Side-scrolling throwback brawler Shaq-Fu: A Legend Reborn has been wending its way through development since its Indiegogo campaign in 2014, and the game is now near enough to its June launch that it’s gotten an ESRB rating - “T for Teen,” thanks mostly to a raunchy sense of humor. While you wait for Shaq-Fu, try some of these certified classics: Old PC games that are still worth playing. The ESRB’s description provides some new details on the reboot of the 1994 Shaquille O’neil-based game: Playing as Shaq, you’ll have to “rid the world of demons” by beating up various celebrities, who are actually demons in disguise. It’s not the most clever of premises, no, but Shaq-Fu was never really aiming for highbrow. The board notes a scene where horns grow from a female character’s breasts, as well as a “demonic, disembodied buttocks” that emits poison gas. You can read the full ratings breakdown here if you’re … [Read more...] about Shaq-Fu: A Legend Reborn is a bit on the rude side, ESRB say
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A brief history of the ESRB rating system
The Entertainment Software Rating Board, or ESRB, announced this week that it would make changes to the way it rates games, adding a descriptor that will call out the presence of in-game purchases. It’s a concession to the furor among the gaming public about loot crates that began late last year, one that even led some lawmakers to propose restrictive legislation against them. This isn’t the first time that the ESRB has made changes to the way it rates games. Here’s a quick history lesson on what the ESRB is, what it isn’t, and how its ratings have changed over the years. The birth of the rating label Americans of a certain age will remember Tipper Gore, the cofounder of the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC). It was this organization that called out the “Filthy Fifteen,” a list of the most offensive popular songs that it could find. That list — which awarded Prince the gold medal for his work on “Darling Nikki,” Sheena Easton the … [Read more...] about A brief history of the ESRB rating system
Assassin’s Creed Origins guided tour mode covers up nude statues
Discovery Tour by Assassin’s Creed: Ancient Egypt, the stand-alone guided-tour mode spun off from Assassin’s Creed Origins, launched on Tuesday for PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One, and users have noticed something that seems a little silly: Statues that are nude in the main game have been covered up in Discovery Tour. Assassin’s Creed Origins is, of course, an M-rated game, so sculpted breasts or genitalia would otherwise seem to be of trivial concern to a game with heavy amounts of violence. (And characters appear nude in the main game, too.) But the reason appears to be the T rating this module sought, in order to make it acceptable for educational use. Here’s an example, right at the beginning of the tour, in Alexandria with Cleopatra as the player avatar. Seashells cover the breasts of a generic statue. In other instances, a larger shell is placed over a statue’s crotch. The main game features nude statues, including ones showing male genitals. … [Read more...] about Assassin’s Creed Origins guided tour mode covers up nude statues