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The Technology Liberation Front » Archive » Why both M and AO ratings for games?

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  • Seth Schoen

    11 months ago

    X used to be an MPAA movie rating, but has subsequently been replaced by NC-17.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPAA_ratings#X_is_...

    So MPAA doesn't retain NC-17 and X ratings side by side with one another.
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  • cordblomquist

    11 months ago

    I realize this. I use X only to refer to pornographic movies, which are sometimes, though inaccurately, still referred to as X rated. In reality, these movies are not rated, as I stated.
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  • illspirit

    11 months ago

    Hmm, I'm not so sure about the X/AO analogy fits. The only reason porn studios don't bother getting a NC-17 rating is because they skip theaters and mainstream retail anyway. If they really wanted to waste the money, they probably could.

    After all, there's a few NC-17 indy and foreign films which might run the risk of qualifying as "obscenity" if shown to a minor. E.G. "Inside Deep Throat" (documentary about the porn movie, with graphic clips from same), "The Dreamers," or "Lust, Caution." Not to mention a handful of old, officially X rated films that moved to NC-17 after the changeover.
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