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Lieberman Pleased With Video Game Ratings
Babbster writes "GamesAreFun.com is reporting that Senators Joseph Lieberman and Herb Kohl are pleased with the ESRB ratings system for video games and specifically praise the changes being made to ESRB labels effective September 15th. A lot must have changed at the ESRB in the last seven months since both these men wanted congressional hearings on video game ratings."
But the bananas had 26 dismemberment zones!
Despite being pleased with the ESRB's rating system, the senator had some rather harsh words for the video game industry.
"I am, however, absolutely disgusted by the material our children are subjected to in some of these games. Not only the violence, gore, and sexuality, but also the realism or, more importantly, the blatant lack of realism depicted in these games. I mean, seriously, what kind of world is this if a fat Italian guy won't shoot a hooker?" Lieberman said.
All those huge pixels with sharp-edged corners put me off sex for years. The girlfriend finally convinced me she supported a high enough resolution that anti-aliasing wouldn't be needed for safety.
> parents will know clearly why certain games rated by the ESRB as M are not advisable for those under 18
Plus, those under 18 will know which games are best.
-- Don't Tase me, bro!
I must be tired and seen too much pr0n in my formative years.
at first i read it as,
Lesbian Pleased With Video Game Ratings.
*Goes to bed*
ESRB Ratings System for those under 18 decrypted:
AO = Awesome
M = Monsturously Fun
T = Terrific
E = Entertaining
EC = Educational Crap
A game's rating can be great advertising... (just like a movie's rating)
There is always a frontier where there is an open and willing mind
I don't know why, but Lieberman reminds me of the dad on that old TV show ALF. I can even imagine an entire episode devoted to the wrongness of playing Grand Theft Auto III.
Without Sens. Lieberman and the other guy, I wouldn't be able to tell exactly which kind of violence I'm getting in my games. This will make it much easier to feed my psychosis on a budget. Who says the government doesn't know what it's doing?
You post on slashdot, so I am skeptical of your story involving sex and a girlfriend.
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