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The ESRB Doesn't Take Games Seriously?
Eurogamer has word of comments by the president of developer Factor 5, Julian Eggebrecht. The veteran game developer had some extremely pointed things to say about the ESRB, an organization he painted as 'not taking games seriously'. Says Eggebrecht, "I would be happy if in games we could talk about homosexuality, but we're not even at the point where we can admit that humans have heterosexual relationships, and that is a real problem - and it tends to show that games are not being seen, even by our own ratings boards, as an artform ... It's a flat out bizarre system...It makes it even harder for games than movies because we don't have the intermediate ratings. They don't really tell you what they will object to - they just say 'well, follow the standards that have been set before', which is a problem if you want to push the envelope." There's further discussion of this issue at Ars' Opposable Thumbs blog, which points out that the console makers hold some responsibility here too. Meanwhile, Rockstar is asking for help from the wider games industry to help them to fight the ESRB/BBFC rulings.
My son in law is 35 plays video games all day long. My daughter works 2 jobs and pays his $700 a month child support. I hope one day she will realize her child is better off without him. He will ramble on about how stupid the ratings are while his kids sit and watch him play. To him, I have the problem because I believe at 30, video games should be the lowest on your priorities list. So forgive me, but I wouldn't sell beer to an alcoholic. I wouldn't care if they jacked the price up of AO or whatever you want to call it 100 fold. Every single 'gamer' I've met in their 30's has serious problems in their emotional development. So forgive me if I fail to care.
"God must be greater than the greatest of human weaknesses and, indeed, the greatest of human skill. God must even transcend our most remarkable-to emulate nature in its absolute splendor. How can any man or woman sin against such greatness of mind? How can one little carbon unit on Earth-in the backwaters of the Milky Way, the boondocks-betray God, ALMIGHTY? That is impossible. The height of arrogance is the height of control of those who create God in their own image." -Ramtha
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anyone got a youtube link for that csi ep? this i gotta see!