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ESRB Changes Oblivion's Rating to 'Mature'
kukyfrope writes "Perhaps reacting based on the debacle that was the 'Hot Coffee' scandal, the ESRB today changed the rating on The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion from Teen to Mature. From the article: 'The content causing the ESRB to change the rating involves more detailed depictions of blood and gore than were considered in the original rating, as well as the presence of a locked-out art file or 'skin' that, if accessed through a third party modification to the PC version of the game, allows the user to play with topless versions of female characters,' said the ESRB in a release."
if accessed through a third party modification to the PC version of the game, allows the user to play with topless versions of female characters,' said the ESRB in a release.
So is this out yet?.....
MMMMMMM...polygon'd boobies!!!
Click Click Bloody Click PANCAKES!
virtual boobs only had 5 polygons and we had to walk to school up hill, both ways!
It's the marriage with an Orc that summons a Mature rating.
Please stop entering code 2,2,7,6,6,4
Let's crack Microsoft Word to make Clippy flash us on command. We can finally bring those fuckers down!
Because, you know, you can't possibly confront young people with images of something they've sucked on 10 years ago.
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I have been told by reliable sources that the ESRB rating board in fact contains nudity, and that it can be unlocked simply by undressing the board members. I must therefore recommend that this story be rated M, and that /. prevent minors from reading it.
English is easier said than done.
the PC version will carry an additional content descriptor for Nudity
If the nudity isn't available in the basic game but needs a third party hack, isn't it false advertising to claim "nudity" on the box? I'd expect a refund if I bought this and found no nudity included.
The real Ralph Yarro posts as Anonymous Coward. Anyone else is an impostor.
As long as it's one Orc.
Polyorcamy would warrant mature in this political climate.
Anyone up for labeling this scandal "Hot Mead"?
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Oh noes! Quick ESRB, slap minesweeper with an M rating!
Why, only yesterday I was sickened to find that by cutting out and supergluing the centrefolds from 'Playboy' onto my television, I was able to turn the supposedly child-friendly film 'Bambi' into a cornucopia of filth. I have written to the head of Disney to complain and will be protesting outside my local Best Buy to demand this sick spectacle be taken off store shelves.
Why is it that when you believe something it's an opinion, but when I believe something it's a manifesto?
I read that the ESRB rates games by watching game footage, not by actually playing it. That does explain why they never found out about the secret nude Mc. PacMan level... ;-)
I suffer from attention surplus disorder.
I hate to break it to you, but FROGGER was completely nude. And don't get me started about Donkey Kong!
It's shocking, I tell you.
Please, Your Majesty, I know that I, like many other Americans, have behaved like a total buffoon. But we Americans are England's children. I know we don't call as often as we should and we aren't as well- behaved as our goody two-shoes brother, Canada -- who, by the way, has never had a girlfriend -- I'm just sayin'! But, please, find it in your jewel-encrusted heart to forgive me. And on another note, in 30 years when European women are forced to cover from head to toe those glimpses of an American hottie's calves and ankles are going to look pretty sweet!
1/ If you mod Oblivion you can unlock nudity skins, so they need to treat Oblivion as if people will do so.
2/ If I modded my pants I could cut out the crotch so my old feller is hanging out for all to see. Does that mean I should be treated as if I will and locked up for potential indecent exposure?
3/ And if its possible for me to do this, its also nothing stopping Jack Thompson from doing this.
Conclusion: If Oblivion is classified as mature for potential modded nudity, Jack Thompson needs to be locked up for indecent exposure. It's amazing how ironic the world is when you use specious logic.
Blessed are the 1337, for they shall pwn the earth.
Freud would like a word with you.
So would Oedipus.
allows the user to play with topless versions of female characters
Now there's a candidate for rephrasing if ever I heard one.
Hal Spacejock: Science Fiction with Nuts
Personally, I believe this has a lot to do with the aging of America. The same dorks that were getting wasted and making babies in the 60's are now called Senator and/or Mr. President. Bush talking about the evils of drug abuse sounds about as believable to me as Shwartzenager talking about the evils of steroid abuse.
So which continent is that, genius? Brittanica?
Gamingmuseum.com: Give your 3D accelerator a rest.
You fail your American citizenship test. The answer should be obvious. Violence good. Sex bad.