Violent games on the OLPC Activities page

[Jeffrey Kesselman]

On Jan 18, 2008 6:17 AM, Chris Hager <chris at linuxuser.at> wrote:
> Chris Hager wrote:
> > Noah Kantrowitz wrote:
> >
> >> I don't see why breaking this up by tags (some of which can be things like "PG13") isn't a good enough solution. We all know kids will seek this stuff out no matter what, lets at least do it in a controlled way.
> >>
> >>
> > The MPAA uses those ratings: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PG13#Ratings)
> >
> > - G     (General Audience - all ages admitted)
> > - PG    (Parental guidance suggested - might not be suitable for children))
> > - PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned - might be inappropriate for < 13 years)
> > - R     (Restricted - < 17 years requires parent or adult guardian)
> > - NC-17 (No children under 17)
> >
> > Basically, we could introduce this ratings as tags on [[Activities]].
> > Xo-get could list only 'G'-rated Activities by default, and users can
> > then 'enable' all other somewhere in the application (preferences, ...).
> >
>
> Or perhaps a bit lighther version:
>
> - G  (General Audience) (without tag)
> - M  (Mature material, not recommendet for people under ... years of age)

Coming up with ratings is relatively easy.  The ESRB already has a
system you can use if
you want.

http://www.esrb.org/ratings/ratings_guide.jsp

Deciding who gets to decide how they are assigned... thats harder.

JK