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.
ZippyDSMlee: Something I did by hand on my convertiable laptop, http://zippydsmlee.deviantart.com/art/Cotlop-zelda-unfinished-sketch-WIP-finish-373937163 forgot if I posted it befor.06/19/2013 - 7:44pm
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Conster: Also, I guess The War Z changed its name so they can scam some more people?06/19/2013 - 7:44pm
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Conster: AE: when even HuffPo makes the same joke, it's not something you want to take credit for. :P06/19/2013 - 7:43pm
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Andrew Eisen: Hey look! The War Z changed its name to Infestation: Survivor Stories. http://infestationmmo.com/06/19/2013 - 7:23pm
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Andrew Eisen: You're going to have a lot of company in prison, RedMage. Most of the internet has stolen MY joke. Bastards!06/19/2013 - 7:06pm
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RedMage: The cover art thing points to an industry trend of only wanting to appeal to teen boys despite the talk of "broadening the appealz"06/19/2013 - 6:17pm
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RedMage: I'd like to turn myself in for unintentional theft of a joke. Ignorance of the law is no excuse :o06/19/2013 - 6:17pm
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Andrew Eisen: Remember the fight to get Last of Us's Ellie on the game cover? Check this out: http://cheezburger.com/758618624006/19/2013 - 6:12pm
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Andrew Eisen: RedMage - Thief! You stole my joke! You're a horrible, loathesome person! Or you simply had the same idea and didn't read my earlier shout!06/19/2013 - 5:35pm
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RedMage: Maybe they're going to rename it the Xbox 18006/19/2013 - 5:26pm
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IanC: Bet EA are pissed.06/19/2013 - 5:17pm
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Andrew Eisen: Ah, James is just a little quicker on the keyboard than I!06/19/2013 - 5:07pm
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Craig R.: Too little, too late.06/19/2013 - 4:52pm
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DorthLous: PWAHAHAHAH, the MS spinning sound woke me up :)06/19/2013 - 4:27pm
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Andrew Eisen: Microsoft's new console shall now be known as the Xbox One-Eighty.06/19/2013 - 4:17pm
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Andrew Eisen: I imagine we were typing our respective shouts at the same time.06/19/2013 - 4:14pm
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MaskedPixelante: So Andrew... is there going to be a new poll now? I mean, the one about the XBO DRM is kinda no longer relevant.06/19/2013 - 4:13pm
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Andrew Eisen: In light of Xbox One's furious backpeddling on its DRM policies, I'm closing the poll for now. I'll probably write a new one later today or tomorrow.06/19/2013 - 4:11pm
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IanC: Found three people whining about this so far. Saying that its because of cheapasses and that its going to be horrible online now. W T and indeed F.06/19/2013 - 4:09pm
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Andrew Eisen: Technogeek - I agree but: "After a one-time system set-up with a new Xbox One, you can play any disc based game without ever connecting online again." Why do I need to connect online to set up a system I'm not going to use online?06/19/2013 - 4:07pm
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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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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.