ESRB rant
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  • This was since the game Oblivion's rating was change from T for Teen to M for Mature

    Because of one of the dead bodies were filled with blood and guts! Making the ESRB change its rating. If you dont believe me. Look it up!

  • i think a game should only be rated m if it SHOWS sex or SHOWS nudity. not cause of bad words

  • i hate how some SPORTS games are rated T

  • @GamingBoy58 They have 1 M rated one now that would be"Fight Night Chapion" but they cuss and its very brutal and I think theres nudity but thats like the only sports game with a story!

  • World at War. Rated M, dipshit.

  • @DasCanuck116 qorld at war wasnt based on actual events WaW was more like brothers in arms and way to comment on a video made before WaW

  • @SamueltehG33k how many times did you get winded writing that comment?

  • @SamueltehG33k Well the stamp on the front is for parents to see Im sorry son/daughter but thats for adults they need a adult to confirm you can get GTA IV so they use ID to verify it because you can't just be a 6 year old and say "Are there boobies in this game?' Guy says"Yes but if you want that you will nead a person over 17 years old with that money." for example I walked in to Gamestop today for my copy of MW3 and a kid walks up to the counter with Duke Nukem Forever that has nudity!

  • send this to congress. Let them handle this. I strongly urge you to. I think the same way you do. We have rights as consumers!

  • PLEASE PROMOTE THIS!!! PLEASE!!

  • i hate esrb

  • in england cod 4 and halo 3 have same rating there both 16+

    the first cod to be 18+ mw2

  • turn the IWHBYD skull and you will hear worse than damn

  • Hey smartass they changed manhunt 2 from AO to M because what he said "it should be banned"

  • what your shirt siza x4?

  • manhunt 2 is mature buddy

  • o Dude ur so dumb ur makeing me what to puch u

  • im 13 but i look like im 18 FTW i buy any game i want

  • whether it's ESRB, CERO, PEGI or whatever rating board, if their role is ONLY to act as a GUIDELINE and nothing else for the CONSUMER and ONLY the consumer, that's one thing. but to be enforced as a law's really retarded and going overboard. There's no evidence that the violence or gore will compel minors to kill or anything...

  • I agree with this guy.

  • the video game stores in my country dont even give a crap about rated games they dont even care if a 10 year old bought a rated M game and they pay no attention to the ESRB and the video games in my country only cost 10$ becouse they are all copy

    im so lucky

  • This is why I love used game stores [not gamestop] . I can buy any game I want.

  • ESRB is what stops stupid little pricks from playing GTA at an early age and thinking its ok.

    It is legal. Shut up. You only have 7k Views because people keep telling their friends to "watch this retard, he's such a stupid prick"

  • @aaronorourke I know your comment is 3 months old, but something needs to be said. It should be the parents responsibility to keep their children from playing mature rated games like GTA. Sure, we need the ESRB to provide ratings so parents know what is mature and what is not.

  • I'm with you!! Parenting organizations like the ESRB, MPAA, and FCC are ruining this nation and our constitution!!!!!

  • Man if u hate that little sticker thing look at the pal version u just this big thing saying 18 7plus of 13plus

  • Actually, I would go to a porn shop anyway.

  • The only thing that is not rated is books.

    WHY ARE BOOKS NOT RATED?!?!?!?!

    They should be.

  • Why are some of you bashing the guy? Seriously, I mean he brings up a good point, ESRB is just another power obsessed douchebag company that only wants more power. I wouldnt be surprised if ESRB is just another piece of the N.W.O (New World Order) puzzle which the government is doing right now. I really dont care what all you haters say, its true.

  • either way, i would love to work at ESRB, play games, watch movies, oh and get paid for it.

  • Comic books used to be popular with everyone, now only nerds.

    Video Games are popular with everyone and slowly going only to nerds

    whats next

  • @UberTacoNoob Rated N for Nerds

  • ESRB is regulated by a penal code number in state law, this is obvious. This is mostly because of violent teenagers and kids as stupid as Sam.

  • Esrb sucks, this is supposed to be a free country, and Esrb says skate,skate2 and skate 3 have blood and gore

    In it,

    WTF it has no blood

    Or gore all you see is the parts of Ur body you injured when you fall

  • I agree that the rating system that prevents (or forces id) buying a game, but the anti gaming faggots and the bitching anti gaming parents sue because kids getting their hands on said rated m games, which is a pain in the ass.

