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consumers to make informed
dw isions in a growing, compet
itive marketplace “
Brudvik-I.indner said Sega
has put ratings, assigned by a
panel of educators and child
psychologists, on new titles
since August
"We hope it serves as a model
for an industry-wide rating sys
tem that gives parents the guid
ance they want or need about
the age appropriateness and
content of home video games."
Brudvik-Lindrter said
Tw-o gomes distributed by
Sega and others have been sin
gled out for attack by lawmakers
for depictions of particularly
gruesome violence.
In one of them. "Mortal Kom
bat." martial arts warriors kill
their victims by ripping out their
hearts, spinal columns and
heads
In another. "Night Trap,”
women are shown in live-action
video as they're being stalked by
bloodsucking villains The < re
ator of that game. Tom Zito of
Digital Pictures Inc . said it has
lieen misinterpreted bs lawmak
ers who don't understand that it
is a parody on low-budget hor
ror movies of the loads
Its villains are a vampire and
Ins high-tech henchmen who
have entered an old winery that
has been converted to a hotel
There. the\ try to i apture hotel
guests and drain their blood.
The player's job is to trap the
b!a< k suited ghouls by activat
ing trap doors as they stalk their
victims
"Frankly. I don't want anyone
under the age ot 17 to buy it."
Zito wrote in a Washington Tost
op ed column defending his
game from lawmakers’ i riticism.
Zito said he has sold 100,000
copies of the game in the l Iniled
States without a single letter of
i omplaint "Almost all warrants
i ards returned were from indi
viduals between tl>*» ages of 1H
and 25.'' In* said
"The senators seem to think
video games are just for kids and
that we at Digital Pictures want
to contribute to the corruption of
minors." he said But the Atari
Cienera!ion has grown up
Sens Joseph Lieberman. D
Conn . and Herb kohl. I) VVis .
introduced legislation that
would give the industry a veer
to come up with its own system
before a federal one would go
into effect Hearings have been
held but no votes have taken
place.
Its thrust, however, is similar
to the attack in both the House
and Senate on TV violence.
Nine bills are pending that
would restrict dramatized mur
der and mayhem on television
Lawmakers are basing their
action against television on
numerous studies indicating a
link between behavior and TV
watching
Lieberman said children also
must hi* protected from video
games that glorifv violence and
teai h i hildren to enjoy inflicting
the most gruesome forms of cru
elty imaginable "
Software association execu
tive director Ken Wasch said the
Winter (onsumer Llectronics
Show in Nevuda represented the
lirst opportunitx the industry
had to gather as a group on .1 rat
ing system.
We ha\ e had to work \ er\
hard in a very short amount of
time to bring many < ompetitive
companies to the same table."
he said
The Washington-based trade
association represents 1,100
publishers of business, con
sumer and educational software
Its members include the leading
producers of interactive com
puter entertainment products
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