Quote Originally Posted by Shadow Kisuragi View Post
Companies submit a package to the ESRB for each game. They have to fill out a huge checklist of items and are required to disclose any content related to the ESRB descriptors. Videos and screenshots are also delivered as part of the package. They don't play through the whole game.

It's possible to "fool" the ESRB, but it's not beneficial to do so.

i dont think it is much of a problem to do so either. M or T ratings do not seem to hurt game sales the same way an R rating hurts a movie.

to go off on a tangent, do retailers scan IDs for R rated DVDs the same way they scan IDs for M rated video games?