Telltale Games

CartoonistWill · 03/21/2011, 11:17 am

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Originally Posted by anglerush

Why even argue about this? Just add a censor toggle in the option screen. Everybody's happy. /thread

Sounds good to me. Being that Hector from the trailer goes into a porn shop and there's some cartoon gore like head popping and perhaps other things, I think the better option would be for people to choose not to play the game if they believed it to not be for them. The art style makes me somewhat interested (and I'm bored messing around in the forums), so it's a shame that certain content will keep me from looking further into Hector.

coolsome · 03/21/2011, 05:38 pm

I don't think bleeping it would work anyway or you would be hearing BEEP every 5 seconds

WarpSpeed · 03/21/2011, 06:45 pm

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Originally Posted by coolsome

I don't think bleeping it would work anyway or you would be hearing BEEP every 5 seconds

Worked for Tiny Timmy in Sam & Max Season 2!

I'm agreeing with the majority that there are plenty of family-friendly games out there if that's what you're looking for. This one specifically warns that it's not for kids. Don't play it if you're not into "those" kinds of games.

coolsome · 03/22/2011, 06:26 am

I demand a censored GTA!

nomecopies · 03/22/2011, 05:33 pm

Yeah, and a Back to the Future GTA style censored one, too.

PainDealer · 03/23/2011, 07:27 am

Censorship does work when it's unnecessary.

ScreamingFalcon · 03/28/2011, 11:33 pm

I played through the whole game and I found the swearing to be very funny and, usually, in-context. Overall, great game, can't wait for episode 2!

Xandon · 03/29/2011, 12:10 pm

In a console driven world, it's really great to see a game that doesn't have to mold itself into the confines of MS, Sony, and Nintendo rules to be released.

ScreamingFalcon · 03/29/2011, 10:54 pm

What rules? Its the ESRB they have to appease.

coolsome · 03/30/2011, 05:22 am

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Originally Posted by ScreamingFalcon

What rules? Its the ESRB they have to appease.

If you had a fourth wall joke isnulting the ESRB board but it didn't have over the top swears would they be able to tell you to take it out?

Tor · 04/02/2011, 08:02 am

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Originally Posted by ScreamingFalcon

What rules? Its the ESRB they have to appease.

I think video game ratings (such as ESRB and the European equivalent PEGI) are actually voluntary in most countries. Mainstream publishers usually choose to use them though.

The big console companies each have their own rules for what game content they allow on their platforms. Since they have complete control over their platforms, they are able to prevent games that don't follow the rules from being published. So following the content guidelines for the platform you are publishing for is actually more important than following the ESRB content guidelines.

A couple of examples of console censorship:
- Nintendo of America was notoriously strict back in the NES/SNES days, lots of examples here (a couple of Wii and DS games even).
- Microsoft apparently has problems with certain types of content in Xbox Live indie games, such as nazi killing (a wholesome activity, if there ever was one) and sexual education.

Contrast that with the PC... nobody owns the PC platform so you can publish whatever content you want for it.

ScreamingFalcon · 04/03/2011, 02:50 pm

In order to get the game on an actual store shelf or published on XBOX Live/PSN/Wii Shop Channel, a game has to be screened by the ESRB. The only exception, that I'm aware of, is for XBOX Live Indie games. Since TTG self-publishes and releases digitally, they don't go thru the ESRB process for their games. Only when the games are published by a third party, such as when Atari published Sam and Max Seasons 1 and 2 for Wii, do they finally go thru ESRB, but that is usually done by the publisher, not the developer. This is due to pretty much any retailer not wanting to sell anything that hasn't got that logo on it to avoid the headache of some moronic parent suing because they didn't understand that something like "Hector: Badge of Carnage" meant it is not for Little Timmy, the 5 year old kid that starts spewing swear words because they were in "that dirty game" and he "couldn't possibly" have learned it from anywhere else.

So, its more of an appeasement thing than an actual regulatory thing.

If you want me to prove it, I challenge you to go to your local retailer (Best Buy, Target, Wal-Mart) and find me a computer game or video game on their shelves that does not have an ESRB rating on it somewhere. Chances are, you won't.

coolsome · 04/03/2011, 02:52 pm

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Originally Posted by ScreamingFalcon

If you want me to prove it

Lol no ones gonna think your making it up or lying and demand proof and not believe u.

