How Video Game Age Ratings Work
A plain guide to ESRB ratings: the age categories, the content descriptors, in-game purchase notices and what ratings leave out.
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A plain guide to ESRB ratings: the age categories, the content descriptors, in-game purchase notices and what ratings leave out.
What G, PG, PG-13, R and NC-17 actually mean, who decides them, and why the short descriptor line matters more than the letter.
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