Halo In Church Points Out ESRB Flaws

The recent controversy over church groups making use of Halo 3 to attract young men to their services continues to be a subject of debate outside of the fan press. GamePolitics notes that the debate is indicative of flaws in the ESRB's system, and in mainstream culture's understanding of those ratings. "When you look at it like that, it's hard to blame those who criticize bringing Halo into sacred space. For the most part the critics are not gamers and have no concept of the vast difference between Halo and GTA. All they know is that the games share a common M rating, a designation assigned by the game industry itself, theoretically for the protection of impressionable youth. For the uninitiated it's only logical to assume the content must be of a similar character as well. As someone who has played both, I'd argue that there is a world of difference between Halo and GTA."

Comments

Re:Still out of place...

[frostband]

"Thou shalt not kill" does not mesh well with "Thou shalt kill aliens in copious numbers"

As long as the aliens aren't Christians, killing them in copious numbers is ok. Says so in the Bible.

Re:Read the bible lately?

[aichpvee]

Who cares? So they've found things weaker than halo (religion) and people stupider than halo fanbois (theists). So what? How does this show anything about the ESRB rating system? More importantly, how is this news?