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Manufacturer’s representatives, under growing pressure from Congress to voluntarily start a rating system, are meeting in Las Vegas to begin work on a labeling system. Richard Brudvik who is one of the leading makers of home video entertainment said that we welcome the initiatives of software association.
He further added that he can fashion a system that enables consumers to make informed decisions in a growing and competitive marketplace. Brudvik – Lindner added further that he hope it serves as a model for an industry-wide rating system that gives parents the guidance they want or need about the age appropriateness and content of home video games. Two games distributed by Sega and others have been singled out for attack by lawmakers for depictions of particularly gruesome violence. In one of them, Mortal Kombat, which has a large number of computer cheat codes, martial arts warriors kill their victims by ripping out their hearts, spinal columns and heads.
The creator of Night Trap, Tom Zito of Digital Pictures Inc, said it has been misinterpreted by lawmakers who don’t understand that it is a satire on low-budget horror movies of the 1950s. The player’s job is to trap the black-suited ghouls by activating trap doors as they stalk their victims.
Almost all warranty cards returned were from individuals between the ages of 18 and 25. He further Wrote that the senators seem to think Video games are just for kids and that we at Digital Pictures want to contribute to the corruption of Minors. But the New Generation has grown up.
