(Update: Hatred is Out. Reviews in. Déja Vu.)Are “M” Rated Games Really Mature?

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Shackkobe said:

Captain_Yuri said:

Well... The rated M rating is there to tell the parents that the game they are buying isn't suitable for younger children/teens so I think games that are rated M due to mindless nonsense is fine. If the games like Mortal Combat and stuff had a rated T rating, the anti gaming press out there will be on it like a whore on cum.

That's like saying that porn should be rated T because porn doesn't have a deep story

So, can I assume that mature individuals are the ones who should gorge themselves on porn and mindless nonesense ?

It is certainly a sad sight when mature individuals struggle to understand what it means to be mature...

 

I...... um...... lol

I understand what you are trying to say, but in this sense of the word it is referring to the age of the individual; not the intellectual maturity or the amount of experience they had with mature themes (in your proposed definition of the word). The word mature, in the sense of the ERSB rating, means it is for matured audiences in age. An M on a game means it is for people old enough to deal with themes of violence, sexual scenes etc etc.