To be fair. Those new parents were the children of the parents who asked for the ratings. Like if your parents asked for ratings and you didn't like it. So you act like it doesn't exist when you become a parent.
By far the biggest shining moment in the ESRB was their description of Scribblenauts for the DS. I quote: "Steak can be attached to a baby to attract lions." Pure gold.
Not right. In Germany you can buy beer and wine with 16, not other alcohol. Use of alcohol does not make a game 18+ here, and you buy 18+ games online. Swastikas are nowadays allowed in games.
Funny enough the rating for TV only go up to 17 (TV-MA) HOWEVER for the Redo of Healer it say "18+-DSV" in this case I fell it especially redundant since the definition of TV-MA already says "strictly for adults" (and yet 17+). Now it's still rated TV-MA on streaming (it's censored however) though what's interesting is NC-17 (which is like AO for movies) is allowed on streaming and yet the ratings for TV still only go up to 17However it seems after that Sentai did realize how silly that all was and decided to raise the age of TV-MA to 18 unofficially. When I told someone it was 18+-DSV they said "that's what Game of Thrones should be with an added L" Now it was similar for Interspecies Reviewers, it was rated TV-MA for 3 episodes (censored) but then it got pulled off the air and on blu-ray was re-rated to an 18+ warning screen (which is usually used for p***. It applies to games too.) Now in Australia it was re-rated for MA-15+ to just banned! In Germany it was rated 16 with one 18 episode (that being the very one that got it taken off the air in the US...hmm). Now they said the manga was tamer which honestly makes sense considering was rated the AO equivalent (Ironically called M) but the show was rated EVEN higher than AO (yet still no p*** somehow?)
It's because the big gaming companies self regulate these ratings. The ESA, the trade association who makes ESRB ratings (AND held E3) is sort of a joint venture of many big gaming companies (Sony, MS, Nintendo, EA, Ubisoft, Capcom, Squenix, Bamco etc.). They themselves make the rules with ratings, which is why you'll often see somewhat random ratings, especially on their games, probably for marketing reasons. They came up with AO to make up a reason for banning games from their consoles, to avoid situations like having corn games on their consoles or anything else deemed socially unacceptable at the time. It's 18+ because they literally can't force a higher age rating, and M is 17+ to differentiate from AO but still require someone to basically be an adult. So AO and M are two different types of games; both are too mature to leave to kids, but AO are the games console makers don't want on their platforms, while M rated ones are desirable.
@@leonro Many porn games don't seem to be rated by the ESRB (in fact some of them say "mature audiences only 18+") which is funny because I remember this hentai "Fire in His Fingertips" which had a cut version (which is said to be TV-MA) and a porn (which was 18+ only) when TV-MA already has the word only in the definition "mature audiences only" in fact like I've mentioned before I've seen other hentai stuff that says exactly that. So it seems whoever made the "TV-MA" thought 17 was an adult. SO ALL THAT OVER ONE TINY MISTAKE? To make it even funnier I've seen blu-ray of "normal" TV shows that say TV-MA but also "for ages 18+" plus the "safe for TV" version of "Fire in his Fingertips" is still 18+ on Prime video. Since they have their own rating system (Still no porn) well they sell it physically they just don't stream it!
Void Termina (roughly being translated as "Final Eternity" or somesuch analogy for the universe's heat death) is definitely worth that E10 and up rating. I don't care if beating the boss is a wholesome moment where all of our friends enchant our soul so we can turn Void Termina inside out, the concept of an eternal afterlife consisting of nothing but emptiness and inaction being given physical form and a will to drag people into it is kinda... *Woof*.
The Modern Guide to Good Parenting. Step 1: Allow your child to have unfiltered access to media Step 2: Complain loudly when they find age inappropriate content Step 3: Blame someone/everyone else for your blunder
Not to mention the media and politicians blame videogames for societal ills such as mass shootings, and violence despite the fact there is has been a decrease in violence as games increase in popularity, they tend not to look at "access to gun" as a reason for the shooting, and is clearly just a red herring
No matter what time period it is, one thing remains constant: parents & politicians will always find a scapegoat to blame instead of looking at the mirror & realizing that they're part of the problem, if not the main problem
NumberOne#1 Especially when they are extremely uninformed. I wonder what THEY would do if people start making negative accusations about their field of expertise and falsify being uninformed, just for them to have a taste of their own medicine.
Morbidcrab reminds of meme that said "freakin white people and their *draws from deck* water" and showed an article complaining how a white guy drank water at college
When I was like 12, I went to GameStop to buy a Mortal Kombat game, they wouldn’t let me buy it without an id, so I went home and told my dad and he took me back bought the game for me and told the manager that if I ever went in there I had my dads permission to buy any game I want. I went in a few years later to buy something else, the worker went to ask me for my id and the manager jumped in and said nah he’s good, his dad said he could buy whatever he wants.
Bradley McQuade Realistic toy gun that actually shoots nerf darts Government: Yeah that’s fine Plastic, fake looking gun used as a controller Government: Holy sh*t we gotta do something
**everyone complains that there is no rating system** **creates rating system** **complains there is no way for parents to know what's in the game they are buying their child**
Super spark ours makes sense to those who actually pay attention, its just the people that choose the ratings me and many other people have a problem with. They dont actually play the games just google it.
Came to coment exactly the same, if you look deep into Kirby's lore you would find a nice and sweet collection of lovecraftian horror, ancient and forbiden cults and a sweet sweet genocidal interdimensional warrior... And then there is Dedede, what the hell is his deal? How the fuck is he still alive?
It's honestly weird how all my friends in 3rd grade played M rated games. My parents didn't let me play M rated games as a kid, and, as a result, I never got into the first person shooter genre (which I am fine with). Besides when I played games at my friends' houses, the first time I really played an M rated game was at 17.
My parents are also very strict, all my friends were playing GTA at 7 while I played Mario 64 DS for YEARS. I had to wait 2 years before I could buy Smash Bros for 3DS because of the rating
@@Bugauanga Yeah. My friends were all playing FPS games, while I was playing Wii and Wii U games as a kid. The only shooting game I’ve ever played was Fortnite during its peak.
I still remember when I was so scared because I was buying a LEGO CITY game for the 3DS and it was 10+ and the cashier didn’t care at all. Only thing that sucks is when you wanna get a M rated game and the cashier has to get a parents permission and you and the cashier know that’s it’s a stupid rule and that nobody really cares.
when i was 16, i saw the Elder Scrolls anthology for like 20 bucks, so i took it to the register and instead of asking for an ID, the guy just asked me what my birthday was, so i just lied and told him i was a year older than i was, lmao
@@quinnmarchese6313 literally because he can't ask you for an ID when you're bying a game. Many courts and scientists have stated that it doesn't affect minors. Moreover, many kids nowadays usually less soft than their parents at current age.
@@AltPlus30 dog, i worked retail at a target like a year after i bought the elder scrolls anthology, you dont know what your talking about, we scanned IDs for M rated games.
Kirby Dream Land ,Triple Deluxe,64 all have blood but they are Rated K-A/E Yet Return to Dream Land and Star Allies doesn’t have blood or kill a character and it’s E10
*A game about shooting people and doing drugs exists* Companies: this is fine *A game about shooting people, doing drugs, and has a partial nudity scene* Companies: *UNNACEPTABLE*
"Why not be a parent and regulate what your child consumes and not blame the media itself" That is pretty much the message of the south park movie and it's shocking how 21 years later and that message is still true to this day
Germany's got the full deal: The ratings take up a sizeable portion of the cover, they are colour coded and freaking ugly! Seems like we hit the jackpot.
In chile they decided to stick an extra big sticker on the wrap paper, with both the rating and some extra text on why and what that means. Parents still buy M rated games for their kids ¬¬
Electrix_Panadal00 Senran Kagura is more so just ecchi due to it being completely fanservice. There’s no sex, so it really isn’t an eroge (hentai game).
I forbid myself from owning Super Smash Bros Brawl when I learnt it was T for Teens. Sure didn’t stop me from playing it at my younger cousins house when we played Wii.
Well... kind of. While several eroge and such have been ported to the switch, they're all the censored versions. So, while the original may have adult content, that's still not present on the console release.
@@mldavid4056 Melee was made before the E10+ rating was made, so I guess the ESRB didn't think it was tame enough for an E, as for Brawl, yeah I have no idea on that one. Ultimate and Smash 4 have Bayonetta and are still rated E10+, so obviously some standard is not being held up somewhere.
Adults were kids at one time. They know what parents did when they were kids, and what their friends parents did. They know their perspective and they have informed opinions. Just because someone might not have a kid doesn't mean they don't have valid ideas on parenting.
@@billybobjoe198 It's not that Scott is an amazing parenting advisor, it's just the stupid ass parents in the world who have a child and fail to take proper care of them because they never wanted one in the first place
"Politicians will always try to get on games because it is easier to target it more than real issues. Video games are easier to target than anything" Civvie 11
@@shadestrider1033 video games weren't a major talking point during the Rittenhouse trial. It's usually the GOP who scapegoats with video games because they refuse to address bigger issues, and the GOP were all behind him.
I love how some people remove the context from games and their content to suit their needs. A game about preventing deaths is treated as glorifying attacking women. A game about killing demons is treated as a way to recruit people into demonic cults. A game with probably the best single anti-terrorism scene in any piece of media ever is treated as an incitement to enact terror.
