PEGI gets more official in UK, will be legal 'by Christmas'

I think the Black Panthers might have soemthing to say about that trademarked violence lable...And what about games that contain gay sex? Those must not be offensive or distasteful and therefore render a "3" rating.

I wonder if he has any relation to Curtis...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Payne

I'm amused that there's apparently some magical catharsis you go through between 16 and 18 years old.

But...
"online" in the same list that :
sex, violence, drugs, fear, ...

Stupid people...

So people with poor eyesight can be forgiven for thinking that a game contains symbols, short black people and tall white people, syringes, spiders, dice, men and women, fisting and skynet?

Damn... sounds like the best game ever :O

look at the symbol for discrimination....

why does it have to be 2 whilte guys and one black guy?

discrimination can work both ways people...

At least now people can't say that the content descriptions are hard to understand. Anybody who doesn't get these is officially a moron. That said, I'd bet good money that it'll still happen.

I find this news incredibly frustrating. I work in a games shop part-time and it hard enough work to get parents to pay attention to the BBFC ratings.

I have more of a chance of getting parents and guardians to understand the problems with the content for those younger than the certificate, if it is a BBFC rated game, because of that recognition. PEGI ratings tend to be ignored completely or I get more hassle from a parent for not serving someone due to following a PEGI rating.

As part of my job I'm asked to explain why a game has a certain rating to an adult that is buying a game for a younger person. There are so many parents that still think that a game can't be as bad as a film of the same rating. As a gamer since a young age I find this ignorance increasingly frustrating, as I believe many games to be worse than films of the same BBFC rating (not only the content, but the subversiveness that interaction can create is scary too). I don't want to stop people making their own decision, but I don't think that many parents really comprehend what they are buying and exposing their children to.

With this is mind it makes absolutely no sense to go 'backwards' and make only PEGI official. If anything games should have only BBFC ratings as it has a wider recognition and would aid to try and changed this incorrect dated mindset of the populous.