6/12/2023 0 Comments Nexuiz esrb![]() ![]() ![]() I dunno, a shock gif from /b/ or something. If it has all four, it's red with a special symbol like. If it has none, it's green with a special symbol like a flower or a baby head or something. If it has any ONE (in a certain amount, so if Mario says "ah damn!" once in the whole game, it doesn't set the Language mark), it's green. Color rating is determined by which of those four things a game has. The four things can be put on a background with the game's color rating. And then you'd also have green, yellow, and red. What I think could be done with this system is to have a group of. If something like this were to exist, I think it would be best to use symbols and colors, to avoid the aforementioned age problem, and to allow the system to be used across different languages without an urgent need for any translation (you wouldn't need one graphic that has a red M and then a hundred other graphics with characters from different languages) any person regardless of nationality can look at, say, a gun and a beer bottle on a red background and at least get a vague impression of what the image is trying to convey. I've always thought that marking the 'rating' of a game by recommended age was a bit unrealistic because I believe age is a very fuzzy way of determining a person's general level of maturity (with regard to the sorts of media they can consume without feeling dirty or repulsed, that is). I like the idea to use color codes, since color is a somewhat universal attribute, but I don't think that using age numbers is a good choice. I think such a system could be useful to the open source community and the indie gaming community as well. This is actually something that's crossed my mind on a few occasions. I'm also going to use the terms "heavy", "moderate", "mild", and "negligible" to give people a better understanding of how extreme the content is as well as use color codes in addition to age numbers, so you would get like a red 18 for over the top games while you get like a green color for games appropriate for 10 and up. The ESRB ratings on the other hand are letters made more confusing by the fact that the earlier ESRB rating K-A was replaced by the current E and that the ORIGINAL (nobody remembers this one and it's not documented either) E rating didn't get replaced until EC came about. One thing I like about PEGI that I hate about ESRB though, is that PEGI uses age numbers. If and when I get this started, I will (unlike PEGI and ESRB) require that whoever submits a rating to be able to point out specifically where a few spots of questionable content exists and maybe back it up with a screenshot or a short ten second clip. (08-05-2010, 01:57 AM)clanclanclan Wrote: Lee_Stricklin Wrote:Seeing as no such rating system exists, I think I need to start drafting some guidelines and grab some web hosting. These could be dealt with using an extra "bolt on" rating system to identify content that may be offensive to certain people, ie. The other barrier you might face to uptake of this is cultural and religious differences. That's just an example, of course a real ratings system would need a lot more work and parental community consensus. 18+ (heavy, realistic violence, cruelty, harsh language, adult themes, blatantly illegal activities. 14 or 15+ (moderate to heavy violence, harsh language, some adult themes, player may commit some illegal activities) 10 or 11+ (light to moderate unrealistic violence, particularly applicable to fantasy games or futuristic games, moderate language, some inferred adult themes) 6, 7 or 8+ (light, unrealistic violence, with little to no visible blood, no adult themes or harsh language) ![]() All (no violence, no harsh language, no adult themes) Exempt (educational with no questionable content) Perhaps something based loosely on movie classifications, like: (not OR is used where a single age from a range or group should be decided upon) Yes, I suppose that wouldn't be a bad idea at all for the open source community. Lee_Stricklin Wrote:Seeing as no such rating system exists, I think I need to start drafting some guidelines and grab some web hosting. ![]()
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