Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Oblivion Now Rated "M for Mammaries"

From GameDaily.biz
(ESRB):
The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) has just sent word that the rating assigned to Bethesda's and 2K Games' The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion has been changed from T (Teen 13+) to M (Mature 17+). "The content causing the ESRB to change the rating involves more detailed depictions of blood and gore than were considered in the original rating, as well as the presence of a locked-out art file or 'skin' that, if accessed through a third party modification to the PC version of the game, allows the user to play with topless versions of female characters," said the ESRB in a release.

Thank God we're making the world safe from boobies.

Seriously, though--after Hot Coffee, how can anyone slip up and leave anything on a game disc that includes nudity?

Hopefully this doesn't have any long-lasting negative effect on Oblivion sales. It's a fantastic game and this is an incredibly minor issue.

I mean, damn--most of the women in Oblivion are stone-cold ugly. Even the NPC's don't want to see them topless--do you think it's just a coincidence that there aren't any children in Tamriel?

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