@@GhalidiusTrident *Scott:* We need to expand the size of these things! *Me:* (Holds up a picture of the boxart for Conker's Bad Fur Day, pointing to the large M rating) I think Rareware beat you to it.
@@GhalidiusTrident Honestly, if they did a full on remake with nothing being changed but the graphics getting better and it getting more gorey, I could see it getting an adult only rating. Like I love bad fur day, but I don't know how they got away with it.
My mom drove me to a Game Crazy store, i went in with the sole purpose to buy "The Warriors" on ps2, when i came out of the store holding a copy of Bully, she knew something was wrong, i told her they wouldn't let me buy the game i wanted because it was Rated M, and my mom went in and bought it for me, i ended up getting both and they were two of my favorite games on the system. There's a lot of talk about parents not caring about what they buy their children, but my mom did, she had let me play rated M games back when i was like 8-10, i don't remember if she ever sat me down to discuss like "this is fiction, yada yada" but it was always obvious to me that video games aren't real, the same way movies and tv aren't. I grew up playing games from all over the ratings board and i don't remember ever being "that kid" who would only wanna play the most violent games, i was all about gameplay and genres. I liked the open world of grand theft auto, the fun combo fighting systems of The Warriors and Bully (all Rockstar titles interestingly) but i also loved games like Tony Hawk, Ea Skate, Little Big Planet, Fallout 3. Having a nephew who is now 13 going on 14, i fully understand the problem though, he is awful, his mother never let anyone curate what media he consumed until he was already 10-11, now she is overly strict and i can sympathize with both of them while also resenting spending time with them. I think the take away is that you should definitely take an interest in what media your children are consuming, but that doesn't mean you need to immediately censor and coddle them. Children are a lot smarter than we give them credit for, but their perceptions and personalities can be easily swayed if you don't sit down with them and just talk, get to know each other, don't make them view you as some abstract authority figure.
It baffles me so much that parents are suprised when a game rated M has mature content just want on Earth do you think rated M stands for? I appreciate the ESRB rating system, and use it I can confirm that it works if you use it.
@@baharrothbluu Yeah, didn't Aristotle say that if people wrote stuff down to remember it instead of just trying their hardest to remember they would use their brain less? And therefore writing would make people more stupid. I also remember hearing that bikes were considered a bad influence when they were invented, and radios as well. People will hate on anything new for all of time, it's fucking crazy.
for TV the highest rated is TV-MA for 17 yet Redo of Healer found a way to surpass that since the blu-ray says 18 +-DSV as if a TV-MA-DSV wasn't enough
I see I got 10 likes. If you liked that I remember telling someone Redo of Healer was 18 +-DSV and they said "that's what Game of Thrones should be with an added L"🤣
Parents:"VIDEO GAMES ARE MAKING OUR KIDS VIOLENT" Also:*Ignores what their kids are playing and decides to blame gaming companies for their own idiotic faults
Can I just say I appreciate the effort went into displaying the word "PORN" in giant letters on your big screen? You could've just made it fill the whole screen in the video but that somehow would've been less effective.
He probably didn't want RUclips to demonetized/deleted off of RUclips, so instead of showing the sexual acts of porn itself he put the word "PORN" in big bold letters.
Light Yagami He couldn't show real porn without the video being taken down and he meant displaying the word porn in the entire video frame instead of displaying it on his tv
Elektr0 Gaming I'm not replying to OP. I was replying to the person who said he could have shown the sexual acts of porn itself which I interpreted as him showing a video of porn on the screen.
The PEGI rating system look almost like Brazilian's rating system, applied for series, movies, cartoons, videogames. The list with their background colors: L - Green (L means "Livre", which means "Free", free for all audiences) 10 - Blue 12 - Yellow 14 - Orange 16 - Red 18 - Black
@J The Nerd Yeah, they could just change the word, replacing the bad word, and the game will come back to 3+ or whatever Sonic games usually have in Europe.
"Promotes violence against women." Ahh, I see. A game where you are meant to PREVENT people from dying, a game where you are berated for letting the women die, is promoting violence against women... WHAT
Reminds of me of when Anita Sarkeesian released a video about video games promoting violence against women and showed footage of a game (can't remember which one) where the player murdered women and used it as evidence of this. Except the actual objective was to protect those women not kill them meaning they purposely did the opposite for the sake of selling their bullshit narrative.
+Flrs91 If I recall correctly, it may have been Hitman? I do remember one of these "feminists" trying to say that video games promote violence towards women, by murdering NPCs in Hitman, who were female strippers. Even though, the point of Hitman is that you SHOULDN'T kill people if it isn't necessary, because stealth is the aim of the game, and the dialogue that they bothered giving the women makes you feel sorry for them (e.g. references to one of the girls having to perform sexual acts for her boss, just so she doesn't get fired, because she needs the money, to provide for her young daughter, as she's a single mother). :P Reminds me of the "virtual rape" news report that showed players online in GTA "hacking the game, and performing graphic and realistic sexual acts" (i.e. Mild humping gestures whilst a traffic cone floats above the player's head).
Evan Blenkinsopp Some things just never change. Uninformed people making decisions for those who do know better, people saying something even though evidence explicitly points against it in order to push some bullshit rhetoric, what Flrs91 said, etc..
Flrs91 Welcome to faux news! We make shit up and try to make people dumber! Let's use concrete evidence and turn it against itself because that makes sense! Remember, Americans hate logic and many are flat-earthers, neo-nazis, or feminazis. Btw I'm very ashamed to live in country where a 6 yr old runs the country like a dump.
Where I live we (UK) we have pegi with these 3 and over (3 in a light green box) 7 and over ( 7 in a light green box) 12 and over ( 12 in an orange box) 16 and over ( 16 in an orange box) 18 and over ( 18 in a red box) We also have little pictures as descriptions to what the game has
9:41 ok so Dual Destinies having an M rating is actually pretty warranted seeing as you see Athena’s mom on robot repair machine with her stomach messed up, young Athena covered in blood, and the phantom getting shot in the face by an unknown sniper
The reason Brawl and Melee were rated T was because of what the standards at the time were. The ESRB was a lot more strict back then, but now Smash games with Bayonetta are getting rated E10+. Just changing times.
Explains why Melee (2002) and console versions of The Incredibles (2004) were rated T. Still doesn't explain why the first LEGO Star Wars game (April-October 2005) was rated E despite all future console LEGO games being rated E10+.
Something many people don't know about is that in the early days, Pinball machines were more akin to Pachinko machines, as they lacked the flippers and bumpers which allowed user input after the initial pull of the plunger. So in the 1930s and 1940s, they were considered a serious form of gambling, not that different from slot machines.
My parents (I’m 12 and I deem myself mature so tell me if this is an appropriate reaction) UR GONNA GET DESENSITIZED TO REAL WORLD VIOLENCE SO EVEN IF YOU DON’T KILL ANYONE YOU WILL GO eh IF YOU SEE SOMEONE GETTING ASSAULTED. On a side note, my parents don’t think games cause violence, just desensitization to violence.
S D I've been playing violent games from a very young age, and I know if I saw real violence I would be scared out of my mind, but that's just my 2 cents
2:58 Imagine if we brought those politicians forward in time to the here and now and showed them Mortal Kombat 11 with it's photorealistic blood. They'd probably jump to outlaw all video games, even Mario and Kirby.
I was always under the impression that E10+ was to indicate that the game is suitable for everyone but requires a more developed mind. For example, it might be heavy on text, or feature concepts or button combinations too complex for a kid who's like 6 years old. Looking at the actual website, it seems I was wrong, and in fact, it's more akin to a PG film rating, where E is more like a G. Basically, if Earthworm Jim or Boogerman came out today, they would be E10+, because crude humor and mild cartoon violence. For example, "Toejam & Earl: Back in The Groove!" is rated E10+ for exactly those reasons.
No, it is searching for objectionable content. Some companies that make very mature games actually request to get a higher age rating even though none of the content warrants one.
I think some older parents don't realize that adults are very big into violent and sexual games. They see video games and think "oh yeah this is kids stuff lol" and then get surprised when they see what their kid is playing. I mean the mentality still exists for some people where if you still play games after you're 18 you're still seen as an immature kid who never grew up. Well excuse me for wanting to have fun once in a while lol
The Dream Traveler , ( example ) your still a 10 year old playing mortal kombat watching as you brutally murder a character like raiden or go to rule 34 the esculent of just wanting to have fun every once in a while is stupid you can still get enjoyment from games directed to kids. Edit: some of my favorite games of all time are games directed to kids as I am not the most active gamer for my age games are still a big part of my daily life and toooons of enjoyment comes games directed to kids, looking back at the comment you and me made I understand the point you were making a little better. I still stand by my point tho.
Same with cartoons. Cartoons are still seen as a kids medium, despite shows like Avatar: The Last Airbender, appealing to all ages or shows like Bojack Horseman being aimed at adults, but well written
The Dream Traveler nah man my parents had kids later than most being in their 50s by the time I was a teenager and they were harsh on not allowing teen me to play M rated games.