  • @kR0B45 I completely agree man, I mean the way ESRB enforces their ratings is just retarded. In the end its up to the PERSON PLAYING IT, not their parents, not the cashier, and not ESRB. And the way ppl think kids will shoot everyone after simply playing an M rated game or whatever, is even more idiotic, in fact some people think I'm a pretty nice guy, and I am, but I bet if they found out I started playing Resident Evil at like 4/5, they'd freak.

  • WOW ITS FOR 2 YEAR OLDS DUMBASS my parents let me buy game like that

  • Thumbs up, Your genius

  • why would you rate adobe photoshop there is no content to rate ?

  • your over reacting over a leter on a box FAIL

  • you like star fox games?i do

  • Dude. SHUT UP. Basically what your saying is that it's okay for 6 year olds to play Halo 3 or Modern Warfare. The only restriction at your average game shop is the M rating. Some todler could walk in and buy a T game, and get no crap. Dont be a wuss. I might just have to make a counter video, "SamueltehG33K Rant". That'll get, like, 5 views.

  • @You4Crap you're seriously anger at a 2 year old video

  • @SamueltehG33k

    You leave it up for two years and it's expected people will still comment on it.

  • @SamueltehG33k your seriously angry about the ESRB!? and no you cant buy or see and R movie.

  • @SamueltehG33k who wouldn't be.

  • @You4Crap they're going to get their hands on it anyways because most parents let their kids play it.

  • @You4Crap SHUT UP.

  • you're right its a game!! not tabbaco.

  • 8:17 to 8:37 but you are right

  • Actually you do have to have I.D. to buy R-rated movies.

  • The AO rating is stupid. Its not the most violent video games ever that get it, its the games with full nudity. Manhunt 2 has you torture innocent people to death, in the most brutal ways, and its M. Another game could have a scene of full nudity, and its ADULTS ONLY.

  • This is why I buy games on ebay XD

  • Actually I'm pretty sure CoD4 was rated M because of "Strong Language", I'm not standing up for ESRB at all they suck the new halo rated M because of BLOOD AND VIOLENCE!? How iv'e seen and heard worst stuff on T rated game's ESRB is just messed up and has let it's power get to it's head.

  • the gore makes a difference

  • @LpJunior537 lol but cod3 had languge and halo had mild languge but i think because wii games esbr are lower

  • AMEN!

  • Hey is that a Sonic Adventure 2 Poster behind you?

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  • on the x box 360 version of sega super stars tennis... it says... rated e10.. MILD BLOOD?!?! what the fuck mild FANTASY VIOLANCE, are these guys on acid, and MILD SUGESTIVE THEMES?!?! these people are messed up.

    by the way they even lie sometimes so parents would keep kids away from the game...

  • @youhavemetyourma... they have to ID you now FYI dont matter how mature u look

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  • If you grew some pubes then people wouldn't ID you.

  • dinner or else you will die!!!1 also i was born out my own ass!!!!!

  • get a life

  • is ESRB only for video games or for every form of entertainment?

  • @08joshc Games only, movie ratings are an entirely different organization

  • If you buy a game from China, there is no ratings whatsoever.

  • ESRB IS bs. Video-games aren't movies: watching SAW II is the same as playing Resident Evil 4. SURE you get a little tense & scared, but do you feel the need to needlessly kill people after you are done? HELL no!

    People are just to damn lazy & stupid, that they need a BIG BLACK LETTER on the front of a game to tell us a game has violence in it. MORTAL KOMBAT? Halo: COMBAT EVOLVED? Come on people! Open your eyes!

  • In Soviet Russia, You choose ESRB rating

  • Who gives a flying crap! You have the game don't you?! So stfu. You can't change the world. You use some pretty big words for being a moron.

  • @tawtaw3 flying crap?????

  • dude i agree, parents and the esrb just make too big of a deal of games. imho, i think its total bullshit that Rockstar had to censor manhunt 2 so it gets an M rating instead of AO because nintendo and sony won't license it -_-. retarded imo, if a movie can come out unrated, an AO rated videogame should have an equal chance of being out. PC is the only possible platform for AO games, just bought manhunt to online =). total bullshit, reminds me of ghey. peace guys!

  • ESRB ratings are bullshit, just look at the SMT games.

  • i live in portugal, so its not esrb its pegi, but here if im 9 i can buy a 18+(RatedM) in a store, so... america's has so many stupid laws...

