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India Proposes Game Ratings

India Proposes Game Ratings

Wed, 8 January 2008
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Censor Board to rate video games

Haven of violent games no more
The Indian government is considering the introduction of video game ratings, including possible bans, according to Indian news site Daily News & Analysis. The Indian Censor Board would be responsible for deciding which games are suitable for different age groups.

"This is true that there is a proposal that the Censor Board should start censoring all video games - and I agree with proposal totally," says Sharmila Tagore, the chairperson of the Censor Board. "We have already submitted our proposal to the ministry and the draft is being considered by them," she added.

- Daily News & Analysis

While the Indians don't seem to have a problem with the term "censorship", the Irish meanwhile are about to change the name of their ratings board from the Irish Film Censor's Office to the Irish Film Classification Office. The decision was prompted by the realisation that only five things out of 8000 were banned by the Office last year: four extreme pornography films ... and Manhunt 2.

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