Along with that, in Shades of Doom, you're killing monsters. I think a lot of the problem comes from games where people approach other people and kill them. Another thought is this. There really is an incredible difference between an audio game and a visual based game. In an audio games, you may hear the sound of a death yell or something like that, but really, from what I've noticed, there quite tame. In a lot of the visual based games, you're actually watching heads blow off of people, and blood pouring out everywhere. According to my sighted friends, the games are only becoming more and more realistic as time goes by. I know that many of the games out there look quite realistic, and I do think it's different to hear an audio death cry, as opposed to actually watching the head get shot off a person and to see blood and gore. Not pleasant, but food for thought. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 2:50 AM Subject: [Audyssey] Game ratings was negativity of santa claus in accessiblegames
> Hi Nicol, > Upuntil now no one in the accessible games market has decided on a game > rating system. We have discussed it a time or two, but came to no > conclusions. > Sometimes it is hard to decide what catagory a game falls in to. Take my > revised STFC project or the original STFC for that matter. The theme is > around Star Trek, but it is about all out war. So in that term there is > some violent ship-to-ship combat in it. However, I don't see it as > violent enough to get people to kill people. I'd put a rated E on it > since everyone should be able to play it. > Now, take Shades of Doom. Lots of fighting some killing, and perhaps one > of the most vilent games we have in the accessible games comunity. How > would we rate it? T for teen? M for mature? It really depends on point > of view, and compared to some sighted games SOD is tame. > > Nicol Oosthuizen wrote: >> NB: This email and its contents are subject to our email legal notice >> which can be viewed at http://www.sars.gov.za/Email_Disclaimer.pdf >> >> ---- >> I agree with your reasonings, guys. But does any of the accessible games >> have a rating on it or is it not necessary? Is there any accessible >> games where parents must make a decision? How does a parent know what >> the rating of an accessible game is? >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can > visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. > _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