I actually looked up into Oblivion and apparently when Bethesda sent a video in to show what would be in it, it showed a dungeon with some people hanging and a dead animal laying around. But there was no blood or gore. When the game was released however on top of the nude mod, which is stupid that they rerated a game for locked content, the bodies would have chucks of fleshed ripped out and you would see bones such as rips or that dead animal was mutilated, so mainly Bethesda lied and doctored footage to show a less graphic version of the game.
Games are allowed to exist and be violent, its creative expression, same with movies, books, tv programs etc. If they didn't we'd all be playing Sesame Street Learning. Its not the games fault for being violent, its because you as a parent didn't look into its rating and decide if your child as an individual is okay to be playing this, a child cannot buy a mature rated game without an adult present. If you buy your child a Mature rated game and didn't notice it you are: A bad parent. If you buy your child a Mature rated game and noticed it and didn't acknowledge consequences you are: A bad parent. If you buy your child a Mature rated game and noticed it and acknowledged consequences, trusting that your child as an individual would be okay to play such a game without negative effects on their mental health, you are: A decent parent, in which you know you cannot blame the system at this point, because it was your idea to buy the game.
This is truth. Honestly I think it's more of the first option and it has a lot to do with the attitude of our culture. Namely instant gratification. Parents just want their kids to be quiet so they buy them an iPad, o phone or that cool looking video game to make the child stop bothering them instead of putting their foot down.
E. Segovia Considering he's a teenage boy he most likely is getting more independent and is thinking better and deeper. Teenagers being secluded from graphic content is NOT GOOD. People forget that teenagers are the last step before being an adult and it is important that they are more independent and are exposed to the real world. It can be a major shock for somebody to enter the real world (mainly moving out, but it can be other ways) and not have been exposed to these graphic topics. An example is if somebody's teenage child is secluded from having a relationship beyond having somebody as a friend. When these people get away from their parents they usually go overboard with moving around to a bunch of different people just for sex, or just to see what happens, etc. Unless he has some sort of issue because obviously I don't know your brother, then it PROBABLY shouldn't be "he has no business...." because it might not be YOUR business restricting graphic content. Of course, I don't know your brother, but just know that from my broad perspective from just reading your comment, this doesn't seem healthy.
Great video as always, Scott! The idea behind the ESRB is admirable; the implementation is weak, and the organization is a corrupt mob run by the AAA industry. They’ve been exposed multiple times though it always seems to fall on deaf ears.
Smash JT I just think (some) parents are idiots. I know parents that would NEVER let their kids watch a rated R movie. At the same time they let their kid play rated M games all day.
Smash JT Yeah when things finally go all digital it's going to be a very different world. As we're already learning from services like Steam the world is changing the game has changed (puns!) You're learning what things are arbitrary, I mean recently there was a game that had been rated by the ESRB and was less than a week from being launched and Sony just stepped up and shut it down. I didn't even know a company could do that, just say nope and block it from being sold entirely on their consoles (in the US due to angry SJW's) not in Japan and not in Asia. It's complicated and it's also not.
@@mariajimenafigueroa233 well I was more thinking it's not gonna be big enough for all parents to see it, with how some parents don't even look at the title of the game.
Age ratings in the UK (and in other parts of Europe I believe) are numbered for some reason. 3 7 12 16 18 Hell, during the GameCube era, there was an 11+ rating, the only game I remember getting that rating was Melee. I guess Mario beating the shit out of Pikatchu was too violent?
Giorgio Beerman really? I think in germany they use the pegi sistem, because in greece where i live we get the german version if the game ( most of the time) and it uses the pegi sistem
The Last of Us 2: Has a literal sex scene in the game ESRB: (crickets) GTA San Andreas: Has sex scene in the game files that are inaccessible without hacking ESRB: Has an aneurysm
@@nolanepstein8588 don't forget GTA and Jack Thompson. He called Bully a school shooter simulation. GTA VC had a bunch of shit thrown at by him as well.
@@aretard7995 rude.. but eh.. i'm just a random cosplayer from america, and i wish i lived in the middle east tho- heard they have more common sense than americans
@@KlldbyCuriosity If anything pertaining to 4-chan tells me anything, none of the news networks do their research properly. Those media news types sure are easy to manipulate.
@@KlldbyCuriosity Media outlets never get their information right. A quick google search about a topic on any news story always brings me to mixed reporting.
This is why I can't understand my elders when I talk about games. They complain that I play DOOM (Except my dad, he loves DOOM). My mom is ateict, but she basically had f-zero growing up so...... she was never exposes to awesome shooter games.
Wise words man, wise words ( I agree with this ( seriously this i agree with ( dude i need u to know i agree with this i totall agree with this dude ) ) )
Guys remember that every game that has online capabilities should be Ao since *ONLINE INTERACTIONS NOT RATED BY ESRB* we all know what happens in the MW2 lobbies
I looked at the back of both Batman arkham city and knight *T* : blood Suggested theming Violence Language Drugs references Alcohol *M* : blood Violence suggested theming Language Yeah, that makes sense
What about Rare Replay? It's literally rated CERO Z (18才以上のみ対象) just because of Perfect Dark (its prequel, Perfect Dark Zero, got a rating of CERO C (15才以上対象)) even though Rare Replay is rated PEGI 16 and ClassInd 14. Okay...
Morshu _The_Shopkeeper it's the extent of those things that can do it. For example PUNCHING and killing someone is violence but one is worse than the other.
The descriptors change depending on the actual letter rating. For example "Mild Language" or "Mild Blood" never appears on the back of an M rated game since the game is already rated 17+ so it doesn't matter much anyway
Parents buying their kids m rated games then being shocked that the game has adult crap is like buying alcohol for your child thinking that it's orange juice , you can only blame yourself m8
My dad bought me saints row 3, 4, and skyrim when I was in elementary school. He saw he made a mistake but instead of taking it away he always made sure to remind me when he watched me play that I should know the difference between the game and real life. I feel like that helped me a lot more than just telling me the game was bad for me. I already knew the difference, but I feel like that would work with other kids by completely separating the games from being applicable to reality instead of pretending it can have an effect on the real world.
Parents: Ask for rating system
*they get it*
Parents: *act like it doesnt exist*
"But my kid still wants the game..." like have they just thought it'd work that way?!
Parents:Mmm
ESRB: *Violence, Bad language, Gore, Drug-related content Sexual content, Not suitable for children*
Parents: yeah, lets buy this game.
Also parents: *OMG THIS GAME IS SO VIOLENT HOW MY KID PLAYS IT, ITS ALL DEVELOPERS FAULT SUE THEM AND BAN THE GAME
To be fair. Those new parents were the children of the parents who asked for the ratings. Like if your parents asked for ratings and you didn't like it. So you act like it doesn't exist when you become a parent.
Lalboi Manlun but then they complain about it
By far the biggest shining moment in the ESRB was their description of Scribblenauts for the DS. I quote:
"Steak can be attached to a baby to attract lions."
Pure gold.
Trvial 10/10
Yeah, you could also make Nukes and let's just say,...
i started a nuclear war in scribblenauts
Trvial
Clubs can be summoned to attack animals, rockets can be lobbed at a man.
Real things in the ESRB of Scribblenauts
I wonder if they even noticed the fact you can summon Satan. Not even exaggerating. And Cthulhu for that matter.
You gotta be f****** kidding me
In Germany you can drink alcohol at the age of 16 but if a game includes a scene of a guy drinking it will be rated 18+
Because Germany
Germany's USK: *"Makes sense to me, I don't see anything wrong here at all"*
30secondsfacts apparently in Germany games rated 18 cant be bought online
Hey Germans make a huge fuss over a centuries old symbol so that's something which doesn't come off as a surprise.
Not right. In Germany you can buy beer and wine with 16, not other alcohol. Use of alcohol does not make a game 18+ here, and you buy 18+ games online. Swastikas are nowadays allowed in games.
AO is so weird because it’s only 1 year more than M, so if it weren’t for pornography, it would be extremely redundant
Funny enough the rating for TV only go up to 17 (TV-MA) HOWEVER for the Redo of Healer it say "18+-DSV" in this case I fell it especially redundant since the definition of TV-MA already says "strictly for adults" (and yet 17+). Now it's still rated TV-MA on streaming (it's censored however) though what's interesting is NC-17 (which is like AO for movies) is allowed on streaming and yet the ratings for TV still only go up to 17However it seems after that Sentai did realize how silly that all was and decided to raise the age of TV-MA to 18 unofficially. When I told someone it was 18+-DSV they said "that's what Game of Thrones should be with an added L"
Now it was similar for Interspecies Reviewers, it was rated TV-MA for 3 episodes (censored) but then it got pulled off the air and on blu-ray was re-rated to an 18+ warning screen (which is usually used for p***. It applies to games too.)
Now in Australia it was re-rated for MA-15+ to just banned!
In Germany it was rated 16 with one 18 episode (that being the very one that got it taken off the air in the US...hmm).
Now they said the manga was tamer which honestly makes sense considering was rated the AO equivalent (Ironically called M) but the show was rated EVEN higher than AO (yet still no p*** somehow?)
thanks for the like man
It's because the big gaming companies self regulate these ratings. The ESA, the trade association who makes ESRB ratings (AND held E3) is sort of a joint venture of many big gaming companies (Sony, MS, Nintendo, EA, Ubisoft, Capcom, Squenix, Bamco etc.).
They themselves make the rules with ratings, which is why you'll often see somewhat random ratings, especially on their games, probably for marketing reasons.
