[casual_games] ESRB Need Not Apply

[spocilujko at comcast.net]

Since this got brought up again and I don't think I saw it in the thread...

Doesn't the ESRB work with online games and MMOs so they get "Rated T for Teen" or "E for Everyone" but then get "Game Content May Change During Online Play"?

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From: "Alex St. John" <stjohnalex at yahoo.com>

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>   Another problem is that the ESRB system does not provide a clear way of 

> dealing with games that include in-game chat, or games that can adapt themselves 

> to patental controls dynamically.  When we package a game that includes in-game 

> chat at WT, we apply for a rating of no less than T because OEM's and consumers 

> are very sensitive to the "pedophile" problem of children meeting and chatting 

> with adults in a game environment. We're increasingly making games that include 

> community that self adapt to our parental control system.  Thus if a parent sets 

> an ESRB level of "E" our games will turn off chat or provide a "child safe" 

> alternative to chat. 


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