Comments on: Metal Gear Solid 4 Gets a Rating from the ESRB

By: fred

fred — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 23:31:02 +0000

just stop fucking arguing, dumbasses

By: Squirrel Eater

Squirrel Eater — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:18:51 +0000

Actually, I disagree with Squirrel, and I disapprove of JoeSwanson’s scolding of Stephany and his inability to type.

Perhaps one thing that could constitute it as news is the contents under which the ESRB gave it an M rating. For example “crude humor,” now I know not to let my 14 year old niece play the game because she might hear some crude humor! They don’t have crude humor in school at that age, right? The ESRB’s ratings almost always suck because they have unrealistic perceptions of what is too “mature” for teenagers.

So you’re saying that anything “predictable” is not worth mentioning in news? That would eliminate a quite a bit of news…

By: Stephany

Stephany — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:17:12 +0000

I don’t know if it is the internet making it hard to “read” my personality or what, but you people take me way to damn seriously on here sometimes.

And BTW squirrel, if you do not think this constitutes as news, then go over to the other 10 sites that posted this that morning and tell them the same thing. We are all just trying to do our job here, just like the ESRB.

By: JoeSwanson

JoeSwanson — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 07:30:33 +0000

I actually agree with Squirrel, they’re just doing their jobs. That comment was unnecessary, Stephnany.

By: Stephany

Stephany — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 04:42:02 +0000

Hmmm, sounds to me like someone is a bit cranky today.

By: Metal Gear Squirrel

Metal Gear Squirrel — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:38:50 +0000

Is this really news? The game clearly has always had a mature theme with sexual innuendo and tension, brutal killings and colorful language. Hardly worth even mentioning.

And why the smarmy tone towards the ESRB? They’re just doing their job of rating it. Just because the game has unrealistic enemies doesn’t mean the acts of violence they commit are any less “real”.