  • Fucking ESRB... their ratings are complete bullshit, I agree...

    So, correct me if I'm wrong, but let's say I (16-years-old) wanted to purchase a movie, like Saw (1 of the most brutal, controversial, not to mention realistic [actors] movies ever produced), I wouldn't get harassed? But, if I wanted to purchase a game, like GTA (which doesn't even come close to a movie like, Saw's standards of brutality and reality), I would? WTF!? Someone please explain...

  • Go PEGI!

  • you're such a fuckin piece of shit

  • is it honestly a big deal, they have no power lol wait til you can buy it then go do it

  • totally agree...

  • totally agree...

  • FAG

  • Most ironic thing ever.."ESRB is the most *Stupidest* thing in the world"

  • It isn't a law nub now QQ moar!!

  • i find it baffling that a 16 year old cant get an m rated game because he doesn't have his parents with him. it baffles me to no fuckin end. great rant dude.

  • All you people who rant about the ESRB systems make me laugh seriously stop your bitching ask your mommy or daddy to get you the game cause no matter what you say this shit will not change for along time. Point of fact if you had more friends you wouldnt need to bitch about the rating cause you would be to busy having a life haha.

  • you know what i dont get is... i live in the uk and our Mature age rating is 18, i dont know why? wierd...

  • I should correct on one small detail.ESRB actually stands for "Entertainment Software Rating Board".But now I hate them.If it's even possible,the goverment needs to threaten to shut them down for this shit,and maybe they'll stop.

  • actually the government does not restrict purchase of those games for use of people under the recommended age limit. its simply a process to prevent children from buying games that their parents have not given them the permission to play. if they didn't enforce that then the parents could blame the person who sold the game for not informing them that it was a certain rated game.

  • Thats the problem,if the goverment doesn't shut the ESRB down,or at least threaten to shut them down soon enough,the ESRB will be unstoppable.

  • Chill out dude. Blame the goverment for enforcing everything about them. The esrb was going to be a guideline but goverment took it too seriously and made laws.

  • Super Smash Bros. is rated "E"

    But Super Smash Bros. Melee is rated "T"

    Shadow the Hedgehog is rated "E10+"

    What the Fuck?

  • The ESRB doesn't rate Windows or OS software so STFU, oh and keep bitching, because if u read the xbox 360 manual's fine print u can see that the Xbox 360 is not yours at all, it belongs to microsoft and if misused microsoft can take it from u legally!

  • It is in the law that the ESRB system regulates the flow of games to the consumer depending on age group. Until u r 18 years old u have no rights!

  • Ya know what's odd rating doesn't matter if you order off line anyone can get any rating if they order off line.

  • dude, it has it's purpose, psychologically speaking playing through a game with violence has more of an effect, and can lead to real life violence MORE than watching TV/Movie Violence. Don;t believe me? look up some studies. In the end kids can get these games multiple ways and will and it should be parents watching what their kids do. I'm 22 so i dont care about the ratings i'm not restricted. but when i was 13, 16 i dealt with it because i was mature and understood the reasoning for the system

  • and they rate assassins creed M for only blood and violence...really...I know its retarded WHEN call of duty has blood and violence and language and its rated T!!!

  • Someone should go on ESRB's website and email them cussing them out.I would love to see that happen!

  • ESRBs is just like the MPAA, they are regulators of how the product is to be distributed in a legal manner. If u fuck with them u can get a hefty lawsuit on ur ass.

  • ESRB is the worst company on the fucking planet.I mean it's like,you shouldn't buy an M rated game for a five year old kid,but if you think about it,a 15 year old could handle that kind of stuff.I mean WTF?!@$%!ESRB is was mean't to be guideline,not a law.They are being control freaks,and they need stop giving us all of this bullshit!

  • The ESRBs works with the government, during a state of the state adress for my state the governor spoke about the ESRBs system and how it is as powerful as the MPAA.

  • AO games are banned form sale in the US because the big companies think adults should not be able to buy them.

  • I hate esrb. Its the only thing standing between me and some frikin fun games. I mean the NES didnt have esrb or SNES but ESRB screwed everything up since 1994. ESRB= Extremely stupid retarted B******!

