PEGI Essay
The Pan-European Game Information (PEGI) age rating system was established to help European parents make informed decisions on buying computer games. It was launched in spring 2003 and replaced a number of national age rating systems with a single system now used throughout most of Europe, in 30 countries (Austria Denmark, Hungary, Latvia, Norway, Slovenia, Belgium, Estonia, Iceland, Lithuania, Poland, Spain, Bulgaria, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Sweden, Cyprus, France, Israel, Malta, Romania, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Slovak Republic and the United Kingdom). A PEGI rating is very important because it shows whether the content within the film, video and computer games is relevant to the rating it has been given. The PEGI rating can help parents a lot to decide whether they want their children to play that game or not but sometimes they can look upon the PEGI rating if they feel their child is okay to play the game or watch the film or video
This is what the PEGI ratings look like and where one of them say ‘3’ this means 3 is the minimum age for the child to be to play this game. The PEGI rating that says ‘7’ probably isn’t a lot different to games rated ‘3’ but most of these games that are rating ‘7’ there is either a couple of scenes that could be frightening or there is an online mode which can be unfriendly at times. PEGI ‘12’ also means you have to be of age of 12 or higher to play this game and the reasons some games are 12 is because there could be some bad language which would be very mild or slight nudity. The PEGI rating ‘16’ can be rated at this if there is sexual content in the game that could be seen in real life, if there are sexual scenes of this description the game has to be rating at a ‘16’ minimum. Also bad language in ‘16’ games is usually a bit more heavy and if a game contains any form of drugs the game will have to be rating at a minimum of ‘16’. The PEGI rating ‘18’ is the highest rating you can get. When the violence in the game is considered gross or specific gruesome violence the rating will have to be ‘18’. Gross violence is the most difficult to define since it can be very subjective in many cases. Violence, bad language, fears, drugs, sexual, discrimination, gambling and online gameplay with other people is what is used to rate games.
Millions and millions of people play computer games
across the world. In the UK particularly 37% of the population between ages 16
and 49 class themselves as gamers. They say they either own or play a console,
handheld gaming device or PC. These PEGI ratings aren’t always successful
because parents buy children games that they are not old enough to play so
these ratings aren’t always successful but a lot of parents do follow these
ratings.
Grand Theft Auto is a controversial game. Grand Theft Auto is a PEGI rated 18 game and has almost every bad factor within it. It has sexual scenes, strong violence, gambling, Fear, drugs, discrimination and a lot of bad language. There is much controversy with this game because a lot of parents think it is extremely inappropriate game and a lot of people have complained about this game.
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
The Pan-European Game Information (PEGI) age rating system was established to help European parents make informed decisions on buying computer games. It was launched in spring 2003 and replaced a number of national age rating systems with a single system now used throughout most of Europe, in 30 countries (Austria Denmark, Hungary, Latvia, Norway, Slovenia, Belgium, Estonia, Iceland, Lithuania, Poland, Spain, Bulgaria, Finland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Sweden, Cyprus, France, Israel, Malta, Romania, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Slovak Republic and the United Kingdom). A PEGI rating is very important because it shows whether the content within the film, video and computer games is relevant to the rating it has been given. The PEGI rating can help parents a lot to decide whether they want their children to play that game or not but sometimes they can look upon the PEGI rating if they feel their child is okay to play the game or watch the film or video
This is what the PEGI ratings look like and where one of them say ‘3’ this means 3 is the minimum age for the child to be to play this game. The PEGI rating that says ‘7’ probably isn’t a lot different to games rated ‘3’ but most of these games that are rating ‘7’ there is either a couple of scenes that could be frightening or there is an online mode which can be unfriendly at times. PEGI ‘12’ also means you have to be of age of 12 or higher to play this game and the reasons some games are 12 is because there could be some bad language which would be very mild or slight nudity. The PEGI rating ‘16’ can be rated at this if there is sexual content in the game that could be seen in real life, if there are sexual scenes of this description the game has to be rating at a ‘16’ minimum. Also bad language in ‘16’ games is usually a bit more heavy and if a game contains any form of drugs the game will have to be rating at a minimum of ‘16’. The PEGI rating ‘18’ is the highest rating you can get. When the violence in the game is considered gross or specific gruesome violence the rating will have to be ‘18’. Gross violence is the most difficult to define since it can be very subjective in many cases. Violence, bad language, fears, drugs, sexual, discrimination, gambling and online gameplay with other people is what is used to rate games.
