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more about #esrb Blore07: Shit, even the ESRB description had me in tears, I need this game! more » 天: This game is tons of fun in short bursts. The first two levels of a stage are not so bad but that third one always gets me. The controls are kinda i... more » Koztah: Using nothing but quotes from the ESRB descriptions of popular games, I have put together what ultimately will become the greatest game of all time: ... more » BryanH: This would be AO in the US for sure, and Australia would probably attack Japan on general principle if they tried to release it there. more » AlexWrench: Somewhere, some amazing man is living each day knowing that it was his decision to localize this game. more » Gwynna: Have had this since it was released in Japan almost a year or so back. It fun in short bursts but the motion controls do it no favours whatsoever. You... more » Sonira - Just like one of my Japanese animes: GotY. more » Sir-Lucius does anything for Dethklok: Is it wrong that this game is one of the reasons I got a Wii? more » Knoxximus ver. 5.66: This game has got to be the prequel to Cho Aniki. more » Knoxximus ver. 5.66: I can't wait to get this. I LOVE weird quirky shit like this! ^_^ ...and WTF if Geoffrey the Giraffe doin' up in mah Muscle March?!? more » omgwtflolbbqbye: That's it. Everyone just stop making videogames. Now. There is nothing left to create that could possibly be as awesome as this game. more » Bgrngod: What the garbage is this?!? more » expansionsss - the jaded gamer: The "girl" has her breasts on her back. edit: This just went on my gamefly queue _ more » NeVeRMoRe666: I've said it before and I'll say it again, the Wii has the best console exclusives of any next gen system. more » maraxusofk: I'm calling it right now just in case people want to argue with me on this one. Calling no homo more » Y-bot: I...I both want to desperately play this game...and not at the same time. It's like a $100 bill covered in saliva. more » Michael Dukakis: That reads like the back of a porn DVD... more » mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta: Robert Frost would be proud. more » murderface_: "Protein thief"???!!! more » Scrabbulor: The posing ones approach us! Remove all speedos from plain sight! more » -
#esrb
Muscle March Seems A Little More Than E10+ Described This Way
When the bizarre, oiled-up bodybuilders of Namco Bandai's WiiWare racing-puzzler Muscle March meet the in-depth, often clinical descriptions of the ESRB, sometimes we see games in a whole new light. More » -
#ratings
Dante's Inferno ESRB Rating Sounds Pretty Tame, Boss Penis Physics & All
For a game that features a boss ejecting demonic babies from her nipples and "giant, metal penises" as columns, Visceral Games upcoming Dante's Inferno sounds somehow more tame when the ESRB describes it. Even considering questionable body part physics. More » -
#parenting
Games Watchdog Looks Back Before Turning Out the Lights
As reported earlier, the National Institute on Media and the Family, whose key funding dried up in a terrible economy, is closing. Founder Dave Walsh talked with the Associated Press, and reflected on his organization's influence in the industry. More » -
#finalfantasyxiii
ESRB Rating Reveals FFXIII Side-Boobs
The Entertainment Software Rating Board has rated Final Fantasy for North American gamers, giving the title a "T" for "Teen". According to the ESRB description, that could be a "T" for something else. More » -
#ratings
What Makes Mass Effect 2 'Mature'? Future Blouses, Alien Pole Dancing & Drugs
There's more to Mass Effect 2 than just excessive emotional engagement. The spacey role-playing game sequel also offer extraterrestrial pole dancing, henchmen hip gyrating, dirty talk and large splashes of blood, says the game's ESRB description. More » -
#esrb
FTC Report Lauds Game Industry as the 'Most Responsible' Entertainment Marketer
The Federal Trade Commission, in a report to Congress, lauds the video games industry as best among all entertainment producers when it comes to responsible marketing and advertising. More » -
#esrb
ESRB Rates Eye of Judgment PSP Game
Sony's console turn-based card strategy game The Eye of Judgment is making the leap to the PSP, and the ESRB has rated the game. More » -
#ratings
ESRB Launches Free iPhone Search App
The Entertainment Software Rating Board has published a free iPhone app that allows content-conscious shoppers to search out ratings and content descriptions while they're in line wondering if Left 4 Dead 2 is appropriate for little Billy's stocking. More » -
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#parenting
The NIMF is No More
The National Institute on the Media and the Family - whose annual report cards were more fair and reasonable than such an Orwellian name might imply - will close at the end of 2009 after 14 years of watchdoggery. More » -
#ratings
Dev Alleges Some Deceive ESRB to Get Lower Ratings
The CEO of Artificial Mind & Movement - the studio behind WET and the PSP build of Danté's Inferno - said at a development conference that the ESRB is easily manipulated and that publishers take advantage of it. More » -
#esrb
BioShock 2 Rated M for Intense Violence, Wirty-Dords
No surprise BioShock 2 picked up an M from the ESRB, but that's not to say its newly minted rating certificate isn't interesting. The writeup says we can expect F-bombs, mother F-bombs, the C-word and the past tense of "tweet." More » -
#ubisoft
ESRB On Assassin's Creed II's "Seduction Mini-Game," "Strong Sexual Overtones"
Just when you think that Assassin's Creed II is going to feature throat-slitting violence and fountains of blood in a family friendly manner, Ubisoft crosses the line by putting "strong sexual overtones," as thoroughly described by the ESRB. More » -
#manhunt2
AO-Rated Manhunt 2 is Available Next Week
Manhunt 2, notoriously edited by Rockstar to not earn an Adults Only tag from the ESRB, will be released Nov. 6 in that AO form, on the PC. Direct2Drive will have the download, for $29.95. More » -
#esrb
ESRB Clarifies PSP Minis Rating Costs
A story Friday discussed the development costs of an indie game for the PSP versus the iPhone. While getting an ESRB rating does cost money, the board reminds that a different rate structure will likely apply to PSP Minis titles. More » -
#ratings
ESRB Descriptions Get Weird With Left 4 Dead 2, Kamen Rider Ratings
The Entertainment Software Ratings Board is home to invaluable information—and not just when they leak game details early. The ESRB's typically sterile content descriptions are enormously entertaining, as proven by entries for Brutal Legend, Bayonetta and Scribblenauts. More » -
#ratings
FCC Report Praises Video Game Ratings
Remember how news about a week ago that the FCC was looking into a universal ratings system spooked the video game sector? Relax. A report delivered to Congress expresses a rather high opinion of how games are self-regulated. More » -
#wii
Are You A Bad Enough Dude For This Data East Collection?
Looks like Wii owners are due for an impending Data East flashback, as the Entertainment Software Ratings Board has weighed in on Data East Arcade Classics from publisher Majesco. Even better than Bad Dudes? Expect "deep cleavage" and "provocative outfits." More » -
#esrb
ESRB Rates New Flood Of PSone Classics
Sony's made it quite clear that the drought of "PSone Classics" re-releases of original PlayStation games for the PlayStation 3 and PSP is over. A new batch of ESRB ratings underscores that with a raft of new old PlayStation games. More » -
#brutallegend
The Most Epic 'M' Rating Any Game Ever Got
Brütal Legend's ESRB rating summary just went up, and damn right it got an M - for MËTÅL. Double Fine's reaction, according to the Brütal Legend Twitter, was something along the lines of a "hell yeah it is!" More » -
#esrb
ESRB Details Unannounced Raystorm, Thexder Revivals
While neither game has been officially announced to the best of our knowledge, both Raystorm HD and Thexder NEO have recently been fully described by the Entertainment Software Ratings Board. So you can expect their respective North American announcements soon. More »