  • the only reason some stores dont allow kids below 17 to buy games is because they have support from some family businees and follow their rules for their support and yes it is not the esrb's fault but the stores fail of being cheap and doing it for money i go to my store and they dont have support form those businesses and let me buy those games but they make me pay 3$ for buying an m rated game just because im below 17 i rather pay extra then not be able to get it so yeah

  • I agree im tired of being able to by rated R movies without being questioned (im 13 by the way) and yet my parents have to be in the building to notify the worker its okay for me to buy a damn game thats not a bad as a rater r movie!

  • You should get some fat off your chest also bro. Get a wii fit or something.

  • Actually ESRB is not a "law". Besides, rating is completely optional. Blame the freaking stores.

  • ESRB isnt only fucking up the USA, but the Dutch shops also enforce customers to identify themselves to buy a game. and if theyre so considerate about gamers, why is WoW rated T in stead of M? there are peeps skipping school and getting addicted to that damn game!!!

  • I just found a link on ESRB's website.On the top,click on Game Publishers.Then under the options at the top,click contact ESRB.This would be the perfect chance to cuss them the fuck out.

  • Yeah,Enterainment Software Rating Board.HOW ABOUT:ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE RUINING BASTARDS!!!!They only do this because they'll get payed.Well,if I had to choose between $1,000,000 and saving someones life,I'd save someone's life.I'm a Christian.Therefore,it would be my responsiblility to do so.

  • they have huge ass 1 inch marks

  • What I find funny is that hardly any "adults" would want to play a game as stupid and cartooney as Halo (3. I like halo 1, and halo 1 only.) They were made for kids, teens, its obvious, why be rated M?

  • its not that big a deal in the first place kid, the label isnt that big in the first place, if your 17 and you get your games fine, ESRB for the most part, helps game businesses, if the kid sees something they shouldnt have on a "T" game parents can be led to the ESRB

  • Patiricia Vance( president of ESRB) made $170,000 dollars in PROFIT.

  • the only reason halo is M is because the first two got the M and Jerry Mcguire( a former ESRB employee) said they use Parity where by they rate the series the same rating

  • So damn true

  • lol wasn't Mortal Kombat the reason ESRB was invented?

  • No grand theft auto 1

  • Discussing The Conduit with the developers, they said that the only difference between getting an M and a T rating on the game depended on whether or not blood stuck to the walls, or disappeared after it came out. Didn't matter how much blood, just couldn't stick to walls or any other surface. This came from a personal discussion. The ESRB has ridiculous rules, and it's stupid, but there's no conspiracy. That's just ridiculous.

  • i agree with sam that is bullshit

  • lol in my city the shops dont care i can go alone and buy a m rated game

  • you cant skip through the cut sceens in cod3

  • this rant I actually agree with In fact I wrote a college persuasive essay on this subject

  • 6:17 manhunt 2 is rated M not AO but then again no games in nevada are rated AO

  • just to let u know gore is an aoutomaticly m

    blood id just people bleedding gore is body limbs falling off

    FAGGOT

  • Blame politicians for games. Blame parents who buy way under age kids the m rated games. Blame kids that take games seriously.

  • wow are you really complaining because you cant buy an m rated game. even if you are old enough, you are complaining about that they need an id. how about you get off your fat ass and get an id. stop complaing about a system that is lowering the crime rate in the us. beleive it or not some kids do what their favorite video game character does, some kids favorite charater just happens to be tom vercetti from gta. its kids like you that make me happy there is an esrb. i win you lose.

  • ya a kid with no brains and parents dont care u r retarded

  • no the problem is that esrb is just a guide line to help parents decide if they should let their kids play a certain game NOT A LAW but esrb is abusing that with m rating.

  • you make me remember harry potter o.O

  • wtf is ESRB where i live it reads 16+ ??

  • ESRB (Entertainment Software Rating Board) is a Video Game Rating System in the US and Canada that rates games such as E for Everyone E 10+, T for Teen 13+, M for Mature 17+ and AO for Adults Only 18+

  • are you in the usa?

  • no eu

  • ESRB is only us

  • k then there is no idea 2 watch this rant =P

  • It's in Canada as well.

  • no it's also in canada

  • ESRB is law they must check M and AO ratings or they will get a fine

  • wtf is esrb we have pegi in eu

  • between cod3 and halo/cod4..theres graphical differences,and online play, any game that involves use of mics shuld be rated m

  • this is so true esrb sucks

  • so true

  • Wow....After the first minute I had already had enough bad grammar , and stupid comments. "No where in the constitution could this be legal!" <--- -.-

  • Just watched the rest out of pure curiosity , and i have to ask : Are you the most ignorant motherfucker in the world?

