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How Computer and

Video Games are Rated

Computer and video games are rated by an independent, self-regulatory body

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enforces advertising guidelines and oversees privacy issues in the video game

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Along with the written submission materials, publishers must provide a videotape capturing all pertinent content, with the most extreme instances, across all relevant categories, including violence, language, sex, controlled

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Once the submission is checked by ESRB, the video footage is independently

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