They came up with AO to make up a reason for banning games from their consoles, to avoid situations like having corn games on their consoles or anything else deemed socially unacceptable at the time. It's 18+ because they literally can't force a higher age rating, and M is 17+ to differentiate from AO but still require someone to basically be an adult.
So AO and M are two different types of games; both are too mature to leave to kids, but AO are the games console makers don't want on their platforms, while M rated ones are desirable.
@@leonro Many porn games don't seem to be rated by the ESRB (in fact some of them say "mature audiences only 18+") which is funny because I remember this hentai "Fire in His Fingertips" which had a cut version (which is said to be TV-MA) and a porn (which was 18+ only) when TV-MA already has the word only in the definition "mature audiences only" in fact like I've mentioned before I've seen other hentai stuff that says exactly that. So it seems whoever made the "TV-MA" thought 17 was an adult. SO ALL THAT OVER ONE TINY MISTAKE? To make it even funnier I've seen blu-ray of "normal" TV shows that say TV-MA but also "for ages 18+" plus the "safe for TV" version of "Fire in his Fingertips" is still 18+ on Prime video. Since they have their own rating system (Still no porn) well they sell it physically they just don't stream it!
M 17+: oh yeah this is something my child can totally play
A 18+: no
m is because of violence and ao is because of porn
@@snivylink2119 Still with internet, you aren't showing nothing new
@@snivylink2119 basically
gore and violence: yes
boobs and asses: nope
SnivyLink2 I like both
@Brendan Milburn Manhunt 2 and the Wii control motions made you feel like a murderer. LOL
*Parent looks at game*
Oh! It's rated M for "My child can play this!"
EnricosUt yeah that's how it should be in many cases. A ten year old boy shouldn't be playing any gal gun games.
Lol
Splat! Splat! Splat!
Father: What game are you playing?
Son: Zombie Chopper 3
Father: That better be rated M, son.
Son: It is! (he,he)
"M for mature? Great! If I can make my brats mature faster, I won't need to waste time actually parenting them!"
shit is crap either your 12 with shitty parents or you’re a shitty parent yourself lol
I remember playing Smash Melee around the age of 8 or so and my grandfather took it away because it was rated T...Thanks ESRB
In europe it still was legal from 6.
Atleast he actually cared about the rating. My 9 year old cousin recently received a PS4 Slim for his birthday, and his dad bought him GTA FUCKIN 5
I was playing melee straight from Christmas 2007 and it was rated T, my parents were ok with it at least.
@@TusharSundarka he did the right thing
@@AltPlus30 Depends on the kid.
"Why is kirby E10+?"
Every kirby final boss:
Rated E for eeeek that's scary
Yea first thing that came to mind was Kirby 64 boss. That's a T for Teens right there LOL
Void Termina (roughly being translated as "Final Eternity" or somesuch analogy for the universe's heat death) is definitely worth that E10 and up rating. I don't care if beating the boss is a wholesome moment where all of our friends enchant our soul so we can turn Void Termina inside out, the concept of an eternal afterlife consisting of nothing but emptiness and inaction being given physical form and a will to drag people into it is kinda... *Woof*.
Rated E for
EXCUSE ME, WHAT THE F***?!
what about king dedede in kirby's dream land? how was that bad??
The Modern Guide to Good Parenting.
Step 1: Allow your child to have unfiltered access to media
Step 2: Complain loudly when they find age inappropriate content
Step 3: Blame someone/everyone else for your blunder
What if your child is age 15 or above?
Not to mention the media and politicians blame videogames for societal ills such as mass shootings, and violence despite the fact there is has been a decrease in violence as games increase in popularity, they tend not to look at "access to gun" as a reason for the shooting, and is clearly just a red herring
It's just like that line from the South Park movie "We must blame them and cause a fuss, before somebody thinks of blaming us"
@@aidanredding8058 Yep
or just the first step
7:17
This was the most amazing use of the 1UP theme I've ever witnessed.
What game is that from?
That's it! Thanks. Haha
@@smb6282 Sonic the Hedgehog 1 one up theme
sanic the 420 blazin it hoodgehaggg
@@gonk__ Sonic 1 & 2 for sure.
No matter what time period it is, one thing remains constant: parents & politicians will always find a scapegoat to blame instead of looking at the mirror & realizing that they're part of the problem, if not the main problem
NumberOne#1 Especially when they are extremely uninformed. I wonder what THEY would do if people start making negative accusations about their field of expertise and falsify being uninformed, just for them to have a taste of their own medicine.
Remember when they were blaming tv and movies, and then tv, movies, and games? Where are they now?
That sounds like KND propaganda. And yet, that's true.
Morbidcrab reminds of meme that said "freakin white people and their *draws from deck* water" and showed an article complaining how a white guy drank water at college
They don't appear in mirrors is part of the problem.
When I was like 12, I went to GameStop to buy a Mortal Kombat game, they wouldn’t let me buy it without an id, so I went home and told my dad and he took me back bought the game for me and told the manager that if I ever went in there I had my dads permission to buy any game I want. I went in a few years later to buy something else, the worker went to ask me for my id and the manager jumped in and said nah he’s good, his dad said he could buy whatever he wants.
Bro you must’ve felt like a king anytime that happened lmao
Dude really got the special dad pass
To be honest, that GameStop manager is probably the one who DOESN'T encourage his workers to shove membership info down consumer's throats.
@@Colepalmer20-20For all you know, it was Xbox One.
Now that's just wholesome!
Plastic $2 gun toy for kids
Government: I sleep
Plastic $2 gun used as a controller for a game
Government: *R E A L S H I T*
Oh no! The kids are playing digital toy gun games instead of real life toy gun games! Wait...
@@JOCoStudio1 THAT'S EXACTLY THE SAME THING. EXCEPT THE TOY GUNS ARE EVEN WORSE1
Actually toy guns have had some major fucking controversy over the years.
Ramses production That’s the joke...
Bradley McQuade
Realistic toy gun that actually shoots nerf darts
Government: Yeah that’s fine
Plastic, fake looking gun used as a controller
Government: Holy sh*t we gotta do something
Scott The Woz: Rated U for Underrated
_Scott the God_
Executer 66
Best comment because it's true. Scott is seriously underrated as a RUclipsr.
Wii U
coincidence
i think not
Executer 66 this man got 100k in less than a year
Yeah underrated
U for Universal.
“kid goes into a store, buys playstation network box, buys bloody mcsex scene the game and becomes genghis khan”
-Scott
like c'mon I though we got rid of that guy
*Shows Wii Music
@@bluejay21. Yup, that'd do it.
I heard that “GENGHIS KHAN, *WAS JUST A F*CKING GUY”*
Sega: We made this game, but it’s for adults only.
Adults: How dare you make a game for adults only!
440 likes and no coments let me fix that!
If I were given a choice between passing 4 kidney stones to stop these comments and ending climate change I would pick the former
*visible confusion*
This doesn’t make sense
**everyone complains that there is no rating system** **creates rating system** **complains there is no way for parents to know what's in the game they are buying their child**
well, you can read the back of the box
or make ESRB scale the ratings boxes to the M A X
This just proves that our society's brains are shrinking by the day.
Haha look at Australia's rating system.
Super spark ours makes sense to those who actually pay attention, its just the people that choose the ratings me and many other people have a problem with. They dont actually play the games just google it.
Pretty hyped for the release of Bloody McSex Scene: The Game.
In which you become genghis khan
@@ashtar3876 And that's Genius Khan. 😎
Same
you mean wii music?
Market Pliers, run. DELETE YOUR COMMENT NOW BEFORE THE DREADED WOOSH COMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Yeah i knew the joke)
"How are so many Kirby games rated E10+?"
Have you seen the nightmare fuel that is Kirby's final bosses?!
That would literally be the only reason for it to be E 10+.
Dark matter in Kirby's dream land 3 was definitely bleeding blood
Came to coment exactly the same, if you look deep into Kirby's lore you would find a nice and sweet collection of lovecraftian horror, ancient and forbiden cults and a sweet sweet genocidal interdimensional warrior...
And then there is Dedede, what the hell is his deal? How the fuck is he still alive?
Ikr, look at the Kirby star allies final boss
Especially Star Allies, with [REDACTED DUE TO SPOILERS]
It's honestly weird how all my friends in 3rd grade played M rated games. My parents didn't let me play M rated games as a kid, and, as a result, I never got into the first person shooter genre (which I am fine with). Besides when I played games at my friends' houses, the first time I really played an M rated game was at 17.
My parents are also very strict, all my friends were playing GTA at 7 while I played Mario 64 DS for YEARS. I had to wait 2 years before I could buy Smash Bros for 3DS because of the rating
@@Bugauanga Yeah. My friends were all playing FPS games, while I was playing Wii and Wii U games as a kid. The only shooting game I’ve ever played was Fortnite during its peak.
