games, ratings, video game content
 
 
 
 
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More on Britains Upcoming Video Game Crackdown

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2008-02-09 14:57:46 by GamePolitics in GamePolitics.com
...unsuitable games. Officials are said to be eyeing a legally enforceable, cinema-style classification system. From The Guardian At present only games showing sex or gross violence to humans or animals require age limits [in the U.K.] That leaves up to 90% of games on the market , many of which portray weapons, martial arts and extreme combat,...
 
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UK games companies back PEGI some more

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2008-09-05 14:47:33 by Matthew Razak in That VideoGame Blog
...unsuitable content for the following reasons PEGI offers the only ratings system that can fully assess all game content (currently rating 97% of content vs just 3% by BBFC PEGI is the only rating system that has the power to prevent games publishers distributing unsuitable content to children it can ban a publishers entire output across...
 
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Mad violence for Australia

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2008-10-08 03:32:53 by Jason Hill in Screen Play
...unsuitable for an MA15+ rating it will be refused classification and unavailable for sale due to the ongoing absence of an R18+ rating for games in this country Late last month horror game Silent Hill: Homecoming became the fourth game this year to be refused classification by Australia's censors. The Classification Board decided that several...
 
Tags: game unsuitable, unsuitable, game, australia, fourth game, sega australia, sega, classification board, classification
 
 
 
 
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10 most awesome, sorry offensive, violent, sex-filled videogames

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2008-11-25 18:57:26 by Lee Bradley in That VideoGame Blog
...unsuitable games is a list of the 10 most offensive, violent, sex-filled video games inappropriate for kids. It makes for interesting, and pretty damn funny, reading Many of the titles listed are game of the year contenders, with Gears of War 2 , Far Cry 2 , Left 4 Dead , Resistance 2 , Dead Space and Fallout 3 all featured. That they are...
 
Tags: unsuitable games, unsuitable, games, game, slit rival game, family-safe games, pretty damn funny, dead space, video games
 
 
 
 
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Army of Twos homosexual encounters draw ire from Christian group

2008-12-02 20:16:24 by patlike in videogaming247
 
The Timothy Plan, a Florida investment firm which bills itself as conservative Christian, is warning parents away from EA actioner Army of Two because it contains homosexual encounters. In a list of 30 games deemed unsuitable for children the game is listed thus: Army of Two: Homosexual Encounters: Somewhat homo-erotic undertones between the two...
 
Tags: homosexual encounters, army, actioner army, florida investment firm, main characters, timothy plan, homo-erotic undertones, conservative christian, games
 
 
 
 
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Jolly warning

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2008-12-02 20:18:03 by Jason Hill in Screen Play
 
...unsuitable for children The IEAA says that criminal penalties for copyright infringement are up to $60,500 and/or five years imprisonment per offence for individuals, and fines of up to $302,500 for corporations. Police can also issue on-the-spot fines of $1320
 
Tags: australia, recent interactive australia, interactive australia report, games, report, impact, cumulative economic impact, game piracy, piracy
 
 
 
 
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Censorship in India targets video games

2008-01-02 22:54:11 by michelewhite in Adrenaline Vault
 
...unsuitable for children, prior to making them available for sale in the country Michele White
 
Tags: video games, games, censor board, board, countrys official censors, computer games, censor, ban films, require developers
 
 
 
 
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Video games to be censored in India

2008-01-03 09:19:52 by Editor in N4G.com : News Feed : gaming
 
The I&B ministry has finally heeded to pleas by parents to censor all graphic computer games. This basically means that computer games with too much blood and gore will not be made available for children. Same goes for those games which involve prizes like virtual sex with a girl if you clear a certain level Parents have been voicing their...
 
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Guardian: UK plans legally enforceable game ratings

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2008-02-11 00:00:00 by Ross Miller in Joystiq
...unsuitable games (don't forget all new consoles have family settings) and internet content. A commissioned review of violence and video games is due next month. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
 
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