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A looong time ago, I worked at a company that compiled shareware CD-ROMs and sold them when modem speeds were still slow for most people. We tested all the game
by pcblues 4y ago
A looong time ago, I worked at a company that compiled shareware CD-ROMs and sold them when modem speeds were still slow for most people. We tested all the games on Windows (95 I think) before they went on to the CD.
Unfortunately, one game had a splash screen with silly pro-nazi comments that ONLY appeared when the game ran on Windows NT.
We got a call from a "current affairs" show that some poor mother bought the CD-ROM for her sick child and imagine the horror and damage done, blah blah blah.
We said, "How old did you say the child was?"
The CD-ROM also had Doom on it, too, and a clear MA15+ rating on the front - several years older than the poor child.
We said, "Yes, we'll be happy for an interview."
Never heard back.
- wilg 4y agoAssuming this is Australia, it's pretty wild as someone from the US that your movie/game rating system is legally enforced! Here, ratings are advisories for parents, which seems more appropriate. Also, pro-Nazi comments are worse than pixelated Doom gore, surely!