December 8, 2006
Here's the ESRB's new Game Stop PSA...
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Uncharted NES: Critics: 'Left Behind' game glorifies violence- http://tinyurl.com/wu64s02/12/2012 - 4:34pm
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Zen: I felt Brutal Legends was a funny & beautiful look at the world of rock from Double Fines point of view. The only parts I wasn't hot for were the RTS bits as it felt forced. Otherwise fantastic.02/12/2012 - 1:34pm
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DorthLous: Passed 1.5M$. And I'd also say that Brutal Legend is far from being a bad game. I just think it was a few levels under what people expected from the people working on the project.02/11/2012 - 8:25am
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Technogeek: Brutal Legend wasn't bad so much as "marketing had no idea how the game actually played", causing it to suffer accordingly.02/10/2012 - 10:38pm
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RedMage: It looks the CIA's website has been DDOS'ed. Anon?02/10/2012 - 7:52pm
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RedMage: Brutal Legend.02/10/2012 - 7:52pm
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ddrfr33k: Has anything Tim Schafer ever made been of crap caliber? I'm struggling to think of one...02/10/2012 - 7:37pm
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Guamish: I think it is in good hands. Tim did a game for the GDC award show and that was fun for how short it was.02/10/2012 - 12:22pm
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Andrew Eisen: It'll be tragic if the game ultimately sucks.02/10/2012 - 12:17pm
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james_fudge: $1.3 million02/10/2012 - 11:32am
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Uncharted NES: Germany Says It Won't Sign ACTA [Update: ... Yet]- http://tinyurl.com/7r2twrg02/10/2012 - 11:21am
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Andrew Eisen: Damn. Double Fine's Kickstarter fund has already passed a million dollars.02/09/2012 - 8:16pm
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Andrew Eisen: Audrey didn't quote the sassy parts. Here's IGN's article: http://wii.ign.com/articles/121/1218359p1.html And here's my original post: http://tinyurl.com/7y68a3902/09/2012 - 7:50pm
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james_fudge: I hope you some said something sassy! Where's the link?02/09/2012 - 7:46pm
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Andrew Eisen: Hey, neat. IGN quoted a blog I had writen only two hours earlier. I certainly timed that one pretty well.02/09/2012 - 7:38pm
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Andrew Eisen: Toki Tori has been added to the Humble Bundle for Android.02/09/2012 - 5:11pm
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james_fudge: Thanks for the heads-up DorthLous02/09/2012 - 4:33pm
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DorthLous: Will do, my apologies.02/09/2012 - 4:14pm
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Andrew Eisen: I appreciate the heads up but please keep typo alerts to the specific article's comments or PMs.02/09/2012 - 3:33pm
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DorthLous: The title says 30, but in the article, the developer says it's like a 20% net tax http://www.gamepolitics.com/2012/02/09/developers-call-facebook-currency-transaction-fee-thirty-percent-tax02/09/2012 - 2:43pm
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Comments
Well, we've been asking for this kind of support of our hobby, looks like it's finally filtering in.
I think it really shows how stupid and political this whole ratings thing is, considering lieberman and clinton ignorantly endorsed these ads. It truly is just a "Win the family-first constituency without alienating anyone that matters" issue.
Of course, my opinion is that these PSA's should have never come to pass in the first place.
http://www.esrb.org/about/media_library.jsp
Andrew Eisen
I think this is great. If nothing else, it's a step in the right direction. I like the commercials with the Attorney Generals and the radio ads that say "video games are no different than TV or movies." Zing!
I don't think"Enlisted" is an actual game, lol.
Yup, it seems that now that a truce has been signed between the ESRB and the watchdogs, and now the failed legislators are starting to reimburse legal fees.....
...this whole argument over videogames is probably going to start to wind to close.
But what to report on this site afterwards?
Overall it's not a bad idea. I'm sure I remember seeing ads of a similar nature on TV ages ago for the rating system here in the UK, though much more "this is PG, it means parents must accompany the child blah blah". They still exist, but mainly shown before films at the cinema.
At least if this sort of Ad reaches parents, noone can say they are not aware of the rating system. Will be interesting to see just what effect this has on those reports of kids being able to buy games underage. Sadly we all know that the violence in schools won't be impacted as unlike politicians and those that require a scapegoat, we know gaming isnt the cause.
I find those ads "good" but not good. They just seem mega corny and misrepresenting.
But I do support ESRB going to the next level, mainly for the sake of keeping some of the kiddies out of games where there should be a older crowd. Theres nothing worse than a 14 year old admin that likes to abuse power on game servers. Thats the worst experence. But thats the two cents you'll get from me as a PC Gamer.
Technically there is nothing to stop the parent buying for the kid if it is an M rated game too, but I understand why the advert is keen to sidestep that.
It's because they're emphasising that it's the parent's choice. Granted they don't mention it directly, but it's implied, that because the mother checked the ratings, SHE made the decision of what's right.
Nico
while it sounds silly they are focusing on making parents aware theres teen games and mature games while they don't need to have a parents help in getting it its good that parents know what world we are living in.
Yep, looking over there I could notice that you are right with this....