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Carded For Buying Games

by Steve Gibson, Sep 07, 2000 8:37am PDT
Related Topics – Games: PC

Ah yes, that day has finally arrived. Next time you try to buy a PC game from K-Mart you better have an ID. They are going to start carding people who try to buy games. It was only a matter of time... (Thanks dinx)

Kmart will ask for proof of age to make sure no one underage is purchasing any video games with an "M" or "Mature" rating, which the industry intends for those 17 and older. Officials said "M" rated games constitute about three percent of Kmart's video game sales, but will not disclose the profits from or exact volume of those sales.
Honestly that M rating on games has meant very little since it was never enforced before.


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  • #213
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    By: MoreDread x
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    You guys who think this won't affect your purchase of M-rated games are nuts. EVERYONE will adopt this stance soon, now that two of the largest retailers have. And guess what? Every publisher (not developer, but publisher) will think twice about publishing a game that will not be able to sell to a massive part of the market. Lower revenues = less M-rated titles. This is the ultimate result. Is it bad? As an adult who can buy what I want, do I really NEED to see limbs getting severed and gibs all over the place? As cool as it is, I'd say no--so really, what's the deal here? Are you arguing your RIGHT to see virtual death? If so, good luck :)
    Sep 08, 2000 2:48am PDT
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    By: LEX LETHAL x
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    Er, my post #119 was intended for #112. Oops.

    A game is merely a collection of situations that the player must respond to. For mature content I'd like to see situations involving:

    1. A true 'war is hell' wargame feeling. I felt that once in Close Combat 'A Bridge Too Far' when my men were crying out that they were dying and I was the reason why.

    2. More moral delimas, like saving a group of people, but to do so means a single person must die, and we have to watch the horrible and possibly grisly results of our choice.

    3. Chunks of flesh removed from opponents, ala Haunted House. I want to remove hunks of meat, or the right side of someones face.

    4. Physical puzzles that - when operated incorrectly - show a scripted sequence of how the player is crushed alive or devoured by evil spirits. The old arcade games like Dragon's Lair or Space Ace were cool inthat they allowed the player to see himself actually dying in the exact manor he was involved in.

    5. Realistic taunts, that involve screaming obscenities, the way it would be if players were trying to kill each other. The taunts need to be a bit more adult than 'die, bitch'.

    6. NPCs so scared that they are pissing their pants and crying.

    I want the equivelant of an R rating on games with true adult content.

    Thanks!

    -Lex
    Sep 07, 2000 11:51am PDT