Comments on: Hillary Says M and AO rated video games “is being marketed” toward our kids. http://randomgemini.com/2005/07/hillary-says-m-and-ao-rated-video-games-is-being-marketed-toward-our-kids/ One geeky girl set loose upon the world. Sat, 12 May 2012 13:42:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Dave Justus http://randomgemini.com/2005/07/hillary-says-m-and-ao-rated-video-games-is-being-marketed-toward-our-kids/#comment-354 Dave Justus Tue, 19 Jul 2005 12:49:00 +0000 http://jolieve.polestar.org/blog/?p=638#comment-354 I think that the central claim here is that the industry is failing to police itself. There is, or should be, a difference between an M and an AO game, and if parents decide that their kids are ready for an M game but not an AO game, and the game companies are marketing a game that really should be AO, but it is labeled M then there is a problem. I don't know whether the 'easter eggs' like this should be counted or not, I expect that the game company did not know it was there, although some of it's employees obviously did. I expect that game companies will start cracking down on this sort of thing. I think that the central claim here is that the industry is failing to police itself.

There is, or should be, a difference between an M and an AO game, and if parents decide that their kids are ready for an M game but not an AO game, and the game companies are marketing a game that really should be AO, but it is labeled M then there is a problem.

I don’t know whether the ‘easter eggs’ like this should be counted or not, I expect that the game company did not know it was there, although some of it’s employees obviously did. I expect that game companies will start cracking down on this sort of thing.

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