My mother bought me assassin's creed games at 10
I never really got into the fps I was more into minecraft sonic and horror games at the moment and if I feel like it pokemon
I’m fine with my super Mario galaxy and mariokart wii 🔥
Kirby games are rated E10+ because of *succual* themes
I think that would warrant at least an M rating
Man of Matt i mean, kirby lore is kinda fucked
Or because of the sex scene specifically in rainbow curse
I’d assume cuz of the unholy eldritch abomination bosses that spurt blood out of their eyeballs
I can vibe with this statement. Bless you
I still remember when I was so scared because I was buying a LEGO CITY game for the 3DS and it was 10+ and the cashier didn’t care at all. Only thing that sucks is when you wanna get a M rated game and the cashier has to get a parents permission and you and the cashier know that’s it’s a stupid rule and that nobody really cares.
when i was 16, i saw the Elder Scrolls anthology for like 20 bucks, so i took it to the register and instead of asking for an ID, the guy just asked me what my birthday was, so i just lied and told him i was a year older than i was, lmao
@@quinnmarchese6313 literally because he can't ask you for an ID when you're bying a game. Many courts and scientists have stated that it doesn't affect minors. Moreover, many kids nowadays usually less soft than their parents at current age.
@@AltPlus30 dog, i worked retail at a target like a year after i bought the elder scrolls anthology, you dont know what your talking about, we scanned IDs for M rated games.
Well, it’s LEGO city.
I HAVE THE GAME
the whole reason that kirby is 10+ is because of a choking hazard
wow
It’s because Kirby accully has more buttons other than walk or jump. He has succ
And also cult leaders sacrificing themselves to a dark deity of destruction...
Kirby games are fun am I right?
I'm laughing like a fucking retard, and I'm at a camp at 1:04 AM
Send help
Kirby Dream Land ,Triple Deluxe,64 all have blood but they are Rated K-A/E
Yet Return to Dream Land and Star Allies doesn’t have blood or kill a character and it’s E10
“That’s why CJ isn’t in smash brothers”
Bet CJ will be announced for smash at e3
@@ryrythebigfrickinidiot2654 Kazuya
@@dexei3150 i was false
@@ryrythebigfrickinidiot2654 poor guy
@@ryrythebigfrickinidiot2654 bet CJ will be the final smash character
“Bloody McSexscene the Game”
*shows Wii Music*
If there's one game that's gonna make you a serial killer... it's Wii Music.
wii music teaches you how to kill
With a trumpet!
Wii Music turned me into a furry with the dog and cat suit instruments.
Where?
ESRB rating according to parents
E - everyone
T - this is suitable for children
M - mmmm, safe for my children
A - ahhh, great for children
also
PG-13
pretty good for children under 13
R
Really good for my baby
E10+ = everyone gets 10 points
Yeah then they complain when they see the game
a for amazing for children
AO - Amazing fOr children
*A game about shooting people and doing drugs exists*
Companies: this is fine
*A game about shooting people, doing drugs, and has a partial nudity scene*
Companies: *UNNACEPTABLE*
BC J I smell a money lose in here
Remember kids, TV violence is ok, as long as you don't show a nipple
Aidan Redding someone can be brutally ripped apart but you can't say fuck
There are lots of E rated games with drugs in them. For example, Mario and his mushrooms, and the coffee shops in roller coaster tycoon
Just beat the Witcher 3 and well gotta say it’s got the most nudity I can remember being in a game
"Why not be a parent and regulate what your child consumes and not blame the media itself"
That is pretty much the message of the south park movie and it's shocking how 21 years later and that message is still true to this day
Really sad tbh
South Park was based af
@@softnoobgirl73 true
The government wants to take away guns? BULLSHIT! The government wants to take away violent video games
Parents in the west are stupid af.
Fun fact: increasing the size of the logo for the age restriction was exactly what happened in Germany
Germany's got the full deal: The ratings take up a sizeable portion of the cover, they are colour coded and freaking ugly! Seems like we hit the jackpot.
Michael they would look kind of nice if they were smaller
In chile they decided to stick an extra big sticker on the wrap paper, with both the rating and some extra text on why and what that means. Parents still buy M rated games for their kids ¬¬
It is a Nazis reference?
@LeCoolFace On the bright side, Wolfenstein II made it through without having to censor swastikas; they're starting to get better
nothing more American that a bunch of old people sitting in a room talking and making rules about things they know absolutely nothing about.
like women's rights or internet laws
Sometimes, I wonder... and I happen to live there.
cough cough FTC cough cough COPPA cough cough RUclips
@@snivylink2119 wasn't it the EU that did the internet thing
@@Playerofakind and coppa
Sega in 1990: "We want less censorship on our console than Nintendo so we can appeal to the mature demographic."
Nintendo in 2019: *uncensored hentai*
What game has uncensored hentai?
Probably talking about the Senran Kagura games on Switch. Doesn't help the fact Sony is censoring games like that
@@electrix_panadal00 Sony used to be the console for teens and adults, now it's basically the basic bitch console every kid owns.
Not quite but I get what you mean
Electrix_Panadal00 Senran Kagura is more so just ecchi due to it being completely fanservice. There’s no sex, so it really isn’t an eroge (hentai game).
7:17 this shot is gold, had me rolling on the floor for a minute
and he fully sold it with the guy game
because that too is just full of-
7:17
I remember playing Minecraft when I was 9 and every time I saw that E +10 symbol when I started it, it was like “I’m a criminal”
How are you me?
Lol I played it when I was six
tbh e10+ shouldn’t even exist cause I can’t name a single game that’s rated e10+ that shouldn’t be rated e
I forbid myself from owning Super Smash Bros Brawl when I learnt it was T for Teens. Sure didn’t stop me from playing it at my younger cousins house when we played Wii.
for my 10nth birthday, my dad got my a street fighter game. i didnt wanna play it because it was rated t for teen, while i was only 10.
Nintendo 1994: We don’t want a game with a slightly disturbing scene in it on our systems
Nintendo 2019: _Censorship is for the weak_
HENTAI GAME
Nintendo with smt 5: The censorship you worship is dead.
Earthbound final boss meanwhile be like
Well... kind of. While several eroge and such have been ported to the switch, they're all the censored versions. So, while the original may have adult content, that's still not present on the console release.
Its ironic that pinball machines were banned as gambling but games with actual gambling in them are rated e for everyone now
Scott: "How many times have you seen a T rated game this generation"
Nearly every JRPG: *exists*
Heh, Scott's not a big fan of the genre
He meant actual games.
@@blau6832 ruclips.net/video/GPXkjtpGCFI/видео.html
@@blau6832 this is such obvious bait, hope nobody falls for it
@@juicyjuustar121 Nah, it's a bit of bait and a bit of truth.
“Hey Mommy, can I get Smash Brawl?”
“I dunno, it’s rated T”
*It’s Smash Bros.*
I've never understood why Melee and Brawl are rated T when every other Smash game is E10+
amen
@@mldavid4056 Melee was made before the E10+ rating was made, so I guess the ESRB didn't think it was tame enough for an E, as for Brawl, yeah I have no idea on that one. Ultimate and Smash 4 have Bayonetta and are still rated E10+, so obviously some standard is not being held up somewhere.
@@jacobmonks3722 That actually makes sense. I always forget E10+ came later.
@@Chad_Eldridge I heard it was because they put Snake in.
"Buys bloody McSex scene the game"
*shows Wii Music*
Ooooooooo
Same thing
I heard "Slutty McSex Scene"
Dude you watch Scott
Please do a Q&A with eteled and stop watching this
It’s amazing how someone who isn’t a parent knows more about parenting than many parents
IKR?
Adults were kids at one time.
They know what parents did when they were kids, and what their friends parents did.
They know their perspective and they have informed opinions.
Just because someone might not have a kid doesn't mean they don't have valid ideas on parenting.
@@billybobjoe198 It's not that Scott is an amazing parenting advisor, it's just the stupid ass parents in the world who have a child and fail to take proper care of them because they never wanted one in the first place
There's a high number of people that should not have a kid
@@shadow4040 True.
3:03 *Scott discussing a court hearing while using Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney music*
Well played
Palathaxx *OBJECTION*
@@nameman9997 *HOLD IT*
Hold me...
ILL CUT THOSE WOR-
wait wrong thing
Take That!
"Politicians will always try to get on games because it is easier to target it more than real issues. Video games are easier to target than anything"
Civvie 11
Eyyy bojack profile, hell yeah. I mean it looks like it’s from when Sarah Lynn died but yknow
@@alexschneider1667 Don't remind me of Sarah Lynn, it makes me real 😢😢
Kyle Rittenhouse trial
@@shadestrider1033 video games weren't a major talking point during the Rittenhouse trial. It's usually the GOP who scapegoats with video games because they refuse to address bigger issues, and the GOP were all behind him.
@@KonkeyVG Yep, pretty much. If we can continue getting money from the NRA, we will scapegoat violent videogames.
Nintendo: hates on sega for violent video games
Also Nintendo: made a game about killing ducks
Hunters: *sweating*
Classic "animals aren't as important as humans" mindset!
But they duck
But it was cartoonish, it's like if you blamed smash for being violent lol
To be fair Nintendo of Japan made the game while Nintendo of America was a bunch anti-American commie pussys.
I love how some people remove the context from games and their content to suit their needs.
A game about preventing deaths is treated as glorifying attacking women.
A game about killing demons is treated as a way to recruit people into demonic cults.
A game with probably the best single anti-terrorism scene in any piece of media ever is treated as an incitement to enact terror.
Catherine Whittaker so which games are you talking about here?
I'm guessing the second one is Doom.
@@apollojustice5338 1. Nighttrap, 2. Doom, 3. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
or really just context from any situation
A game about killing Nazis and stopping their war is treated as promoting racism.
