[Software] The infinitely wise ESRB

I found this article on digg today: ESRB rerates Oblivion (Gamespot) ESRB, in its infinite wisdom has decided to rerate the game oblivion partly because of a particular modification to the game. Some crackers have created a modification to the game which allows characters to be shown nude in the game. This was done by hacking into the graphics libraries for the game. ESRB making a stink about the modification is ridiculous. This was not intended functionality of the game and in order to make this possible, a game user would have to install a 3rd party modification to the game. The game company cannot control what modifications that are made to the game. ESRB should not be holding the game development company responsible for the actions of 3rd party modifications and crackers.

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