Of course, content descriptors are assigned in context of the rating category assigned, so such depictions in an E-rated game, for example, would be more likely to result in a descriptor than ...

The ESRB rates The Witcher 3 as M for Mature, with content descriptors for “Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Nudity, Strong Language, Strong Sexual Content, Use of Alcohol”.

In addition to establishing age-appropriate content, the ESRB system uses longer descriptions that help explain why a title received a specific rating. Look for these content descriptors on the ...

The content descriptors explain what content may have triggered a particular rating. ... ESRB’s Advertising Review Council is the entity responsible for the implementation and enforcement of the ...

The ESRB wants to get the word out about game ratings and has enlisted the … Skip to content Ars Technica home. Sections Forum Subscribe AI Biz & IT ...

Currently, the ESRB uses a two-tiered system with six age-based ratings, complemented by 32 content descriptors that offer detailed information about a game, including the presence of everything ...

ESRB content descriptors for nudity in particular exist two-fold. The one for “Nudity” underscores “graphic or prolonged depictions of nudity.” ...

12 Minutes, which has an Aug. 19 release date on PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X, is billed as an interactive thriller about a man stuck in a time loop. But its adult-oriented story could use a ...

The ESRB also assigns content descriptors, which are intended to tell people about the content of the games. These are things like "animated violence," "comic mischief" ...

Table 2 groups ESRB content descriptors by type and shows the breakdown of the content descriptors by genre for all 396 T-rated games released by April 1, 2001. Although T-rated games receive ...

The only rigorous, independent, and quantitative analysis based on actual play of Teen-rated video games shows that industry ratings do not always fully describe the content of video games. Led by ...

The ESRB recently added new content descriptors for the type of violence (ie, Cartoon Violence, Fantasy Violence, Sexual Violence) and degree (ie, Intense Violence), and we expect that these ...