Yeah, basically.
Rare Replay: E - M
*Everyone liked that*
*sees M*
*laughs in conker's bad fur day*
@@GhalidiusTrident
*Scott:* We need to expand the size of these things!
*Me:* (Holds up a picture of the boxart for Conker's Bad Fur Day, pointing to the large M rating) I think Rareware beat you to it.
When I look at Xbox is m
@@GhalidiusTrident Honestly, if they did a full on remake with nothing being changed but the graphics getting better and it getting more gorey, I could see it getting an adult only rating. Like I love bad fur day, but I don't know how they got away with it.
f in the chat for early childhood (best one), rating pending (second best one) and adult only (ok this one is bad)
My mom drove me to a Game Crazy store, i went in with the sole purpose to buy "The Warriors" on ps2, when i came out of the store holding a copy of Bully, she knew something was wrong, i told her they wouldn't let me buy the game i wanted because it was Rated M, and my mom went in and bought it for me, i ended up getting both and they were two of my favorite games on the system. There's a lot of talk about parents not caring about what they buy their children, but my mom did, she had let me play rated M games back when i was like 8-10, i don't remember if she ever sat me down to discuss like "this is fiction, yada yada" but it was always obvious to me that video games aren't real, the same way movies and tv aren't. I grew up playing games from all over the ratings board and i don't remember ever being "that kid" who would only wanna play the most violent games, i was all about gameplay and genres. I liked the open world of grand theft auto, the fun combo fighting systems of The Warriors and Bully (all Rockstar titles interestingly) but i also loved games like Tony Hawk, Ea Skate, Little Big Planet, Fallout 3. Having a nephew who is now 13 going on 14, i fully understand the problem though, he is awful, his mother never let anyone curate what media he consumed until he was already 10-11, now she is overly strict and i can sympathize with both of them while also resenting spending time with them. I think the take away is that you should definitely take an interest in what media your children are consuming, but that doesn't mean you need to immediately censor and coddle them. Children are a lot smarter than we give them credit for, but their perceptions and personalities can be easily swayed if you don't sit down with them and just talk, get to know each other, don't make them view you as some abstract authority figure.
I mean like Bully is already like the kid version of Grand Theft Auto
Played Half-life at 10
Bully and The Warriors? Man you've won the jackpot.
This comment NEEDS more attention!
It baffles me so much that parents are suprised when a game rated M has mature content just want on Earth do you think rated M stands for? I appreciate the ESRB rating system, and use it I can confirm that it works if you use it.
m for maybe an elmo game
m for my children should play this
Whatever. I don’t think allowing me to play Halo as a child ruined my life
@@Rosecain27 It sure gave me nightmares for a week though!
mayonnaise?
"So that's why CJ isn't in Smash Bros."
This gives me painful memories
@SUPERNOVA for his neutral special, he wields a gun
169 likes lmao
That line doesn't make sense since Joker, Bayonetta and Snake are in the game.
Writing was once viewed as a bad influence. Not a specific piece of writing, just writing in general.
Anything new will be seen as 'a bad influence', because people don't understand it
No, not just because people don’t know what the stuff is, it’s just because humans are sh*
OH EGAAAHDS! MY CHILDREN ARE BECOMING ........
LITERATE!
*dun dun dduuuuuunnn*
Philosophers thought it would reduce the importance of memory. Fortunately, keys were invented.
@@baharrothbluu Yeah, didn't Aristotle say that if people wrote stuff down to remember it instead of just trying their hardest to remember they would use their brain less? And therefore writing would make people more stupid. I also remember hearing that bikes were considered a bad influence when they were invented, and radios as well. People will hate on anything new for all of time, it's fucking crazy.
I love how the M rating is 17+ and the AO is 18+. Don't want those 17 year olds getting any ideas.
for TV the highest rated is TV-MA for 17 yet Redo of Healer found a way to surpass that since the blu-ray says 18 +-DSV as if a TV-MA-DSV wasn't enough
I see I got 10 likes. If you liked that I remember telling someone Redo of Healer was 18 +-DSV and they said "that's what Game of Thrones should be with an added L"🤣
They should have made it like "21+" or something.
@@doggo6471 well in that case Game of Thrones should be 21+!
@@cradica blu ray is uncensored tho
Parents:"VIDEO GAMES ARE MAKING OUR KIDS VIOLENT"
Also:*Ignores what their kids are playing and decides to blame gaming companies for their own idiotic faults
Their*
@@TaxConsumer uh what are you correcting. Are you drunk or something?
@@lmao7922 i think he's correcting the "ignores what THERE kids..." line.
PARENTING 101
@Kosorou Gaming Archives ?????
Can I just say I appreciate the effort went into displaying the word "PORN" in giant letters on your big screen? You could've just made it fill the whole screen in the video but that somehow would've been less effective.
He probably didn't want RUclips to demonetized/deleted off of RUclips, so instead of showing the sexual acts of porn itself he put the word "PORN" in big bold letters.
Light Yagami He couldn't show real porn without the video being taken down and he meant displaying the word porn in the entire video frame instead of displaying it on his tv
It’s funnier when he’s physically smiling next to it
Elektr0 Gaming I'm not replying to OP. I was replying to the person who said he could have shown the sexual acts of porn itself which I interpreted as him showing a video of porn on the screen.
@@bt3743 woooooosh
5:26 "No Senator Lieberman, don't do it!"
MRS OBAMA GET DOWN!
I'm inacent
7:17 You can tell that Scott can hardly hold back any laughter. Can’t say I blame him, this scene had me in tears the first time I watched.
I never noticed him moving, I'll never unsee this.
ESRB makes PEGI almost look professional
Ikr
The PEGI rating system look almost like Brazilian's rating system, applied for series, movies, cartoons, videogames. The list with their background colors:
L - Green (L means "Livre", which means "Free", free for all audiences)
10 - Blue
12 - Yellow
14 - Orange
16 - Red
18 - Black
The truth is... it should be enough... if a game is 17+ then being a few years younger isn't a big deal, but you shouldn't let a 10 year old play it.
@J The Nerd Yeah, they could just change the word, replacing the bad word, and the game will come back to 3+ or whatever Sonic games usually have in Europe.
*P E G I 1 8*
"Promotes violence against women."
Ahh, I see. A game where you are meant to PREVENT people from dying, a game where you are berated for letting the women die, is promoting violence against women...
WHAT
Reminds of me of when Anita Sarkeesian released a video about video games promoting violence against women and showed footage of a game (can't remember which one) where the player murdered women and used it as evidence of this. Except the actual objective was to protect those women not kill them meaning they purposely did the opposite for the sake of selling their bullshit narrative.
+Flrs91 If I recall correctly, it may have been Hitman? I do remember one of these "feminists" trying to say that video games promote violence towards women, by murdering NPCs in Hitman, who were female strippers.
Even though, the point of Hitman is that you SHOULDN'T kill people if it isn't necessary, because stealth is the aim of the game, and the dialogue that they bothered giving the women makes you feel sorry for them (e.g. references to one of the girls having to perform sexual acts for her boss, just so she doesn't get fired, because she needs the money, to provide for her young daughter, as she's a single mother).
:P
Reminds me of the "virtual rape" news report that showed players online in GTA "hacking the game, and performing graphic and realistic sexual acts" (i.e. Mild humping gestures whilst a traffic cone floats above the player's head).
Evan Blenkinsopp Some things just never change. Uninformed people making decisions for those who do know better, people saying something even though evidence explicitly points against it in order to push some bullshit rhetoric, what Flrs91 said, etc..
gotta love the current outrage metoo sjw culture
Flrs91 Welcome to faux news! We make shit up and try to make people dumber! Let's use concrete evidence and turn it against itself because that makes sense!
Remember, Americans hate logic and many are flat-earthers, neo-nazis, or feminazis.
Btw I'm very ashamed to live in country where a 6 yr old runs the country like a dump.
Where I live we (UK) we have pegi with these
3 and over (3 in a light green box)
7 and over ( 7 in a light green box)
12 and over ( 12 in an orange box)
16 and over ( 16 in an orange box)
18 and over ( 18 in a red box)
We also have little pictures as descriptions to what the game has
Honestly that seems like a way better rating system
@Elevate it is. i live here.
but one thing. pc games over here dont use coloured ratings. or at least ones around windows xp era. they have NO RATING!
I notice there's no PEGI 10 yet so a lot of games E10+ here are given PEGI 12
@@mineplaymod9000 Well your rating system wasn't added until early 2003 so it makes sense.
@@LBF197 Well pegi 10 is either 7 or 12 when teen is 12 or 16. It depends
9:41 ok so Dual Destinies having an M rating is actually pretty warranted seeing as you see Athena’s mom on robot repair machine with her stomach messed up, young Athena covered in blood, and the phantom getting shot in the face by an unknown sniper
Holy shit that’s fucked up
It's funny how Super Smash Bros Brawl was rated T (probably because of Snake)
Melee was also rated T... but that was before E10 existed, so they probably didn’t have any other choice
@@camo6465 true
Chase8080
Brawl was rated T because of the sound effects along with another reason I think.
The reason Brawl and Melee were rated T was because of what the standards at the time were. The ESRB was a lot more strict back then, but now Smash games with Bayonetta are getting rated E10+. Just changing times.
