tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074451.post7983139684837362487..comments2024-02-05T05:56:50.392-05:00Comments on Insult Swordfighting: Manhunt 2: The Clusterf**kMitch Krpatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15987162934932391765noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074451.post-83028444093372184482007-06-27T21:30:00.000-04:002007-06-27T21:30:00.000-04:00I believe that it's possible that they may have do...I believe that it's possible that they may have done that, but my guess is that they just never thought they'd get tagged with the AO rating. If you look at a <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AO-rated_products" REL="nofollow">list of AO-rated products</A>, they're almost all sexual in nature. With that said, all this added publicity will probably benefit the game more when it is eventually released with an M rating (they'll play up the "banned" angle for all it's worth).<BR/><BR/>I hadn't heard that the ESRB was regulating game trailers, but given that the MPAA does the same thing with movie trailers I don't think it's such a horrible thing. But again, the problem I have with the story you linked isn't that the ESRB is keeping kids from accessing AO-rated content -- it's that they're keeping adults from accessing AO-rated content. It's really surprising to me that they've decreed that I can't watch the Dark Sector trailer <EM>anywhere</EM>. At least I would have been able to buy an uncut Manhunt 2 at Gamestop or something.Mitch Krpatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15987162934932391765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8074451.post-2177725538286637982007-06-27T15:44:00.000-04:002007-06-27T15:44:00.000-04:00I know I tend to take the "conspiracy theory" angl...I know I tend to take the "conspiracy theory" angle a lot, but have you thought of the possibility that Take Two/Rockstar went over the top with the preview that they sent to the ESRB with the intention that they could clean up one or two things and then resubmit the game as gory as they wanted it in the first place and get an M rating?<BR/><BR/>Also, I didn't even think of your "Walmart sells guns" point. I did think it was strange, though, that I can buy both 40-Year Old virgin: the Unrated Version as well as Hostel at Walmart but not this game. According to the guys at 1Up, Hostel is far more violent that Manhunt 2.<BR/><BR/>Lastly, what's your take on the ESRB regulating video game trailers? I haven't looked into it too much, but I did hear about an issue on Slashdot (http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/25/2045239) about them forcing the makers of Dark Sector to remove their trailer for being too violent even though it was behind an age gate. I wonder what sort of authority the ESRB has in a situation like that.<BR/><BR/>-ScottAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com