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ESRB puts it Foot Down on Trailers
By Ravenhawk | June 26, 2007
The ESRB recently warned a couple of game publishing companies (Take 2 and D3 Publisher) Over trailers they released that did not properly screen their trailers availability to younger audiences. Basically, companies that don’t set up an age-gate for their trailers for rated M and A-O games are liable to have “The Man” crackin’ down on them. And even if they have an age gate, they still have to adhere to “responsible advertising guidelines” which basically say nothing excessive.
While I don’t dig censorship on too large of a scale, I am rather pleased to see the ESRB stamping down on people put up super gore-y trailers and things without any sort of warning that it is inappropriate for younger viewers. I have a lot of respect for the ESRB, they do a good job of labeling things so you can tell exactly why it got its rating. Generally if people who’re too young get their hands on a game, it isn’t for a lack of proper warning, it’s because A) Parents are lazy/irresponsible or B) Store workers are lazy/irresponsible.
Read the original news article here.
Tags: Games, Censorship, ESRB
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