Bonjour! This week we’re talking about what causes TF2 to be rated “M”. Can a game be considered art? Secret Santa… CPCon3… Time Travel… all of this, and bad French accents too!
- Watch this episode on YouTube!
- TF2 gets updated alot!
- The Countdown to 100
- [THREAD] Secret Santa (forum reg required)
- [VIDEO] New case fan is credit to team! by L3gion[CP]
- [IMG] a MS Paint masterpiece by Fighthefoo22
- [VIDEO] Overtime Rave Party
- [VIDEO] Rocket Jump Waltz – Piano Rendition
- [VIDEO] TF2 Tactics: Tactical Engineering: Teleports & Understanding Cart / Cap Point Speed
- [SONG] Spy Romance by DeSabsMode (music video)
- [SONG] Re:DustBowl by Fräulein
- [ART] episode graphic by irkendragon
11/25/09
the youtube link is only http:// i think ur missing some of it lol
11/25/09
I think another reason games are rated M are so that parents are given control over what their children play. if parents don’t mind that kids play those games, they can buy them for their kids.
11/26/09
Spiffing does mean good.
The whole M thing. It doesn’t help that I don’t know what M means (17+?) but over here, TF2 is a 15. BBFC website says:
“The BBFC’s Guidelines at ‘15’ state that ‘Violence may be strong but may not dwell on the infliction of pain or injury’. The violence in TEAM FORTRESS 2 is certainly strong. Depending on which playable character is selected, a number of weapons are available to the player, including knives, guns, flamethrowers and rocket launchers. These weapons can cause opponents to fall down, spurt blood, catch fire, or blow apart, respectively, but the manic pace of the game means that there is no time to dwell on such moments and the impact of the violence is significantly reduced by very stylised, cartoonish visuals that give the impression of an animation rather than a real situation.”
11/26/09
Concerning the M rating: Any M game can be sold to a minor, it is not illegal in the US or Canada to sell a M rated game to a person under 17. However the past 5 years has seen a large amount of retailers restricting game M sales, I know Bestbuy/Futureshop and EB/Gamestop have policies restricting M sales, that said EB/Gamestop employees will sell to minors as long as a Manager is not at the counter.
The ESRB rating is an industry rating system, not governmental. Government mandated rating systems dont work, look at Australia, the people they have rating the games don’t have a clue. The biggest problem with the ESRB is that the publisher picks a slice of a game for the ESRB to rate. Parents need to be more responsible, the government should not have perform the parents role.
11/28/09
Spencer, its most likely your processor. My bro just had this same problem, just a friend to his, or his old one and try it out.
11/28/09
*Just ask a friend if you can borrow his, or his old one* wow, i really should go to bed :O