ScreamingFalcon · 04/03/2011, 09:30 pm

You'd be surprised.

coolguy721 · 04/04/2011, 01:30 pm

language is fine. Just add a filter of people don't like it

coolsome · 04/04/2011, 02:12 pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by hamza721

language is fine. Just add a filter of people don't like it

What about visting the porn shop though should they cut that out incase ppl don't like it?

coolguy721 · 04/04/2011, 02:19 pm

Lol theres a porn shop? Not sure how telltale will be able to handle that one

**puzzlebox** · 04/04/2011, 02:19 pm

I'd hate to see the game's nadgers cut off just so it's fine for kiddies to play. The barefaced bawdiness of it is what I find so appealing.

coolsome · 04/04/2011, 02:21 pm

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Originally Posted by hamza721

Lol theres a porn shop? Not sure how telltale will be able to handle that one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp5IxAYIUvw

At 0.50

coolguy721 · 04/04/2011, 04:53 pm

whoa

03/21/2011, 05:38 pm	#22
coolsome Sam D Coolsome Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: England Posts: 5,968	I don't think bleeping it would work anyway or you would be hearing BEEP every 5 seconds __________________

03/22/2011, 06:26 am	#24
coolsome Sam D Coolsome Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: England Posts: 5,968	I demand a censored GTA! __________________

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03/22/2011, 05:33 pm	#25
nomecopies Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cádiz, Spain Posts: 307	Yeah, and a Back to the Future GTA style censored one, too.

03/23/2011, 07:27 am	#26
PainDealer Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Pyhtää/Kotka, Finland Posts: 424	Censorship does work when it's unnecessary.

03/28/2011, 11:33 pm	#27
ScreamingFalcon AKA MajorFalcon71 Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 99	I played through the whole game and I found the swearing to be very funny and, usually, in-context. Overall, great game, can't wait for episode 2!

03/29/2011, 12:10 pm	#28
Xandon Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Seattle Posts: 38	In a console driven world, it's really great to see a game that doesn't have to mold itself into the confines of MS, Sony, and Nintendo rules to be released.

03/29/2011, 10:54 pm	#29
ScreamingFalcon AKA MajorFalcon71 Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 99	What rules? Its the ESRB they have to appease.

04/03/2011, 02:50 pm	#32
ScreamingFalcon AKA MajorFalcon71 Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 99	In order to get the game on an actual store shelf or published on XBOX Live/PSN/Wii Shop Channel, a game has to be screened by the ESRB. The only exception, that I'm aware of, is for XBOX Live Indie games. Since TTG self-publishes and releases digitally, they don't go thru the ESRB process for their games. Only when the games are published by a third party, such as when Atari published Sam and Max Seasons 1 and 2 for Wii, do they finally go thru ESRB, but that is usually done by the publisher, not the developer. This is due to pretty much any retailer not wanting to sell anything that hasn't got that logo on it to avoid the headache of some moronic parent suing because they didn't understand that something like "Hector: Badge of Carnage" meant it is not for Little Timmy, the 5 year old kid that starts spewing swear words because they were in "that dirty game" and he "couldn't possibly" have learned it from anywhere else. So, its more of an appeasement thing than an actual regulatory thing. If you want me to prove it, I challenge you to go to your local retailer (Best Buy, Target, Wal-Mart) and find me a computer game or video game on their shelves that does not have an ESRB rating on it somewhere. Chances are, you won't.

04/03/2011, 09:30 pm	#34
ScreamingFalcon AKA MajorFalcon71 Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 99	You'd be surprised.

04/04/2011, 01:30 pm	#35
coolguy721 Banned Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: USA! Posts: 695	language is fine. Just add a filter of people don't like it

04/04/2011, 02:19 pm	#37
coolguy721 Banned Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: USA! Posts: 695	Lol theres a porn shop? Not sure how telltale will be able to handle that one

04/04/2011, 02:19 pm	#38
puzzlebox Telltale Team Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 3,676	I'd hate to see the game's nadgers cut off just so it's fine for kiddies to play. The barefaced bawdiness of it is what I find so appealing.

04/04/2011, 04:53 pm	#40
coolguy721 Banned Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: USA! Posts: 695	whoa