Millions and millions of people play computer games
across the world. In the UK particularly 37% of the population between ages 16
and 49 class themselves as gamers. They say they either own or play a console,
handheld gaming device or PC. These PEGI ratings aren’t always successful
because parents buy children games that they are not old enough to play so
these ratings aren’t always successful but a lot of parents do follow these
ratings.Grand Theft Auto is a controversial game. Grand Theft Auto is a PEGI rated 18 game and has almost every bad factor within it. It has sexual scenes, strong violence, gambling, Fear, drugs, discrimination and a lot of bad language. There is much controversy with this game because a lot of parents think it is extremely inappropriate game and a lot of people have complained about this game.
I will be talking about GTA
and about how controversial it is.
Use of Torture
In the mission By The Book the
player must torture a target, and the most controversial scene is Trevor
pulling out the tortured man's tooth with pliers, which has been constantly
dubbed, the most controversial scene in the entire series.
Accusations of Sexism
Some reviewers concluded that
the game's depiction of women is misogynistic.Gamespot reviewer, Carolyn Petit,
noted that women in the game were mostly treated and/or played as
"strippers, prostitutes, long-suffering wives, humourless girlfriends and
goofy, new-age feminists", and felt that the satirical representation of
misogyny legitimises it. [43] Dave Cook of VG247 reinforced the sentiment that
the female characters were constructed on stereotypes in an editorial:
"They're either there to be rescued, shouted at, fucked, to be seen
fucking, put up with, killed, heard prattling away like dullards on their
mobile phones or shopping". [44] Responding to backlash about the critical
views of women in the game, wider discussions opened up about the role of women
in GTA V and the community defensiveness towards the criticism. However, other
reviewers cited as the treatment of women as "stereotypical". Sam
Houser, Rockstar Games co-founder, felt that the development team sometimes
overlooked their portrayal of women in Grand Theft Auto games, but that the
weight towards male characters "fit with the story we wanted to tell"
Use of drugs
GTA has a lot of use of drugs
in the content of the game. It’s just used casually and is inappropriate. This
doesn’t bring up much controversy because it’s used so casually.
ESRB
The Entertainment
Software Rating Board (ESRB) ratings provide guidance about video games and
apps so that consumers, especially parents, can make informed choices about the
ones they deem suitable for their family.
Title: Grand Theft Auto V
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Rating:
Content Descriptors: Blood and
Gore, Intense Violence, Mature Humour, Nudity, Strong Language, Strong Sexual
Content, Use of Drugs and Alcohol, Online Interactions.
Rating Summary: In this
open-world action game, players assume the role of three criminals whose
storylines intersect within the fictional city of Los Santos. Players can switch
between each character to follow his storyline.
Treatment
In this document all the ideas I come up
with, for my own game will be broken up into key sections to define and
analysis what they are, why I think I will use them, and how I will use them.
Idea 1: Heroes: Capture the Flag
Platform: PC
Genre: Strategy, multiplayer online battle
arena (MOBA)
My target audience: This game with be rated
at 16+, the reason this game will be a 16+ is because there is violence and the
main reason is due to swearing that the heroes say.
