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GTA: AO
KharBevNor:
Now I feel young. That's about the age I started playing violent computer games.
clasicks:
its time for a revolution, for this world is very fucked. :)
IronOxide:
--- Quote from: Se7en ---The people that fuss about this sort of thing tend to have their own warped agendas to promote. They rely on moral outrage to blow things way out of proportion, usually to gain political support or similar.
How many of the people complaining about it have actaully played the game i wonder? Video games are just the modern version of childhood make-belive games. When i was 8, i owned a cap gun, and would go round shooting people with it. It hasnt turned me into a homicidial maniac yet.. Why should GTA be any different with todays youth?
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It's almost a definite fact that people who censor things don't look for any redeeming quality. I've done research on it and just about everybody who tries to censor a work does so for a single offense that they find in the middle without looking through any of the other parts. They condemn it before they try to get to the root about the work.
GTA may have little to no redeeming moral value, but it's FUN. This has been blown way out of proportion.
Samari:
the important thing to remember is that the ESRB is a voluntary industry group whose ratings are intended to be an aid to parents while buying games for children. it was primarily formed to standardize content ratings and keep the government from stepping in back when every company had their own standards and markings for mature content. If the content was actually unlockable without a mod then rockstar's actions really drag the industry's reputation through the mud because now the doubt has been planted about ratings. If developers try to hide things that they know would bump up their ratings it means that the whole system is worthless and may very well give more ammo to those who want video games censored.
the ESRB did what it needed to do in this case, reevaluated the game once they found out about content that would have impacted their original decision.
Se7en:
The thing about the ESRB, is it has retailers support. They wont stock a game that doesnt have a rating, so every game has to have one, unless its blatant porn thats not going to be sold on the highstreet anyway.
In reality, its not voluntary at all, so its no different to a government controled system.
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