    If anything th ESRB is not the one "forcing" the games to have the ratings on the box. I`m sure a series of laws were passed that saw to that.

    Against constitutional rights? Are you fucking kidding me? They`re videogames... It takes to fucking seconds to pull out an ID!

    God , People like you make me want to set my house on fire , go in , and just sit.

  • two*

  • I don't care about that a lot since I always played and will always play mature games but what I hate is that people in japan get games with more sex just because here in america, the government is too worried about kids watching boobs or something like that in a final fantasy or some shit.

  • When I first got my original PS2 way back when I was 7, on the box there was a rated M logo. my mom understood, but I can't even imagine how many parents will confuse that as "this system contains only mature content." ;p DAMN ESRB!! oh also before it was only required by sony, microsoft and nintendo to get a rating on your game, and now it is required in New York or it cannot be sold! =(

  • i bought the unrated chapelles show dvd when i was 14

  • your right ESRB IS BULLSHIT

  • i agree

  • if anyone cares mass effect was rated 12+ in the uk

  • it's either the ESRB or a government operated rating system which would probably be alot more strict on ratings or restrictions. besides, stores recieve alot of heat from the media if they sell to minors.

  • I think ESRB stupid. Halo 3 rated T. not M. GTA SA and Manhunt 2 rated M.

    Rating E,E10+,T,M. not AO that's not use rating. So what the fuck!!! The elder scrolls iv oblivion why T change M. so rated back T not M. OK Understand everybody!!!. Adult only not use of rating!!!!!

  • Boy...have you ever been in Germany? You dunno what harmless rating system you're complaining about. Get a Life.

  • What are you not 17? Games are different than movies in that they immerse you in actions such as 'killing people.' It is easy to blame things such as murder and theft on games like GTA or Halo. While I don't completely agree on the ESRB, and you said it yourself-the kids just want to kill people and for that the ESRB is cracking down. Samuel, I'm sorry man but you're ranting about stuff that is really stupid on your part.

  • just buy that shit online boy

  • once you're old enough to buy the game, you won't care.

  • The damn rating systems should all need to go.

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  • They wont stop asking me when I bought Call Of Duty 4 and Halo 3

    Its si Stupid

  • Whats funny is that i've watched Worse things on Public TV then i've played on some M Rated games....

  • You can blame some parents, Jack Thompson, and Hilary Clinton.

  • man sam is ALWAYS right... he is amazing

  • hav u ever xonsidered since the store owns the games already the can inforve wat limits they want to

  • Rated "M" for "Manly".

  • you make a point i need to tell my friends and spead the word

  • everything i see in rated m games i see on t.v hear on the radio hear or see at school or the internet and its worse on those things things than in the game

  • lol porn shop

  • i love cutsences i wach them all the time

  • esrb should be banned fuking assholes

  • and antoher thing..... u says when cod is getting out of world war 2 subject it raises.... lawl? cod 5 waw is from world war 2 ..... owned?

  • this video was posted before cod waw

  • look at the upload date. AND CALL OF DUTY: WAW ISN'T "COD5". IT'S THE 6TH COD GAME FOR CONSOLES. COD: FINEST HOUR, COD:2, COD2: BIG RED ONE, COD3, COD4:MW, COD: WAW.

  • and if u play cod 5 waw right after u tried cod 3 u can see a huge difference.... in cod 5waw thwe arms head and legs can be torn apart of the body and ur head can be splashed..... so i agree that cod 3 shouldnt be teen but mature but that cod 4 n 5 n halo 3 should be mature too

  • I am sooo agree, but the cod 3 n halo 3 i dont,,,, in halo 3 there is a lot more blood and gore,,, and halo 3 got more gaprich.

  • fuck the esrb

  • i can bet that every person that agrees with this illiterate FATASS. is under the age of 17, in which they can't buy an M rated Game. anything that he has mentioned is wrong and can be proven by me. He is talking about something he has no idea about. let me know if you have any Questions.

  • SEGA edited down "Shadow the Hedgehog" in fear that the game would be rated T.

    The original game was supposed to have the aliens' blood colored red (instead of green), and the words "bitch" and "piss" in it.

    If only 3 things seperate E10+ from T...wow that's horrible.

  • Dude!!!! It's called state law!!! Not Federal..... Almost every state has those laws now... And the MPAA is way more bull than the ESRB. Your a cry baby dude....