Re: My Game

[Christian Reiniger <creinig@mayn.de>]

On Thursday 13 September 2001 00:29, Steve Baker wrote:

>   "If there is excessive blood depicted then it's an M"
>
> ...still hard.
>
> > If someone complains about a rating, then action is taken about it.
>
> Um - OK.
>
> > The problem with descriptions is that they are subjective. A
> > checklist with a scoring system would go a long way to clearing up
> > any problems that people may have when deciding a rating.

The problem with a scoring system is that it's even more subjective.
There are big cultural differences regarding what is deemed 
"appropriate", and *huge* differences in the attitude/taste of 
individuals.

What's more clear and universal:
a) "high levels of violence"
b) "suitable for persons ages 17 and older"

?

So I'd rather make a list of descriptions, i.e. how much violence, how 
much sex, how much hate speech, ... and use that "group of indices" 
(evtl. replaced by symbols (e.g. violence: sunflower to bloody chainsaw)) 
instead of one rating.

-- 
Christian Reiniger
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