Lady Jaye
03-03-2005, 12:19 PM
As noted on Wired.com:
The ratings board for the video-game industry announced a new category for children approaching their teens. The "E10+" category should help fill a gap between games rated "E" for everyone, which some children outgrow, and "T" for teen, which are too violent or mature for some parents' tastes.
With the new category games that include a little more violence Mario-based games, might get a permissible "E10+" rating. It could bring more choices to parents and their young children, who often don't see eye-to-eye when it comes to video game entertainment.
The Entertainment Software Rating Board, a self-regulatory body set up by the gaming industry, believes the new E10+ label will come in handy for parents, especially because the organization has seen an increasing number of games getting a T rating, perhaps because of mild violence, when the titles could be considered suitable for a 10-year old.
Likely candidates might be racing games with more extreme car crashes or games with super heroes or cartoon characters — cute as they may be — involved in some fighting.
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,66776,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_8
The ratings board for the video-game industry announced a new category for children approaching their teens. The "E10+" category should help fill a gap between games rated "E" for everyone, which some children outgrow, and "T" for teen, which are too violent or mature for some parents' tastes.
With the new category games that include a little more violence Mario-based games, might get a permissible "E10+" rating. It could bring more choices to parents and their young children, who often don't see eye-to-eye when it comes to video game entertainment.
The Entertainment Software Rating Board, a self-regulatory body set up by the gaming industry, believes the new E10+ label will come in handy for parents, especially because the organization has seen an increasing number of games getting a T rating, perhaps because of mild violence, when the titles could be considered suitable for a 10-year old.
Likely candidates might be racing games with more extreme car crashes or games with super heroes or cartoon characters — cute as they may be — involved in some fighting.
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,66776,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_8