The Coalition of Entertainment Retail Trade Associations has issued a press release declaring June to be “Entertainment Ratings and Labeling Awareness Month.”
CERTA, which includes the Entertainment Merchants Association, a trade group representing video game retailers, hopes to remind parents to check ratings on movies and video games as well as parental advisories on music.
Andrew Eisen: That article is over five years old, Uncharted. A fun blast from the past though.02/12/2012 - 10:47pm
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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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Re: June is Entertainment Ratings and Labeling Awareness Month
Don't forget to check the ratings on books and poetry...wait...those don't even have ratings!!
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Re: June is Entertainment Ratings and Labeling Awareness Month
Why does this even warrant a month? I mean, it's not like they don't remind parents about this omnipresent fact every other month of the year.
Re: June is Entertainment Ratings and Labeling Awareness Month
So its basicly ESRB Ratings an Awareness month??? Ony rating system that parent still have trouble knowing excists :P
Re: June is Entertainment Ratings and Labeling Awareness Month
So this is really, "Hey idiot. Read the rating before buying that game for your whiny kid" Month?
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E. Zachary Knight
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Re: June is Entertainment Ratings and Labeling Awareness Month
A small reminder from a teeny-tiny organization (if you blink, you missed us) called:
Parents For Education, Not Legislation.
Whether during any particular Awareness Month, or any other time of the year, use your knowledge to inform individuals and Parents of known resources to help them make intelligent decisions for themselves.
Whether telling them of various rating systems (even movie, TV, or even written material ratings), or resources to find out more details about any particular product, either by industry reviews or even better through consumer/user reviews.
You will find individuals and Parents who make choices different than your own choices and this is not a bad thing. We all make different decisions and the most important thing isn't that others make the same decisions as us but rather that they make informed, intelligent decisions. One does not need to pass judgement to inform.
I also encourage you to inform others about rating systems and resources that you wouldn't particularly use. While you may oppose certain beliefs or biases that you witness, others may not. And it is far more important that individuals and Parents be allowed to use resources that best fit their own beliefs and ideals.
The most powerful tools in existance aren't organizations or the government. They are actually the consumers themselves when they are well and Truthfully informed.
Have a good day.
Nightwng2000
NW2K Software
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Re: June is Entertainment Ratings and Labeling Awareness Month
Hm, I'm still waiting for it to degenerate to "Awareness Awareness Month", or something similar. "Hey guys, you can think for yourselves, did you know that?"
Re: June is Entertainment Ratings and Labeling Awareness Month
Poetic Justice states that this is the month that another Hot Coffee kicks off.