http://blog.fuelyouth.com/2005-07-12/the-hot-coffee-hubbub-and-casual-game-ratings/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 17 May 2012 03:50:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://blog.fuelyouth.com/2005-07-12/the-hot-coffee-hubbub-and-casual-game-ratings/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Parrot Wed, 13 Jul 2005 09:32:11 +0000 http://fuel2-dev.fuelindustries.com/blogs/2005-07-12/the-hot-coffee-hubbub-and-casual-game-ratings/#comment-41 I think this can be quite damaging to the rest of the industry. It's like the big witch hunts of video nasties during the 80s where the film companies did nothing but encourage rumour and notoriety around their titles in a vain attempt to sell more. They cut off their own noses as the videos ended up being unwatchable, chunks of story got cut out for seemingly no reason and people who watched them felt ripped off by the awful content. Low budget filmmakers found it harder to get films out, since they have to pay stupid costs to get their films re-cut and re-cut before the censor to get a certification. Distributors need to be held responsible for their advertising scams (which I think this is) and parents need to pay attention to what their kids are playing, who seem to think the kids are innocently bashing 2d space monster sprites or something. We've been here before with video nasties and it took 10-15 years for censors to chill out. Let's not go there with games! I think this can be quite damaging to the rest of the industry. It’s like the big witch hunts of video nasties during the 80s where the film companies did nothing but encourage rumour and notoriety around their titles in a vain attempt to sell more. They cut off their own noses as the videos ended up being unwatchable, chunks of story got cut out for seemingly no reason and people who watched them felt ripped off by the awful content. Low budget filmmakers found it harder to get films out, since they have to pay stupid costs to get their films re-cut and re-cut before the censor to get a certification. Distributors need to be held responsible for their advertising scams (which I think this is) and parents need to pay attention to what their kids are playing, who seem to think the kids are innocently bashing 2d space monster sprites or something. We’ve been here before with video nasties and it took 10-15 years for censors to chill out. Let’s not go there with games!

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