@@adamsmith2122 True
Wait...E 10+ came out in 2005????
It was THAT recent?????
It’s over a decade ago how is that recent?
Ducky Duck RSC Because the ESRB was made in the ‘90s. In comparison, that’s recent.
I always thought E 10+ was a staple but no, it was a new addition
Explains why Melee (2002) and console versions of The Incredibles (2004) were rated T.
Still doesn't explain why the first LEGO Star Wars game (April-October 2005) was rated E despite all future console LEGO games being rated E10+.
bigpboy1012
Brawl and Smash 4 where also T
Gamesforus I thought Smash 4 was E10+
It is weird that night trap is actually coming to the switch
Night Trap is already on the Nintendo Switch because once I checked the price for it on my Nintendo Switch it's already $15 on the Nintendo store.
@@RoronoaZoro-ur6hr This comment was made before it was released
4:20 when Lincoln eats his own words.
Someone fair point. It isn’t. It’s for everyone
@Someone a*
Something many people don't know about is that in the early days, Pinball machines were more akin to Pachinko machines, as they lacked the flippers and bumpers which allowed user input after the initial pull of the plunger. So in the 1930s and 1940s, they were considered a serious form of gambling, not that different from slot machines.
Yoshi's crafted world RATED M FOR EXTREME VIOLENCE
You can SWALLOW your enemies. This game encourages cannibalism!
@@Felixr2 How does that encourage cannibalism?
Especially that one level you know the one
Anibal Osbaldo do you know what a joke is?
Lincoln:Night trap will *never* be on a Nintendo system
nintendo switch: *are you really in charge here*
I got my copy for $1.50 off the eShop a few months ago.
Everyone knew it would happen
My parents reaction to M rated games: They aren’t real and my child knows they are fiction.
Absolutely Same,They knew who I was already and They knew that I wouldn't go overboard in M rated games
My parents (I’m 12 and I deem myself mature so tell me if this is an appropriate reaction) UR GONNA GET DESENSITIZED TO REAL WORLD VIOLENCE SO EVEN IF YOU DON’T KILL ANYONE YOU WILL GO eh IF YOU SEE SOMEONE GETTING ASSAULTED. On a side note, my parents don’t think games cause violence, just desensitization to violence.
S D I've been playing violent games from a very young age, and I know if I saw real violence I would be scared out of my mind, but that's just my 2 cents
Ryanator everyone knows that
I know that when I was 5 and playing gta vice city
For freaks sake.
2:58 Imagine if we brought those politicians forward in time to the here and now and showed them Mortal Kombat 11 with it's photorealistic blood. They'd probably jump to outlaw all video games, even Mario and Kirby.
Even Pokemon and other franchises will victims of it
To be fair if there was ever a game to be banned for showing blood and gore to children it would be kirby
Yeah. Good point.
@@slimewizard7350 I agree lol.
@@FRANZTENDO64Philippineshese guys were beyond boomers. Like literally. These guys were boomers before boomers became a thing.
*Slaps M rating on Kirby at the end*
Only if they explain all of the lore at once.
Scott over here making the only real positive change for the youth of today. Bless ya baby ❤
Still mad because of what Reggie has done with you...
Morbidcrab HIBEE positive
Someone has to do it we all know Reggie isn’t doing it. Give us mother 3!!!
Bold and Brash network have this instead *Throws fireball*
hey bee
One of my old teachers bought her 6 year old nephew GTA cause she though M stood for "Moms approve"
.....heh
USBYDProductions that teacher can’t be serious
outstanding move
Did she not see the bold *17+* on there? Or the white, bold, all capital *MATURE?*
She's going to be angry when she finds out what it really means.
That happened.
Ha good joke...
I like how when he starts talking about law the ace attorney theme started playing
I was always under the impression that E10+ was to indicate that the game is suitable for everyone but requires a more developed mind.
For example, it might be heavy on text, or feature concepts or button combinations too complex for a kid who's like 6 years old.
Looking at the actual website, it seems I was wrong, and in fact, it's more akin to a PG film rating, where E is more like a G.
Basically, if Earthworm Jim or Boogerman came out today, they would be E10+, because crude humor and mild cartoon violence.
For example, "Toejam & Earl: Back in The Groove!" is rated E10+ for exactly those reasons.
No, it is searching for objectionable content. Some companies that make very mature games actually request to get a higher age rating even though none of the content warrants one.
I think some older parents don't realize that adults are very big into violent and sexual games. They see video games and think "oh yeah this is kids stuff lol" and then get surprised when they see what their kid is playing. I mean the mentality still exists for some people where if you still play games after you're 18 you're still seen as an immature kid who never grew up. Well excuse me for wanting to have fun once in a while lol
The Dream Traveler , ( example ) your still a 10 year old playing mortal kombat watching as you brutally murder a character like raiden or go to rule 34 the esculent of just wanting to have fun every once in a while is stupid you can still get enjoyment from games directed to kids. Edit: some of my favorite games of all time are games directed to kids as I am not the most active gamer for my age games are still a big part of my daily life and toooons of enjoyment comes games directed to kids, looking back at the comment you and me made I understand the point you were making a little better. I still stand by my point tho.
Same with cartoons. Cartoons are still seen as a kids medium, despite shows like Avatar: The Last Airbender, appealing to all ages or shows like Bojack Horseman being aimed at adults, but well written
That's pretty much it, many parents just think video games are for kids no matter what the game is.
That is the best way, don't call then an idiot, just be like dude that's bad just get them this it's suitable for them
The Dream Traveler nah man my parents had kids later than most being in their 50s by the time I was a teenager and they were harsh on not allowing teen me to play M rated games.
That little switchero from "T" to "M" on Elder Scrolls 4 is what kept me from playing it as a kid.
And that is why Oblivion had changed from rated T to M.
Honestly, all moms should be like yours
Morrowind had strong sexual themes and a Daedric lord even states he is going to "Rape your corpse."
Rated T.
@@walnzell9328 Yeah, it looked like the ESRB hasn't fully completed the game.
I actually looked up into Oblivion and apparently when Bethesda sent a video in to show what would be in it, it showed a dungeon with some people hanging and a dead animal laying around. But there was no blood or gore. When the game was released however on top of the nude mod, which is stupid that they rerated a game for locked content, the bodies would have chucks of fleshed ripped out and you would see bones such as rips or that dead animal was mutilated, so mainly Bethesda lied and doctored footage to show a less graphic version of the game.
1:29 he really did put on that outfit for just a few seconds of footage
that was a clip from another video
@@mann_rayy "should I, I dunno"
-A redditor.
"Sex Scene: The Game" *Immediately cuts to Wii Music"
well that does deserve an m rating.
@@digitalgamer457 AO*
*Bloody McSex Scene: The Game
The intro jingle is intense. I got in trouble just opening the disc channel with the game in.
Games are allowed to exist and be violent, its creative expression, same with movies, books, tv programs etc. If they didn't we'd all be playing Sesame Street Learning. Its not the games fault for being violent, its because you as a parent didn't look into its rating and decide if your child as an individual is okay to be playing this, a child cannot buy a mature rated game without an adult present. If you buy your child a Mature rated game and didn't notice it you are: A bad parent. If you buy your child a Mature rated game and noticed it and didn't acknowledge consequences you are: A bad parent. If you buy your child a Mature rated game and noticed it and acknowledged consequences, trusting that your child as an individual would be okay to play such a game without negative effects on their mental health, you are: A decent parent, in which you know you cannot blame the system at this point, because it was your idea to buy the game.
This is truth. Honestly I think it's more of the first option and it has a lot to do with the attitude of our culture. Namely instant gratification. Parents just want their kids to be quiet so they buy them an iPad, o phone or that cool looking video game to make the child stop bothering them instead of putting their foot down.
E. Segovia Considering he's a teenage boy he most likely is getting more independent and is thinking better and deeper. Teenagers being secluded from graphic content is NOT GOOD. People forget that teenagers are the last step before being an adult and it is important that they are more independent and are exposed to the real world. It can be a major shock for somebody to enter the real world (mainly moving out, but it can be other ways) and not have been exposed to these graphic topics. An example is if somebody's teenage child is secluded from having a relationship beyond having somebody as a friend. When these people get away from their parents they usually go overboard with moving around to a bunch of different people just for sex, or just to see what happens, etc. Unless he has some sort of issue because obviously I don't know your brother, then it PROBABLY shouldn't be "he has no business...." because it might not be YOUR business restricting graphic content. Of course, I don't know your brother, but just know that from my broad perspective from just reading your comment, this doesn't seem healthy.
I read this using my best Peridot impression lol
Peridot!!!
Finally fuse with lapis!!!
Peridot’s words of wisdom right there.
I'm from Scotland and I've always been confused by the ESRB. Our PEGI is so much easier to understand, it's just a minimum age.
Why cant ours just be E, 10, 13, 17, and 18?!
I am Brazilan and I am too, our bizarre version of PEGI is so much simpler than just letters.
WE HAVE NUMBERS.
PEGI 3
PEGI 7
PEGI 12
PEGI 16
PEGI 18
I would rather use the ESRB
@@MrMoasn Why? We have less ratings, we have numbers, and 18+ games aren't banned from stores
Thank you Scott, for helping me write an Argumentative Essay about Video Game Violence and the ESRB.
