The "Family Media Guide" has released a list of the 10 most
"ultra-violent" videogames as a service for parents who would otherwise have no way to tell what games to purchase for
their children.
This amazing feat could only be accomplished by "utilizing a proprietary audit process… employing approximately 4000 rules and algorithms governing millions of potential rule combinations" working in tandem to "generate an objective rating, superior to the existing ESRB" rating. Amazing… how many games have been ignored by the ESRB, only now to get called out by this breakthrough system:
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Resident Evil 4
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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
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God of War
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Narc
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Killer 7
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The Warriors
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50 Cent: Bulletproof
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Crime Life: Gang Wars
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Condemned: Criminal Origins
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True Crime: New York City
It strikes this blogger as odd that every single title in this list has already been rated M, which according to the "ineffective" ESRB means these games "have content that may be suitable for persons ages 17 and older. Titles in this category may contain intense violence, blood and gore, sexual content, and/or strong language."
How much more help could parents need when there's already an apparently accurate rating on the box, and every single title presented above includes the words evil, war/warriors, killer, bulletproof, crime, criminal, narc(otics), and of course grand theft auto in the name itself?
[Thanks, Mark B]