Storyline: At the start of this game you
will get to choose between 4 heroes, the first character is a warrior, this
hero will have a very large health bar and not a very high amount of damage, and
these are great for carrying a flag if they are with a priest which is the
second hero to use spells that heal themselves and other heroes. They have
spells to do damage but they aren’t much damage but they can heal themselves to
make up for it. The third hero is a rogue. Rogues are really sneaky characters
and they go in stealth, they attack from stealth and use melee attacks and
attack really fast, these heroes do high damage and run really fast so they are
good for carrying the flag but can die quite fast. The last hero is a warlock,
these heroes cast spells and die really fast but they do more damage than any
other hero in the game. These are mainly support heroes to help as a team. The
objective is to get to the other teams base and grab their flag and capture it
in your own base without them capturing yours. There are three lanes to travel
down. The first team to reach 3 captures wins. If you die you have to wait 30
seconds to respawn again.
Idea 2: Now you see me
Platform: PC
Genre: Horror.
My target audience: This game will be rated
18+, the reason this game will be 18+ is because there is a lot of violence and
there will be a lot of gore. The theme will also not be for people bellow 18.
Storyline: At the start you will be waking
up in a hospital bed with wires everywhere and the idea of the game is to try
and get out of the hospital and find your son. When the guy goes around corners
there will be things there that jump out and creep him out but they will just
be normal things like animals in bins and wires etc. Then on one of the scares
there will be a little girl with blood squirting from her forehead and blood
will get on his shirt then he will look at his shirt in an animation and then
when he looks back up she will be gone but he can hear screaming and he has to
find out where this little girl is because she knows where his son is.
Games Questionnaire
-1. Are you male or female?
Male□
Female□
O. How old are you?
0-5□
6-11□
12-17□
18-23□
24-30□
31-40□
41-50□
51+□
1. Do you play console games?
Yes□ No□
2. What genre of games
to you play?
First Person Shooter□ Role
Playing□ Driving□ Real Time Strategy□ Other□
3. How often do you
play console games?
Never□ Rarely□
Sometimes□ Often□
4. How do you buy your
games?
Online□ Store□ Friends□
Second hand□
5. What would be the
maximum you would pay for a game?
£10□ £20□ £30□ £40□
£50□ £60□
6. Who do you play
games consoles with?
Friends□ Family□ Solo□
7. Do you play games
online?
Yes□ No□
8. Do you think games
are improving at a fast rate or slow rate?
Fast rate□ Slow rate□
9. Do you prefer 1st
person or 3rd person games?
10. Overall what do
you think of gaming? 1-Lowest 10-Highest
Method
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Qualitative or quantitative
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What is it? Examples
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Cost
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Time
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Comments
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Secondary research
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Quantitative
Qualitative
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Market research that's
already compiled and organized for you. Examples of secondary information include reports and studies by government
agencies, trade associations or other businesses within your industry.
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Typically free of very low
cost.
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Short
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Good start but doesn’t give
enough detail and isn’t specific enough.
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Survey
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Quantitative
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A survey is like a
questionnaire and is the most common way to gather information.
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Varies widely. Key costs
include participant incentives, survey design and survey administration.
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Medium
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Good for measuring attitudes
across a large population and for answering specific questions.
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Focus groups
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Qualitative
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1. a group of people assembled to
participate in a discussion about a product before it is launched, or to
provide feedback on a political campaign, television series, etc.
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Medium. Key costs include
focus group moderation and participant incentives.
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Medium
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Good for expletory research.
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Interviews
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Qualitative
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An interview is when you
meet someone face to face and ask questions on a specific topic. Such as
applying for a job
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Similar to focus groups but
can be a lot cheaper depending on the audience and interviews.
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Short-Medium
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Good for going deep into
specific topics and also good for expletory research.
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Experiments
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Quantitative
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a scientific procedure undertaken to
make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact.
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Often the most expensive
method.
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Usually long
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Used for scientifically
testing specific hypothesis.
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Observation
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Qualitative
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The action or process of closely
observing or monitoring something or someone.
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Medium. Relative to other
options.
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Medium
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Good for assessing actual
behaviour instead of self-reported behaviour.
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