CR6 Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 So is this rating system a joke? http://www.firingsquad.com/features/esrb_ratings_study/ In their response to the Harvard study, ESRB President Patricia Vance stated such an approach "is pleasant in theory and senseless in practice", saying that having three people play the over 1,000 games rated by the board each year, "would not only be staggeringly inefficient, but more importantly would increase the likelihood of the raters' not finding and considering all pertinent game content." Associate Professor Thompson disputes Vance's opinion, saying that even though their single player for their own study went through each M-rated game for an hour, "we are capturing 90 percent of the content in the game. It is different to play the game than it is to watch it." Dr. Thompson compared the ESRB not playing the games before rating them to the MPAA not watching movies before rating them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sup Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 Yeah, fairly old news. Still just asbad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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