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ESRB Levels Thorough Pre-Emptive Strike

As excited as the gaming community is about the impending release of GTA IV, sadly, a new Grand Theft Auto title tends to mean bracing ourselves for a new round of anti-gaming attacks from the uninformed. Fortunately, the Entertainment Software Ratings Board is more than prepared to head 'em off at the pass, joining with the Parent-Teacher Association for a series of parental education initiatives kicked off with a webcast tonight.

ESRB president Patricia Vance, PTA president Jan Harpe Domini, and Andrew Bub of GamerDad.com spared nothing in an accessible, deliberate explanation not only of the ratings system, but in clarifying for parents how to open a dialogue on media exposure with their kids.

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6:40 PM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By Leigh Alexander
2,709 views, 43 comments

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Confessions Of An ESRB Employee

In the April edition of EGM, Jerry Bonner, a former ESRB employee who worked for the company over six months, fills us in on the hot gossip of what it's like to work inside the machine. While he dishes plenty of information we already knew—like that the ESRB raters watch clips in lieu of actually playing the games—some of what he said about the ESRB's culture of secrecy is daunting: More »

1:20 PM on Thu Mar 6 2008
By Mark Wilson
15,198 views, 49 comments

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ESRB On Manhunt Re-Rate Reveal: No

In your face, California State Senator Leland Yee! Responding to the Senator's demand that the ESRB detail the changes made to Rockstar's Manhunt 2 to warrant the reclassification of the game from damning AO to the less damning but still frustrating to schoolchildren M rating, ESRB president and gaming hottie Patricia Vance issued a big ol' none of your business.

"Publishers submit game content to the ESRB on a confidential basis," said ESRB president Patricia Vance in a statement Tuesday. "It is simply not our place to reveal specific details about the content we have reviewed, particularly when it involves a product yet to be released.
Vance explains that even with the changed rating, the game is clearly not for children. Duh. Still, thank goodness for Leland Yee for trying to protect the purity of the nation's 17 year olds. We wouldn't want them seeing this sort of crap a year too early, now would we?

ESRB Refuses to Detail Manhunt 2 Re-rate [Next Generation]

3:30 PM on Tue Aug 28 2007
By Mike Fahey
2,527 views, 59 comments

Latest by CarnubaWax: I think the initial poster (Mike Fahey) hit the proverbial nail on the head. Why not alter the M rating so that it pertained to individuals 18 years and older? If you are old enough to a) buy cigarettes, b) more »

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ESRB Responds to 3D Realms' Pouting

In mid-July, veteran game company 3D Realms of Duke Nukem Forever infamy received a notice from the ESRB threatening them with penalties if certain guidelines regarding ESRB guidelines weren't followed on the company's website. 3D Realms' Scott Miller was ticked off by the notice, and quite vocally so. The Hollywood Reporter spoke to ESRB Patricia Vance to get her side of the story.
""What 3D Realms received was simply a 10-day warning notice that did not carry any penalties whatsoever," she explains. "We're hardly the heavy-handed bullies that Mr. Miller is painting us as. Tough love might be a better way to describe it."
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5:00 PM on Thu Aug 2 2007
By Mike Fahey
3,002 views, 48 comments

Latest by UnnDunn: @Ape.of.Gods: I didn't say I thought the ESRB was perfect, but they are much better than organizations like the BBFC (Britain) or USK (Germany). more »

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ESRB Issues Warnings To Industry On Violent Game Trailers

The Entertainment Software Ratings Board today cracked down on a handful of notable violent game trailers, enforcing its advertising policy on trailers produced by video game publishers. In accordance with the ESRB's Principles and Guidelines for Responsible Advertising Practices, notices from 2K Games and D3 Publisher went out to multiple outlets today reflecting the ESRB's enforcement of these guidelines. More »

6:20 PM on Mon Jun 25 2007
By Michael McWhertor
2,466 views, 95 comments

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ESRB Head Talks AO, Manhunt 2 and Community Standards

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ESRB Targets Good Housekeeping Crowd

The Entertainment Software Ratings Board has partnered with Good Housekeeping to provide its readership with a series of articles about the ESRB's self-applied content ratings. In addition to its first article written by ESRB president Patricia Vance, a primer on ratings, the organization is also providing GoodHousekeeping.com with a rated list of the top-ten selling video games from sales monitor NPD. More »

5:40 PM on Mon Jun 4 2007
By Michael McWhertor
560 views, 7 comments

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Rocky: ESRB Scores 100 Percent

It's been about a month since the Entertainment Software Ratings Board launched their Commitment to Parents initiative. More »

5:43 PM on Fri Jul 21 2006
By Brian Crecente
138 views, 5 comments

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ESRB's New Push

This week the Entertainment Software Ratings Board announced Commitment to Parents, an effort geared at bolstering consumer confidence in the current rating system for video games. More »

11:00 AM on Thu Jun 22 2006
By Brian Crecente
98 views, 2 comments

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Retailer Organization Vows to Pull San Andreas

If you want a sexy copy of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas you better hit a store now and cross your fingers. The Interactive Entertainment Merchants Association says all of their members will immediately stop stelling the now AO-rated game. More »

9:21 PM on Wed Jul 20 2005
By Brian Crecente
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ESA President Backs GTA Decision

Entertainment Software Association president Doug Lowenstein sent out a brief statement in support of the ESRB this afternoon. More »

4:35 PM on Wed Jul 20 2005
By Brian Crecente
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Take-Two to Sue Action Replay Makers?

Take-Two is hinting at taking legal action against the makers of popular console peripheral Action Replay. More »

3:33 PM on Wed Jul 20 2005
By Brian Crecente
249 views

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ESRB Ruling Poll

With the ESRB putting the recall smack-down on Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the second guessing and backseat politicking can begin. More »

3:27 PM on Wed Jul 20 2005
By Brian Crecente
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Take-Two Stops San Andreas Production

Take-Two has announced that will stop manufacturing the current version of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and begin work on a non-hot coffee version. More »

3:26 PM on Wed Jul 20 2005
By Brian Crecente
171 views

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Stores to Start Pulling GTA

Rumor has it that Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas may be pulled from some of the nation's largest retailers by the end of the day. More »

3:20 PM on Wed Jul 20 2005
By Brian Crecente
172 views

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BREAKING: ESRB Recalls San Andreas

Holy shit! More »
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How Game and Movie Ratings Work

So, I need to pull a minor reversal here. Back in January I wrote up a piece about how I thought the ESRB s rating system was flawed and that it needed to be reworked or face the sort of scrutiny that, well, it s facing now. More »

6:31 AM on Fri Jul 15 2005
By Brian Crecente
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