hoooo boy, doesn't look like it worked right

@MaskedPixelante

What do you mean? Looks fine to me. What browser are you using?

I'm on Firefox 2.0.0.13 on Ubuntu Linux 7.10

Great idea. Not yet as well implemented as I'd like to see.

Type in Manhunt 2. You see this:

Manhunt 2 (Wii) - Mature -
Manhunt 2 (Playstation 2,

Bit of a formatting issue there. Ideally, I'd like to see the ratings symbols themselves. They're much more recognizable (and take up less space).

Content descriptors can be seen by mousing over the title/rating but you shouldn't have to do that.

Great idea though. I just hope it’s further refined.


Andrew Eisen

@ Andrew Eisen

I agree on the issue of the widget and the ratings symbol.

I punched in the infamous "Mass Effect" and it pulled up the right game, but then the info appears as a balloon off the mouse pointer. That's fine, but the symbols seem like a huge missing factor. It's definitely going in the right direction though.

BTW I was using IE 7.0 to browse it at the time.

@Eville1

This isn't really for them. It's specifically designed for parents who frequently use teh interwebs to research game content. To make it so they can more easily and quickly look up ratings info.

I wonder if I can use AIR widgets in the OS X dock? ... hmm...

Why would parents do research when the government can simply ban mature content for everyone? Its sooo much easier!

I'll try out the widget when I get home.

On a side note, 75% of parents check the ratings?
So politicians are playing the the 25% that cannot think for themselves or their families?

@Jabrwock

That's all well and good, assisting people who already show an interest in their kids and all of that but I think the community needs to work on winning over those that DON'T care about what their kids say, do, listen to watch or play. Those are the people who whole heartedly endorse these asinine laws that they end up having to pay for (out of their own taxes no less.) in the end.

Oh man.

ESRB may have wanted to let this one cook for a while.

Type in "ecko" and run the search. As expected, Mark Ecko's Getting Up appears.

Scroll to the bottom where the Gex 3 games are (you'll have to use the scroll bar as the mouse wheel won't work). Notice the gray and white color bands have stopped alternating. All three entries are gray. Mousing over will correct the display problem.

According to the ESRB site, there are two Deep Cover Geko games. One for the PC/PS1 (rated T) and one for the N64 (rated E). Notice the E rated entry also includes the PC and PS1. The content descriptors don't line up either (animated violence vs. mild animated violence).

Now highlight the last Gex game. It comes up as Dead Reckoning!

If you mess with the scroll bar a bit (move it up and down, click the up and down arrows), Dead Reckoning will show up at the bottom of the list but there's no pop up window when you mouse over it.

The widget is still a great idea. It's just not done yet.


Andrew Eisen

i'll give you guys a good examples of this why this is like one of those college helpful resource programs that some people know its there, but there either to afraid to go or they just dont want to get involved

1. people are here to help you in anyway possiable

2. we have tutors on the subject matter with helpful tips

3. make a apppoiment with a teacher or a peer to peer talk about homework.

does any of this sound fimailar to what the ESRB is trying to do???

its like saying "we have people here to help you in anyway possible to understand the materials."

but its up to you if you want to put some effort in to it.

Yes add a widget because looking at the god damned box is too hard for parents these days......not that I'm complaining about things that accutally show the industry cares about ratings and stuff like that but I mean.....ok so you found a fancier way of looking at something that is right on the box of what your kid is using.

Why not look at the box?

Odd.
I'm using the exact same OS and browser as Jabrwock and can't see it..

[...] Game Politics brings us the ESRB’s new widget for determination of game ratings. You can find the code on the ESRB site. [...]