Dtoid Army, I have a question.
Why is that Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Circuit City, K-Mart, virtually EVERYONE will carry DVD's that release as "UNRATED" and "UNCUT" and no one, no parent, no stupid "Save the Children" club will shed a tear... but if a game was to try to release in an unrated fashion, it would probably be carried by NO ONE and I'm sure FOX News would go apeshit and begin Quadruple-Round-the-Clock coverage.
Why isn't anyone afraid of kids buying these unrated DVD's? I've seen these unrated DVDs and while they don't contain nearly the amount of nudity or violence that I'd deem sufficient for $20, they do contain 100% more nudity than something like GTA4 (which features 0%, pasties don't count as naked), yet no one seems to worry about it.
I don't know about you, but I'm tired of the double standard. I wish there were more publishers out there with the balls to tell the ESRB to fuck off and release their game sans rating. Granted, it'd have to be a big game for anyone to take notice or think twice about actually carrying it, but GTA 5 or GTA 4.5 or whatever would be perfect for it. If it's a big name game that people line up outside for, then it might have a chance. Rockstar is the only company that I could think of that might be willing to pull such a stunt... anyone else?
-KnuxSonic
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Summed it up perfectly
Also, the fact DVDs pretty much explain alot by cover. Most movies have the "UNRATED" band pretty clearly seen. Whereas somehow, parents still can't read a big black and white square in the bottom left boxart and know what a "M" stands for. Amazing no?
Also America is the land of freedom and double standards.
Bunch of old fuddy duddys who probably hated on rap music and rock'n'roll for corrupting the youth.
Best advice is just not to worry about it, video games will be assimilated in to everyday life like MP3's, the internet, cable t.v and midgets.
Actually, what you're describing is still a passive role.
Books don't even get ratings. And a lot of them have nudity too.
Also there are some unrated games for PC out, but since Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo don't want unrated stuff on their systems, you won't see that on a home console anytime soon. Also making GTA unrated would seriously hurt the sales, so Take2 won't be stupid enough to do that.
I mean, I agree with you 100%, but the point I stated is the major reason anti-gaming lobbyists have such a problem with gaming. The reason why movies get away with all of the stuff they do is because it's been "established" as a mainstream form of art/medium, whereas video games aren't quite at that level, as has been stated previously by others.
So, as supporters of all things gaming, you have to first realize and understand what it is that the anti-gaming people are targeting so you can find reasons and ways to disprove what they say.
And actually, BMDubya, the US Army does, if I remember correctly, use video games to train their soldiers or something of the sort.
Uh what? Remember Mortal Kombat? Yeah.. it never ends.
Also, it's just because lobbyists and politicians are retarded. Plain and simple. Wait 'til the president grew up playing Mario Bros., then we'll be in business.
The tactile action of fondling makes it all the more corrupting don't you know.