Mysteries

[pompe]

Sometimes I wonder about the little things in life. Like just how computer games are coded for audience. (Or movies, where you can do things like wondering over the cultural dimensions of how say Brokeback Mountain is rated. Try this: France: Unrated, Sweden: 7 , UK: 15, USA: R, Poland: 18 and China: Banned)

If you look at this list, as an example

Comments

[mmcirvin]

In the US, movie ratings are done by the MPAA (a non-governmental industry group) and it's pretty much all political jockeying for the rating that the marketing people think is best for the movie