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Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts Text Difficult to Read on SDTVsPosted 5:28pm Wed Nov 05, 2008 by Zach Lott Tags: Banjoe Kazooie Nuts and Bolts, Microsoft, Rare, Xbox 360

If you've yet to make the jump to a high-definition television, then you might be a bit disappointed with this news: Joystiq is reporting that the text for the upcoming 360 title Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts is muddled when viewed on standard-definition televisions.

Worse yet, Rare has announced that they aren't planning to take action in order to fix it, stating that it would require too much "time, resources and money to alter."

While there are certainly many gamers who already own HDTVs, this should be a huge annoyance to those still relying on standard ones. It shall be interesting to note how this affects the November NPDs.

[joystiq.com]

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When Politicians Attack: Manhunt 2 Re-raises ESRB ConcernsPosted 12:40pm Wed Nov 21, 2007 by Shiva Stella Tags: Manhunt 2, politicians, hillary clinton, joe lieberman, ESRB, ratings

I will destroy you, ESRB.

Next-gen and other sites are reporting that Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), Evan Bayh(D-Ind.), and Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) have sent a letter to the ESRB encouraging the ratings board to "review the... ratings process."

The letter apparently follows the foursome's anger over Manhunt 2 receiving a Mature, as opposed to an Adults-Only, rating (it also might have something to do with that hacked content).

Here's a quote from the letter as posted by Video Business:

As you know, in June 2007, the British Board of Film Classification refused to rate Rockstar’s Manhunt 2 videogame … stating that it contains ‘unremitting bleakness and callousness of tone. In October 2007, the BBFC again refused to rate a revised Manhunt 2 stating that ‘the impact of the revisions on the bleakness and callousness of tone … is clearly insufficient.

In sum, we ask your consideration of whether it is time to review the robustness, reliability and repeatability of your ratings process, particularly for this genre of ‘ultra-violent’ videogames and advances in game controllers.

Someone tell me how controller technology is the ESRB's business as well as violent?

[videobusiness.com]

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