Greg Costikyan on Computer Game Censor Ship for violence/etc. A work as harmless as Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy, which contains mild sexual themes (far milder than, say, those in either the film or novelistic versions of Lolita) is barred from America, in the form intended by its creators, because major retailers won't carry [AO]-rated games. (I'm not sure that qualifies as Censor Ship.) Perhaps I should point out to our readers that Ms Windows Vista "helpfully" does not permit play of [AO], M - or unrated - games by anyone using a computer who does not have administrative permissions, or has been granted access to "adult" content by an administrator. Almost all of the games Play This Thing points to are "unrated" because small indie and shareware developers are unlikely to think it worthwhile to pay the [ESRB]'s not-inconsiderable fees. (Given windows Mono Poly, that's more of an issue for me.)

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