[Yamster's note: Havok originally wrote this up on his own Sarcastic Gamer Community Blog but we figured it'd be cool to share it on the front page too as it's a pretty good point of view. Of course, we encourage you to get in on the act and write up your own opinions in your [...]

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As a handful of SG faithful may know, I’m an avid reader of UK newspaper The Times (famed for writing about our Microsoft Surface parody…and not crediting us by name). It’s probably the reason for my writing being so immensely BORING.
Anyway, way back in March last year they wrote an article about UK child psychologist [...]

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The Entertainment Software Rating Board. Where would uninformed parents be without it? Well, probably in the same place they are now. You see, even though the group posts letter-based age ratings on all game software, many children still find a way to play titles like “Grand Theft Auto IV” and “Gears [...]

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With Nathan Hale prepping for his ongoing campaign against the Chimera, I recently found myself wondering what the other Insomniac characters were doing to occupy their time this summer. I imagine Captain Qwark is sitting on his astro couch, sipping Dr. Pepper and munching Doritos. However, what about Ratchet and Clank? Do [...]

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Source Kotaku

So, Supa doesn’t like the new Delaware ad. Come on Supa, give these people a break!
The great state of Delaware has decided it’s time to throw their hat into the violent video game awareness ring. We should give them an “‘atta boy,” not a smack in the face.
At least they’re trying a new approach. [...]

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Source: IGN
Let’s call this a test in video game marketing. The ad below is real, the brain child of two politicians in Delaware. It will run on billboards, in mall kiosks, etc.

Don’t get me wrong, I applaud them for trying to educate the clueless parents out there who STILL don’t realize video game ratings [...]

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by Doc

Namco Bandai, woke up this morning to some news that they were not expecting. The ESRB, the entity tasked with rating video games for consumers consumption in the US, has issued an AO rating for Beautiful Katamari.
Morgan Hedberg, spokeswoman for the ESRB:
We cannot in good conscience issue any rating for this title, except [...]

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Just last week, the ESRB dealt a pretty impressive finishing move to Manhunt 2 from Take Two.
Now, news from Joystiq indicates that in addition to providing ratings for games, they have deemed themselves to be the entity in charge of….. Game Trailers.
It would be great if Manhunt 2 released a trailer that’s so clean it’s [...]

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