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ESRB Gives NIMF an F

By Chris Remo, Dec 07, 2005 10:10am PST

Last week the National Institute for Media and Family gave the games industry its 10th annual report card, awarding it an overall grade of D-, as...

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"swear to god, reading this shit makes me a violent person, im gonna go on a shooting spree in ..."

- gibmiser see all 74 comments

Illinois Game Law is Banned

By Chris Remo, Dec 05, 2005 10:25am PST

An Illinois law that would have gone into effect January 1, limiting the or rental sale of particularly violent games to minors, has been shown to...

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"Depends on the state. California doesn't, but I believe others do."

- exigence7 see all 61 comments

Industry is Billed, Reported On

By Chris Remo, Nov 30, 2005 10:30am PST

Attempts to legislate the games industry aren't showing signs of letting up. Senator and former first lady Hilary Clinton (D-NY) has announced her...

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"With Hillary and Tailgunner Joe stinking up the joint with their "family values" crapola, who ..."

- ornee see all 72 comments

Late Night Consoling

By Chris Remo, Nov 16, 2005 8:15pm PST

I'm telling you, that Mario Kart DS is really good. I feel like I'm going to have a fun stroke or something. Sakurai to Head Up Revolution...

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""For one thing, in hte N64 version, some characters had the incredibly powerful ability to ..."

- starcraftalias see all 97 comments

Vance Defends the ESRB

By Chris Remo, Nov 02, 2005 2:29pm PST

North America's video game ratings organization, the ESRB, has come under a lot of fire recently for being an inadequate resource to inform parents...

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""Buy an excuse! Only $49.99 at your local EB! It's an easy out, moms!""

- jake2000 see all 25 comments

The ESA, the ESRB, and the PSV

By Chris Remo, Oct 21, 2005 10:43am PDT

Trade publication Next Generation has posted a claim that the ESRB is to blame when it comes to poor ratings in games. A board independent, not...

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"gg Remo, gg. Cracked up like Humpty Dumpty: Bullfighter Edition."

- TastyWheat see all 53 comments

ESRB Doing Content Audit

By Maarten Goldstein, Sep 12, 2005 3:20pm PDT

Gamasutra reports that the Entertainment Software Rating Board has emailed all major publishers, asking them to check all games launched since...

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"down with creation! only the man can tell you what is suitible for you!"

- deep gray see all 88 comments

Video Games... With Children

By Chris Remo, Sep 12, 2005 11:25am PDT

Tom Loftus at MSNBC has talked with several game industry professionals who also happen to be parents. They discuss their attitude towards...

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"Maybe you'd feel less guilty if you set her up a gaming system of her own, and even have her be ..."

- Maddog_Delphi97 see all 45 comments

Violent Games Bill One Step Away

By Chris Remo, Sep 09, 2005 12:19pm PDT

The bill introduced by Speaker pro Tempore Leland Yee, seeking to restrict sales of violent video games to minors, has been approved 65-7 in the...

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"Far easier to scape goat games, movies, guns, drugs, whatever simply to imply a false sense of ..."

- bladerogers see all 122 comments

First Post!

By Maarten Goldstein, Aug 24, 2005 8:31am PDT

Anyone out there reading work at the ESRB? Or is really familiar with ESRB guidelines? Because in the past week some publishers have become antsy...

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"You're going with some guys from Pseudo Interactive? Great! I can ask you about Full Auto. :)"

- fantaz see all 3338 comments

Late Night Consoling

By Chris Remo, Aug 19, 2005 8:00pm PDT

So, a pretty slow news day today. At least we find out about even more ways we can give Microsoft money for the Xbox 360! Also: it's Friday....

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"Probably not. Jack Valenti would break Microsoft's kneecaps otherwise."

- Mood-Perplexed see all 217 comments

Late Night Consoling

By Chris Remo, Aug 17, 2005 8:00pm PDT

HERE'S YOUR DAMN INTRO! Contents Under Pressure is Under Fire [ps2] Groups such as Keep America Beautiful and the National Council to Prevent...

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"I think people -did- complain about one of the Jet Set games, actually. "

- Fayk see all 80 comments

Late Night Consoling

By Chris Remo, Aug 05, 2005 9:11pm PDT

Sorry, late again! No time! I don't have the previews linked yet, but I'm doing them as we speak. Er, as you read. Anyway, news:[EDIT: I have...

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"Ive been hearing from pretty much all my friends in many different parts around the U.S. that ..."

- Jackass1233 see all 91 comments

Late Night Consoling

By Chris Remo, Aug 04, 2005 8:42pm PDT

Later-than-usual Night Consoling. My apologies. A thousand apologies! Rockstar Still Being Bullied [ps2] [xbox] What do you mean I already...

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"It does actually. There's full female nudity, but only some sites have the balls (buh dum pshh) ..."

- Chris Remo see all 62 comments

FTC Investigating GTA:SA Hot Coffee

By Steve Gibson, Jul 26, 2005 11:44am PDT

So perhaps we're beating this to death but hey we're inspired by the government and Hillary Clinton who have taken it upon themselves to save our...

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"Maybe you should be spending less time studdying soly the economics of Libertarians, you might ..."

- spdon see all 218 comments