Comments on: Earth to Chicago: Gaming’s “M” is Movies’ “R”

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:26:41 +0000

And the other ratings for both Games and Music have their respective counterparts:

Early Childhood (EC)= G
E (Everyone)= PG (Most kids films nowadays are rated PG!)
E-10= Somewhere on the border between PG and PG-13
T (Teen)= PG-13
AO (Adults Only)= NC-17

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By: JDoors

JDoors — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:12:06 +0000

Wonder if ads for “The Taking of Pelham 123″ are posted on the El trains? That would make ME nervous. :D

By: KeithF

KeithF — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:48:07 +0000

Until there is a video game that is about the player actually cutting up, torturing and dismembering an in-game avatar over the course of hours, even the M games won’t be competing with the SAW franchise, or their ilk.

To me these knee-jerk actions by the politicians seem designed to increase lobbying dollars from the gaming industry more than protecting anybody from anything, because they certainly aren’t protecting anyone from anything in movies.