Posts Tagged ‘R18+’
Is An Adults Only Video Game Rating A Good Thing?
From Gamespot, a story about Australia and a desire to create the R18+ rating, which is kind of an X.
In general, I’m supposed to be up in arms about this. U R CENZZURRIN ME NOLULZ THIS IZ BAAAAD D00DD.
But I think I might just agree with the idea. And not only because it’s in Australia where it will have no effect on my life whatsoever.
This isn’t censorship, though. It’s a rating. Video games have become increasingly violent over the years, something I only recently noticed since I started researching games for the new PS3 I got for Chanukah (because my wife loves me). Infamous, a game where you have electric powers and has a plot that is extremely similar to the comic/cartoon Static Shock, features a sequence where you can drain people of their bio-electricity. And watch the writhe in pain. While they die. Cute, right?
This doesn’t mean I think games with graphic violence should be banned. But maybe an adults only rating is a good thing. Is a depiction of graphic killing the same thing as sex? No, and violence rarely gets movie producers an X or NC-17 rating (although it does happen from time to time). Still, I think I’d rather a little bit of a barrier between games that are uber-violent and my kids.
Tasmania throws its support behind R18+ – News at GameSpot.
