video games and phone calls.

[Bloodsoul]

I recall buying Doom and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 when I was about 13 years old or so. None of that violence has ever affected me.

*pulls soda out of fridge containing severed head*

Nope, never affected me!

Also, this reminds me; if I ever pick up a Nintendo DS, I am so buying Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ.

[elsporko]

I've always wondered why more M rated games didn't feature censorship options or even release a T rated version. Seems like it would up sales.

[Geek King]

I've always wondered why more M rated games didn't feature censorship options or even release a T rated version. Seems like it would up sales.

You would have to use a lot of space on the disk for a feature like that. Since developers are usually targeting a certain audience, they don't feel the need to cut out features of a game to make space for a censor option for a group that the game is not being made for in the first place. Plus, it would add time and expense to the development process, which most developers already stretch to the limit.

[Magpie]

It's also a marketing thing. Part of the appeal of a brand is that it's a foul-mouthed/suggestive/etc game. (Just like how people protesting a movie can drive more people to see it). If you offer a T-rated version of it, then it waters down the appeal - the offensive stuff obviously isn't integral to the game.

[elsporko]

You would have to use a lot of space on the disk for a feature like that. Since developers are usually targeting a certain audience, they don't feel the need to cut out features of a game to make space for a censor option for a group that the game is not being made for in the first place. Plus, it would add time and expense to the development process, which most developers already stretch to the limit.

If its just something like blanking out swears I don't imagine it could take up a huge amount of space. Depends on how much dialogue I suppose. I remember WWF Attitude on the 64 having the feature and all it did was blank out the swears.

[Demolition Man]

Next lady was looking at the nintendo games with a young boy so I go an ask if I can help.
YB: *walks over and points to Super Mario Galaxy 2* Do you have this on the DS?
Me: I'm sorry, that game's not available on the DS.
SC: *very snippy tone* It is on the DS!
okay lady. If it makes you feel better to believe that.

Well there are a number of Mario games out for the DS. She could of easily thought that New Super Mario Bros on the DS and Mario Galaxy 2 on the Wii are the "same thing" just because they both have Mario in it. Not that it excuses her rudeness towards you however.

[raine_naoe]

yea, like i mentioned before I was going to ask her if that was what she meant, but sorta..."forgot" to after her response.

[MadMike]

yep. don't forget there was a PFB complaint about just that.
cos someone in the audience used a 4 letter word - during a violent rated R film - and a kid was there.

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I was involved in a similar incident, back in my college days. I went out with a group of friends to see some sort of R-rated comedy with a lot of bad language in it. We got there early, while the lights were still on, and were talking among ourselves. I'll admit, we got a little loud (we were quiet during the movie, though), and probably said a few words we shouldn't have. Next thing we know, some guy's yelling at us about our language because "There could be kids here." Never mind the fact that there weren't any kids there, it was around 10:00 on a weeknight during the school year, and there shouldn't have been any kids there, and it was an R-rated movie with the same sort of language we were using.

Though quite a few games have a language filter in the options.

I remember when Duke Nukem 3D came out (about a million years ago ), it came with an option to limit the language, the blood, and the half-naked strippers. I never saw the need to use it myself, but it's supposedly there. In fact, I remember that the version that was sold in Australia and New Zealand had the option set on permanently. Funny thing was, you could go online and download a patch to undo it.