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(We're) Back In The Saddle Again!
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After a brief hiatus, we made it back to Studio Five again to bring you even more of what you keep coming back for ... whatever that might be. But a couple of days late is better than never, right? This time around, for Episode #119, we talked about legislation and videogames and how the two are intertwined.
For one, you've got the ESRB, which is a decent system for patrolling the content in videogames and assigning a (relatively) appropriate rating to the game. At the same time, we've got states like Minnesota where people are trying to pass laws which would fine the purchaser (read: the Gamer) if they were to buy a game and they are under the recommended age given to it by the ESRB. Something's not quite right there.
So we spent about two hours talking about that and many other things involving different ways to patrol the rating system and who to fine when something bad happens, etc. Hopefully you'll all enjoy it and maybe even learn something in the process. But don't hold me to that.
Now, for next episode, the big one-two-oh, we're going to talk about the portrayal of women in videogames. This is not going to focus at all on "girl gamers" or girls who happen to play games, but we're going to take a look at how females are actually portrayed *in* videogames, as characters, heroines, damsels in distress, etc.
I'll bug John for a while until he comes up with some real questions for you guys, but in the mean time we hope to at least get the gears turning in your brains on the topic. If you've got anything to say, feel free to shout it out in the comments or email it to us directly. Until next time, Game On!
-Phil
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For one, you've got the ESRB, which is a decent system for patrolling the content in videogames and assigning a (relatively) appropriate rating to the game. At the same time, we've got states like Minnesota where people are trying to pass laws which would fine the purchaser (read: the Gamer) if they were to buy a game and they are under the recommended age given to it by the ESRB. Something's not quite right there.
So we spent about two hours talking about that and many other things involving different ways to patrol the rating system and who to fine when something bad happens, etc. Hopefully you'll all enjoy it and maybe even learn something in the process. But don't hold me to that.
Now, for next episode, the big one-two-oh, we're going to talk about the portrayal of women in videogames. This is not going to focus at all on "girl gamers" or girls who happen to play games, but we're going to take a look at how females are actually portrayed *in* videogames, as characters, heroines, damsels in distress, etc.
I'll bug John for a while until he comes up with some real questions for you guys, but in the mean time we hope to at least get the gears turning in your brains on the topic. If you've got anything to say, feel free to shout it out in the comments or email it to us directly. Until next time, Game On!
-Phil