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Re: K-Mart comes to mind.
Posted By: Dan Rudolph <Ace_of_Sevens@mac.com>	Date: 9/7/00 9:53 p.m.
In Response To: K-Mart comes to mind. (Dispatcher) > What presence, if any, did Sony have in the Console market prior > to the PSX? Just curious. I think none. The playstation started as a CD add-on for SNES, but Nintendo flaked on them when the Sega CD flopped. > True. Yet I think Halo does stand to attain to "Scifi > Epic" status. What little of Metal Gear Solid and Mortal > Kombat I have seen (or watched on the movie screen) or read > about ever evoked any feelings of awe in me. But to each their > own. Epic is a word frequently used in MGS reviews. It's very movieish. If you had played it, you woud be in awe. It comes up at the top of best games on the Playstation almost without exception. Not to say it will be a whole lot like Halo, but both are sci-fi epics with a console version first, then a PC version that rely on production values, story and cinematography, make use of voice, and are sequels to a series that hasn't had a new game in a while. Clearly games can sell with an M rating if they're aimed at an older audience. > Sure. I will add that I feel that the rating system will always > be flawed. In fact, I think that ratings alone fail to describe > a product. My favorite examples are the Myths. Regardless of > rating (in this case M 17+) I find nothing wrong with Myth I or > II in the hands of children or families. Despite flying, smoking > flesh, Bungie handled it in a way that makes it almost comical. > More importantly, one must take the content in context with the > theme and storyline. In the solo campaign, one is playing the > role of do-gooder ordering do-gooder sprites to defend the > masses from the evil dead or non-human creatures. I would not > have given the M rating to the Myths, even if a NoBlood option > were not available. I think that the M rating is too broad and > ought to be divided up more on a par with movie ratings. But > that's just my opinion. How are movie ratings divided up more? The way I see it, M is equivelant to R, and unlike the movie industry, video game ratings are explained on the back. > Fill me in here. As an aside, I just saw a newsbyte where K-Mart > has announced that it will post ratings and require ID for sales > of M 17+ titles. Don't be surprised if some other retailers > follow suit. It might be much easier for Microsoft to avoid all > the potential losses, hassle and backlash associated with the > subject by avoiding the M 17+ rating. I hope Bungie can pull it > off without feeling the oppressive stranglehold clutching their > creativity. Just like hardly anyone makes R-rated movies due to similar restrictions. I think Bungie's headed for an M with this one. Every game they've ever made that got rated got an M. Pathways probably would have gotten away with a T, as would Minotaur and Desert Storm. Gnop! would have been an E. Everything they've made since 1994 either was an M or would have been if it were rated.

Message Index

Halo on PC or not?	Dark Assassin	9/6/00 11:56 a.m.
Yup.	nexZ	9/6/00 12:03 p.m.
WILL PEOPLE STOP ASKING THIS!!!!!(NT)	Black Knight	9/6/00 1:01 p.m.
Re: Halo on PC or not?	dilbert	9/6/00 12:11 p.m.
Re: Halo on PC or not?	Nathan E. Bitner	9/6/00 1:55 p.m.
Re: Halo on PC or not?	mattd	9/6/00 2:20 p.m.
Thread on Gore - Not the Veep	Nathan E. Bitner	9/6/00 3:35 p.m.
YES! REAPPLY!	nexZ	9/6/00 3:52 p.m.
Re: YES! REAPPLY!	Matt	9/6/00 5:51 p.m.
Re: SOON™	Dispatcher	9/6/00 6:10 p.m.
Re: SOON™	Matt	9/6/00 6:50 p.m.
Re: SOON™	Ape Man	9/6/00 7:23 p.m.
Re: YES! REAPPLY!	Frost	9/6/00 6:46 p.m.
Re: YES! REAPPLY!	Ape Man	9/6/00 7:32 p.m.
Give it up, give it UP.	Forensic	9/6/00 11:59 p.m.
Apparently I gave the wrong impression.	mattd	9/6/00 6:32 p.m.
Re: Halo on PC or not?	Dark Assassin	9/7/00 10:02 a.m.
Re: Halo on PC or not?	Dan Rudolph	9/6/00 4:01 p.m.
Re: Halo on PC or not?	Nathan E. Bitner	9/6/00 4:57 p.m.
Re: Halo on PC or not?	Dan Rudolph	9/6/00 5:40 p.m.
Re: Halo on PC or not?	dilbert	9/7/00 9:13 a.m.
Re: Halo on PC or not?	Dude	9/7/00 11:43 a.m.
Re: Halo on PC or not? [slightly off topic]	Carth	9/7/00 1:58 p.m.
Re: Halo on PC or not? [slightly off topic]	Dan Rudolph	9/7/00 2:02 p.m.
Re: Halo on PC or not? [slightly off topic]	Carth	9/7/00 2:10 p.m.
Content vs. Exercise of Control	Dispatcher	9/7/00 12:12 p.m.
Re: Content vs. Exercise of Control	Dan Rudolph	9/7/00 2:05 p.m.
Re: Hardly	Dispatcher	9/7/00 2:41 p.m.
Re: Hardly	Dan Rudolph	9/7/00 4:44 p.m.
K-Mart comes to mind.	Dispatcher	9/7/00 8:00 p.m.
PSX	Forensic	9/7/00 8:17 p.m.
Ahhh.	Dispatcher	9/7/00 8:50 p.m.
well actually...	*mixy	9/8/00 3:38 p.m.
Re: K-Mart comes to mind.	Dan Rudolph	9/7/00 9:53 p.m.
We answer to Nathan, Sir!	Dispatcher	9/8/00 1:02 a.m.
Re: We answer to Nathan, Sir!	Dan Rudolph	9/8/00 8:58 a.m.
Answering to Dan: who needs Nathan?	Dispatcher	9/8/00 11:31 a.m.
Re: Answering to Dan: who needs Nathan?	Dan Rudolph	9/8/00 1:15 p.m.
U.S. Open 2000: Rated T?	Dispatcher	9/8/00 2:42 p.m.
Re: U.S. Open 2000: Rated T?	Dan Rudolph	9/8/00 3:58 p.m.
Re: K-Mart comes to mind.	carthag	9/8/00 6:19 a.m.
Re: K-Mart comes to mind.	Dan Rudolph	9/8/00 9:04 a.m.
Re: K-Mart comes to mind.	Carth	9/8/00 10:36 a.m.
Re: K-Mart comes to mind.	Dan Rudolph	9/8/00 11:37 a.m.
If it looks good it is good.	Desio	9/7/00 3:47 p.m.