Comments on: Julian Eggebrecht on censorship in games http://www.intelligent-artifice.com/2007/08/julian-eggebrecht-on-censorship-in-games.html A blog on interactive entertainment: design, production, industry and related topics. Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:47:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Pag http://www.intelligent-artifice.com/2007/08/julian-eggebrecht-on-censorship-in-games.html#comment-1165 Pag Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:27:35 +0000 http://www.intelligent-artifice.com/2007/08/julian-eggebrecht-on-censorship-in-games.html#comment-1165 My favorite example of ESRB silliness is Dead or Alive. Dead or Alive 3 features girls in sexy outfits pummeling each other, including sending one another over tall cliffs and other violent acts. It's rated T. Dead or Alive Extreme Beach Volleyball features the same girls playing volleyball in bikinis -- nobody gets hurt and there's no full-frontal nudity, much less actual sex. It's rated M. Why girls in bikinis are rated than girls fighting each other, I'll never understand (nor can I understand the 'Extreme' name, you'd think battles are more extreme than volleyball). My favorite example of ESRB silliness is Dead or Alive. Dead or Alive 3 features girls in sexy outfits pummeling each other, including sending one another over tall cliffs and other violent acts. It’s rated T. Dead or Alive Extreme Beach Volleyball features the same girls playing volleyball in bikinis — nobody gets hurt and there’s no full-frontal nudity, much less actual sex. It’s rated M.

Why girls in bikinis are rated than girls fighting each other, I’ll never understand (nor can I understand the ‘Extreme’ name, you’d think battles are more extreme than volleyball).

]]> By: Ezra http://www.intelligent-artifice.com/2007/08/julian-eggebrecht-on-censorship-in-games.html#comment-1163 Ezra Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:50:17 +0000 http://www.intelligent-artifice.com/2007/08/julian-eggebrecht-on-censorship-in-games.html#comment-1163 I agree with this, and the fact that game rating is dumb. It's just trying to hide violence and other things that are happening all around the world. I agree with this, and the fact that game rating is dumb. It’s just trying to hide violence and other things that are happening all around the world.

]]> By: Chris Wells http://www.intelligent-artifice.com/2007/08/julian-eggebrecht-on-censorship-in-games.html#comment-1162 Chris Wells Wed, 22 Aug 2007 08:58:04 +0000 http://www.intelligent-artifice.com/2007/08/julian-eggebrecht-on-censorship-in-games.html#comment-1162 As an American living in Europe, I wake up everyday happy that I no longer have to live under the puritan thumb of the religous right. The amount of money and time the government in the US spends on covering nipples is sickening. As an American living in Europe, I wake up everyday happy that I no longer have to live under the puritan thumb of the religous right. The amount of money and time the government in the US spends on covering nipples is sickening.

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