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What's So Wrong With the ESRB?

Posted by Zonk on from the huff-and-puff-and-blow-your-industry-in dept.

1up has an in-depth look at the Hot Coffee hoopla, and the resulting impact on the ESRB. From the article: "Hot Coffee's wake was also the tipping point for The National Institute for Media and the Family. Its strongly worded 10th Annual MediaWise Video and Computer Game Report Card awarded the ESRB an 'F' for ratings accuracy and a 'C+' for ratings education. More damning was the Report Card's statement: 'The so-called 'hot coffee' scandal does not simply reveal the bad faith of one of the industry's most prominent companies; it has shown once and for all that the present rating system is broken and can't be fixed.'"

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  1. I know I should pay more attention to the topic... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    But I'm sorry, I still can't take an ethics and censorship organisation whose acronym is pronouced 'nymph' seriously.

  2. Should've had a warning label by Kawolski · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Game Experience May Change When Applying 3rd Party Hacks and Mods"

  3. If I had a talk show... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ...then the next Senator, lawyer, "family" institute, or pundit who talks about the "blatant pornography" in GTA:SA would be handed a PS2, a pre-recall copy of the game, and a memory card with a save game just prior to where the Hot Coffee content is supposed to be. I would then give them 1 hour to unlock this "blatant" pornography. I mean, it's right there, isn't it? The very next scene? Just waiting to devour our children's souls? Should be easy for them, right?

  4. What's So Wrong With the ESRB? by voice_of_all_reason · · Score: 2, Funny

    It exists.