Age ratings – where do they come from? What are the good for? And how accurate are they? – Come along as we venture into the workings of the Entertainment Software Rating Board.

Shownotes

• ESRB Website
• How Does the ESRB Rate Video Games? (Noclip – Video Game Documentaries)
• When Mortal Kombat Came Under Congressional Scrutiny (Tiffany Hsu)
• Parental Restrictive Mediation and Children’s Violent Video Game Play:The Effectiveness of the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) Rating System (Russell N. Laczniak, Les Carlson, Doug Walker, and E. Deanne Brocato)
• Content and ratings of teen-rated video games (Kevin Haninger and Kimberley M. Thompson)
• Video Games and the ESRB. An evaluation of parental beliefs about the rating system (Natalie Jomini Stroud & Ariel Chernin)
• Beyond Today’s Video Game Rating Systems: A Critical Approach to PEGI and ESRB, and Proposed Improvements (Damiano Felini)