What's So Wrong With the ESRB?

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday February 7, 2006 @08:46AM 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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Yeah, government regulation, that's what we need.. by jacoplane · 2006-02-07 08:59 · Score: 5, Informative

Great, government regulation of video games. Just what the world needs. If there's anything that the Hot Coffee Mod fiasco has made clear, it's that the media and the public are doing a pretty good job at being a ESRB-watchdog. Rockstar has felt the results in its bottom line. What's the problem? More info:

ESRB, Video game controversy, Family Entertainment Protection Act.