Hey, he was also one of the reasons why I wrote the same essay. Glad we're on the same page.
@@Spider-Man-257 I thiink I will make one as well
Rated E for egg
Charlie Haisman rated m for mydick
@pikapoop 008 because you are a man of taste
Her???
Egg facts
Egg fact 1: Egg
Rated O for Oeuf
"Night trap promotes violence against women"
Me who remembers the games goal is to save the women: 👁️👄👁️
Da Boop lmfao
Da boop Yeah, who cares about doing research before saying that a game is terrible? ;---;
@@PasqualleTheRat Exactly
Super Mario teaches men to kidnap women. Why? Because research be damn
Bruh Moment
Great video as always, Scott! The idea behind the ESRB is admirable; the implementation is weak, and the organization is a corrupt mob run by the AAA industry. They’ve been exposed multiple times though it always seems to fall on deaf ears.
Smash JT
I just think (some) parents are idiots.
I know parents that would NEVER let their kids watch a rated R movie. At the same time they let their kid play rated M games all day.
Broshi A lot of people still have this perception that video games are for kids.
Could I have a source for that last claim?
Smash JT
Yeah when things finally go all digital it's going to be a very different world. As we're already learning from services like Steam the world is changing the game has changed (puns!)
You're learning what things are arbitrary, I mean recently there was a game that had been rated by the ESRB and was less than a week from being launched and Sony just stepped up and shut it down. I didn't even know a company could do that, just say nope and block it from being sold entirely on their consoles (in the US due to angry SJW's) not in Japan and not in Asia. It's complicated and it's also not.
the fact that the ESRB exists but no-one else recognizes them but a small group of people
7:17 I almost fell over the floor laughing. Brilliant.
11:00 do you really think parents are going to see that?
No
Yeah, I mean my mum has been talking about her loss in eyesight despite no eye changes
Its kirby game. He will make them much bigger for games that need them.
M for my child can play this
@@mariajimenafigueroa233 well I was more thinking it's not gonna be big enough for all parents to see it, with how some parents don't even look at the title of the game.
Age ratings in the UK (and in other parts of Europe I believe) are numbered for some reason.
3
7
12
16
18
Hell, during the GameCube era, there was an 11+ rating, the only game I remember getting that rating was Melee. I guess Mario beating the shit out of Pikatchu was too violent?
There is no Pegi 15, only Pegi 16.
The 11+ rating came from an older age rating system called ELPSA. Nowadays, they use PEGI.
Yeah it is like this in the entire europe
Giorgio Beerman really? I think in germany they use the pegi sistem, because in greece where i live we get the german version if the game ( most of the time) and it uses the pegi sistem
germany uses its own system USK, and PEGI simultaniously.
The Last of Us 2: Has a literal sex scene in the game
ESRB: (crickets)
GTA San Andreas: Has sex scene in the game files that are inaccessible without hacking
ESRB: Has an aneurysm
To be fair San Andreas came out in 2005 (edit: never mind, got that confused with the year of the Hot Coffee leak)
@@cdvideodump 2004, not 2005
@@ThunderStruck115 Yeah, after doing some research, I got that confused with when the Hot Coffee mod leaked out. My bad
you forgot mass effect and that got controversy by fox news saying seXBOX?
@@nolanepstein8588 don't forget GTA and Jack Thompson. He called Bully a school shooter simulation. GTA VC had a bunch of shit thrown at by him as well.
7:17 lol I love scotts comedic timing
US: **freaks out about Hot Coffee**
Europe: **doesn't freak out about it because GTA: San Andreas was already rated 18+ here**
Americans are extremely sensitive fucks who have a horrible president
Keep thinking that, Germany. Keep thinking that. XD
@@Phoenix-hf1ud don't get me started on america's ridiculous drinking age
@@aretard7995 rude.. but eh.. i'm just a random cosplayer from america, and i wish i lived in the middle east tho- heard they have more common sense than americans
@@xXTobias_Erin_RogersXx ok.
10:07 buys Bloody McSex Scene and becomes Genghis Kahn
Otherwise known as wii music
that got me on the floor rolling
Like come on, I thought we got rid of that guy.
I hate the media. I can’t go a week without seeing atleast 1 news story about kids health and electronics. And my parents believe the news.
Dog2puppy The news is right for the most part...when they do their research. Or don’t ignore research. *cough* Fox News *cough*
@@KlldbyCuriosity If anything pertaining to 4-chan tells me anything, none of the news networks do their research properly. Those media news types sure are easy to manipulate.
Me too
@@KlldbyCuriosity Media outlets never get their information right. A quick google search about a topic on any news story always brings me to mixed reporting.
You need to separate the information (news) from the spin (opinions). Adults know how to do this, that's why adults watch the news.
I appreciate the amount of Ace Attorney Soundtrack in this video.
Gal gun 1: Hey dad can I have this cool game? It's rated E
Gal gun 2: *well I guess I have to disable parental controls*
gta
esrb: lets give it an m
gal gun 1
esrb: i dunno seems kinda E to me
@@ciclon5682 kirby
Holy fuck no way little Tommy is playing this
Millennials : Damn you kids that shouldn’t be playing GTA
Also Millennials: GTA San Andreas is my childhood
This is why I can't understand my elders when I talk about games. They complain that I play DOOM (Except my dad, he loves DOOM).
My mom is ateict, but she basically had f-zero growing up so...... she was never exposes to awesome shooter games.
@@HeyJinx actually it would be more Gen X than boomers.
@@HeyJinx no cuz millenials grew up in the 90's and 2000's which is the millennials
@@HeyJinx how old do you think San Andreas is?
Joke's on you. I've never played a GTA game.
"Why don't you be a parent and watch your kids!"
Wise words man. wise words. (I mean that legitimately.)
most parents nowadays: imma pretend i didn't see that
or better: let kids do their own thing without parents always deciding what they should or shouldn't like!
@@AltPlus30 that's a terrible idea,there are things that a kid shouldn't watch,using your logic let them drug.
LET THEM DRUG
Wise words man, wise words ( I agree with this ( seriously this i agree with ( dude i need u to know i agree with this i totall agree with this dude ) ) )
I remember playing a 10+ game when I was eight I thought I was a badass
I watch an 18 + show when I was 17 LOL!
I played legos as a 5 year old when it said ages 6+ on the box
"is it really intense for a 7 year old?"
I give this phrase 8 screaming Marx SOULs splitting apart in Kirby Super Star Ultra out of 10
I give it 10 magolor soul screams and Zero blood-eyes
*ASTRAL BIRTH VOID TERMINA*
I like your Eddsworld PFP, g
@@enemigoconlanzadewarioland3653 Star is 10+
I mean over here they're all rated 7 which is weird considering 6 also exists so why have both 6 and 7
Guys remember that every game that has online capabilities should be Ao since *ONLINE INTERACTIONS NOT RATED BY ESRB* we all know what happens in the MW2 lobbies
We all know what happen in Minecraft lobbies
what about what happens in the chat of tf2? I once saw an entire chat filled with people talking about which video on the hub of p is the best.
@@SpaceLandslip TF2 isn’t meant for children at all, so honestly it’s fine.
@@SpaceLandslip what was the final decision asking for a friend
I forget what happened in the hotel lobby
10:11
“... goes home and buys bloody-mc-sex scene”
*shows wii music*
-Cryptic - Copy pasted
Where you even ALIVE then??
Good ol' Hickory tried to get everything censored, from video games to music, TV to movies.
LMFAO 🤣😂😅
yes that's the fuckin joke, good job
the fact that he added ace attorney music when he started talking about the government made this video much funnier
"We need to expand the size of these things"
Careful you might get an Ao rating Scott
I looked at the back of both Batman arkham city and knight
*T* : blood
Suggested theming
Violence
Language
Drugs references
Alcohol
*M* : blood
Violence
suggested theming
Language
Yeah, that makes sense
Morshu _The_Shopkeeper Arkham Knight is basically a T-rated game in an M-rated game's body.
What about Rare Replay? It's literally rated CERO Z (18才以上のみ対象) just because of Perfect Dark (its prequel, Perfect Dark Zero, got a rating of CERO C (15才以上対象)) even though Rare Replay is rated PEGI 16 and ClassInd 14. Okay...
Morshu _The_Shopkeeper it's the extent of those things that can do it. For example PUNCHING and killing someone is violence but one is worse than the other.
Arkham Knight had a graphic "suicide" I'm pretty sure that's the only reason for the M rating
The descriptors change depending on the actual letter rating. For example "Mild Language" or "Mild Blood" never appears on the back of an M rated game since the game is already rated 17+ so it doesn't matter much anyway
Parents buying their kids m rated games then being shocked that the game has adult crap is like buying alcohol for your child thinking that it's orange juice , you can only blame yourself m8
except that alcohol actually harms you
That’s not the point.
Reminds me of when I was 10 I accidentally drank a cup of whiskey thinking it was apple juice and was disgusted lol
My dad bought me saints row 3, 4, and skyrim when I was in elementary school. He saw he made a mistake but instead of taking it away he always made sure to remind me when he watched me play that I should know the difference between the game and real life. I feel like that helped me a lot more than just telling me the game was bad for me. I already knew the difference, but I feel like that would work with other kids by completely separating the games from being applicable to reality instead of pretending it can have an effect on the real world.