Um...non-video-gamer here. What's the difference between M and AO?
You're not friends. You'll never be friends. You'll be in love till it kills you both.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Fred Pete - Jul 22, 2005 10:28:40 am PDT #2206 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.
Calli - Jul 22, 2005 10:29:41 am PDT #2207 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
M=mature AO=adult only
Maria - Jul 22, 2005 10:30:53 am PDT #2208 of 10002
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
No. We're just all going to kiss you, too.
WooT! I'm a lucky, lucky girl.
Kalshane, I hope you're successful in your quest.
Cass, look for a "NUM" marking or a keypad icon on/above/near the key. That'll be the one you hit.
Kalshane - Jul 22, 2005 10:32:18 am PDT #2209 of 10002
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
What's the difference between M and AO?
Same as the difference between and R rated and NC-17 rated movie. Which is, in theory one has more/more graphic sex/violence/whatever but in the end it's an arbitrary decision made by the rating comittee thing. Also, most stores won't stock AO titles.
ETA: Video game ratings tend to skew more conservative, as pretty much any form of on-screen nudity will get an AO rating, I believe.
Also, there's a big difference in games within a rating. While Halo2 is rated M, it's a lot more kid-friendly than GTA is.
amych - Jul 22, 2005 10:36:16 am PDT #2210 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
(In retrospect, I think the 3C ban was due to the overweening badness of the show, and not due to the content.)
My fam is Anne's, only not so much with the sculptural fabulousness. Sex and violence weren't ever banned, but there was a constant refrain of "you can't watch that - it's CRAP".
Emily - Jul 22, 2005 10:36:45 am PDT #2211 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
So the question becomes why was it even there in the first place?c
Because that's what coders do!
Ah, yes. Barney Miller, M.A.S.H., Bob Newhart, and the Carol Burnett Show, and then I got sent off to bed while my mother watched Hill Street Blues. Good times, good times.
P.M. Marc - Jul 22, 2005 10:38:52 am PDT #2212 of 10002
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Sex and violence weren't ever banned, but there was a constant refrain of "you can't watch that - it's CRAP".
Oy. Yep.
Topic!Cindy - Jul 22, 2005 10:39:39 am PDT #2213 of 10002
What is even happening?
you can't watch that - it's CRAPYes, this was the biggest rule in our house, too. I missed all kinds of stuff because of that rule.
M*A*S*H, Carol Burnett, Mary Tyler Moore, and Bob Newhart were the standards in our house, as well. Also, as an only child, I was at a TV disadvantage. We had one TV. I was quiet enough. I never won.
My father used to always watch Mr. Rogers Neighborhood with me, though. Lady Elaine Fairchild cracked him up.
brenda m - Jul 22, 2005 10:43:14 am PDT #2214 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
My fam is Anne's, only not so much with the sculptural fabulousness. Sex and violence weren't ever banned, but there was a constant refrain of "you can't watch that - it's CRAP".
That was our biggest rule. Except I remember once my nana jumping up off the couch and slapping the tv off because people were kissing on Dallas.
Jesse - Jul 22, 2005 10:47:21 am PDT #2215 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, we watched Dallas, too. Were both Dallas and Love Boat on Friday nights?