Banning games before the ESRB
Episode 77 - Before the Creation of the ESRB, the video game industry had been rocked by special interest groups petitioning for government involvement. The goal was to ban video games altogether or at the very least, pressure the government to regulate and restrict what these companies could publish. The result saw some games get banned. This is the story of the early censorship and the outrage surrounding video games prior to the ESRB hearings. Follow me on twitter to keep up to date on the latest happenings concerning this channel. Also for those post containing the occasional farm animal. / jenovi -Jenovi Retro Impressions Some Sources Relied on for this video. (1) EGM 22 (Page 12) (2) The Desert Sun Thurs June 10th, 1993 (Page B8) (3) Ottawa Citizen March 16th, 1993 (Page B1) (4) http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.p... (5) The Daily Oklahoman Feb 14th, 1991 (6) The Daily Oklahoman Aug 6th, 1991 (7) Daily News Oct 14th, 1982 (8) Milwaukee Journal December 2nd, 1982 Segments were used from the following videos. • SNES Longplay [175] Mortal Kombat • Mega Drive Longplay [373] Slaughter Sport • 5 Sega Dreamcast Hidden Gems - Statistical • Mega Drive Longplay [401] Stormlord • Parental Advisory Label Arrives Summer 1990 • Mega Drive Longplay [357] Technocop • CBC: Custer's Revenge • CT. Senator Joe Lieberman in 1993 Saying H... #censorship #bannedgames #esrb
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