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How is mature content rated in retail games
Posted Feb 10th, 2006
The rating of video games can be found in the corner of any retail box. These
ratings are made by the "Entertainment Software Rating Board
- ESRB". With a pool of 40-50 part-time raters the
ESRB rates with the following codes:
E for "Everyone"
T for "Teen"
M for "Mature"
AO for "Adults Only" (sort of the same
like an X-rating)
For Example: After having detected the "Hot Coffee Mod" in "Grand Theft Auto:
San Andreas" the ESRB kicked the game from "M" to "AO" with which further
selling via retailers like Wal-Mart was no more possible.
There is an article which shows that the
ESRB rating of video games is sometimes a little bit confusing, especially
in comparison to films and TV.
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