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That Wii sexy spanking game you can't buy in the US, is rated PG (as in suitable for children 8+) in Australia.Trivun said:... it's still nowhere near as bad as Australia. If the ESRB are all six-year-olds, then the Australian ratings people are probably still in the womb...
So, yeah...
I don't get the fuss about ESRB ratings at all. I thought ratings where still voluntary in the US. Its illegal to sell to those outside the ratings in Australia.
And yet somehow their office place doesn't look so bad. I kinda like the idea that there's a place out there where a man can go to work and play with a truck and drink from a crazy straw. Call me crazy. Call me a straw.
Also I dunno, some of the ESRB write-ups like the one for DOA paradise have been pretty good reading.
Also I dunno, some of the ESRB write-ups like the one for DOA paradise have been pretty good reading.
Are we talking about the same ESRB? Because the one I know writes ratings like a coroner reporting on a child tortured to death. 'It is possible to kill enemies by kicking them, during which their entrails fly out. Large splatches of blood and gore are seen in this moment. In this situations the character will often provide verbal encouragement in the form of small concise expressions. Foul language is common in these expressions.' Etc.
Here's a hint: if your joke is 'the ESRB either is or is talking to 6-year-olds', the resolution is 'they are talking to 6-year-olds'. The people who care about ratings do care about the usage of the f-word, like it or not.
I suppose you'd prefer the writeups to be 'you can kick a guy in the NUTS and bloods FLY OUT and it's TOTALLY AWESOME you can trust me on there because Chad was there and he ALMOST VOMITED it's so fucking cool'. I warn you, if they were like this they'd stop being funny much earlier.
Here's a hint: if your joke is 'the ESRB either is or is talking to 6-year-olds', the resolution is 'they are talking to 6-year-olds'. The people who care about ratings do care about the usage of the f-word, like it or not.
I suppose you'd prefer the writeups to be 'you can kick a guy in the NUTS and bloods FLY OUT and it's TOTALLY AWESOME you can trust me on there because Chad was there and he ALMOST VOMITED it's so fucking cool'. I warn you, if they were like this they'd stop being funny much earlier.
Kross said:Hilarious, the art's looking very stylish as well!
P.S. Unicorn cup with a twisty straw!
i also enjoy the fact that Tomas the Tank-engine and a T-rex are friends, because obviously they wouldn't have them to be fighting.
Also I like that long hair is written under "things we don't like."
"Help, I'm stuck in a dick joke factory" is one of the best lines this comic's had for a while.
Although most ESRB writeups I've seen have avoided that. Ast*risks seem like a popular way to censor words that might prove unpleasant to small, undeveloped ears.
Although most ESRB writeups I've seen have avoided that. Ast*risks seem like a popular way to censor words that might prove unpleasant to small, undeveloped ears.
Y'know, it's so easy to rip on the ESRB because they're the big mean ol' censor. But when Uncle Sam comes knocking and suggesting laws to control the industry, gamers fall all over themselves pointing out that we already have this fantastic regulatory body, and it does its job pretty damned admirably.
All those "don't likes" in the last frame insult me, especially the long hair one.
Also this art style is awesome! I want to see it in an animation.
Why the hell are they called captchas?... AND they're called challenges!?
Also this art style is awesome! I want to see it in an animation.
Why the hell are they called captchas?... AND they're called challenges!?
swear words are swear words because when you call someone a pusinfested dick, you're comparing him to, well, a pus infested dick. And as puritanical as we secretly are, a dick is a nasty thing, used for the ungodly act of sex! YUK!Frozen Donkey Wheel2 said:
The sex related ones are offensive out of tradition.
As much as I enjoyed the comic and I agree about making fun of the ESRB, and my tongue's pretty goddamn loose when I'm with the right friends..
.. dicktits? As fun as it sounds, I feel like I have to be 13 again to enjoy that sort of funny shit for more than half an hour at a time >.>
either way, I'm still laughing at the "dick joke factory" part, that was a pretty good one
.. dicktits? As fun as it sounds, I feel like I have to be 13 again to enjoy that sort of funny shit for more than half an hour at a time >.>
either way, I'm still laughing at the "dick joke factory" part, that was a pretty good one
Funny, but personally I havent got too much beef with the ESRB, they're not biased, sure sometimes they can sound a little childish, but it's just there say "X is in game" for the type of parent who might object to their kids playing that sort of thing, which is fine. At least we have SOMETHING there to say "look, this game is a 17+, it is not for kids."
