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April Fool's: New game rating clears hurdle

Industry board approves A-ss rating for bad games.

APRIL 1--Claiming to be "well in touch, well aware, and terribly plugged in" to games and their effect on consumers, the game industry's rating board today said that effective immediately, a new rating would be added to the current set of designations.

An A-ss rating (for ASS, or: GAMES THAT SUCK) will help consumers identify games which "have content that may be suitable for persons of the lowest mental capacity. Titles in this category may contain Jackie Mason-inspired humor or gags previously used by Zeppo Marx, or even Zeppo's bastard offspring, Belden Marx."

According to one rating board member, "sitting through pixilated sex, exploding entrails, and bleeding zombies pales when compared to the shear boredom and ennui of a game that is truly 'ass.' "

421 Comments

  • hart704

    Posted Jan 1, 2007 4:36 pm PT

    Actually my avatar based on the above graphic was creative.

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  • mariomaniac92

    Posted Apr 29, 2006 2:40 pm PT

    That was creative.

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  • Reetesh

    Posted Apr 13, 2006 8:24 am PT

    Nice one

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  • Weeoo_86

    Posted Apr 3, 2006 3:28 pm PT

    April fools you n00bs

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  • chrisdojo

    Posted Apr 3, 2006 9:28 am PT

    oh noze!!! teh april foolz!!!!!1

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  • Jon_Sly

    Posted Apr 3, 2006 9:17 am PT

    Got me there for a sec. So funny.

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  • Darkfire_31

    Posted Apr 3, 2006 8:33 am PT

    Not a bad April Fools joke but I think it was a little to obvious. Although, I can think of a few A s s rated games *Cough...Robotron 64...Cough*

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  • -BC-Soldier91

    Posted Apr 3, 2006 8:31 am PT

    Very nice...lol

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  • lordofthebumz

    Posted Apr 3, 2006 8:28 am PT

    wow

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  • nofriendo1

    Posted Apr 3, 2006 7:33 am PT

    very nice GS!

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  • 3dmetrius

    Posted Apr 3, 2006 6:45 am PT

    Great! so, who gonna start to list it up?
    the first Ass rated game is...

    hauauahuahahah

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  • FrCoutinho

    Posted Apr 3, 2006 6:27 am PT


    ASS
    LOL

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  • xXJ3huTyXx

    Posted Apr 3, 2006 6:26 am PT

    funny lol, imagine that on games

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  • soulessjay

    Posted Apr 3, 2006 5:13 am PT

    LOL

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  • kalkhaja

    Posted Apr 3, 2006 4:10 am PT

    Premiere D'Avril means first of April in French. You just got fooled by Gamespot! The whole ASS rating thing would be a good idea though!

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  • kalkhaja

    Posted Apr 3, 2006 4:03 am PT

    is this a joke? no i am serious, cuz they announced this on aPRIL Fools dAY.

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  • Destructability

    Posted Apr 3, 2006 3:53 am PT

    Nice 1

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  • metdevthegamer

    Posted Apr 3, 2006 3:51 am PT

    LOL best April Fool's joke yet. Wish it was real though

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  • Batusai

    Posted Apr 3, 2006 2:52 am PT

    hehe nice

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  • pimp_jim

    Posted Apr 3, 2006 2:16 am PT

    heheh, i like it

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  • Rotherden

    Posted Apr 3, 2006 1:49 am PT

    lol

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  • nonsoville2

    Posted Apr 3, 2006 12:20 am PT

    April Fooools!!! Nice One.

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  • solidsoldier1

    Posted Apr 2, 2006 11:53 pm PT

    i wish this was true though so people can stop making crappy games

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  • davos_550

    Posted Apr 2, 2006 11:47 pm PT

    whats SSRB?

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  • the_smell

    Posted Apr 2, 2006 11:42 pm PT

    That was funny?

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  • KakarotTheMonky

    Posted Apr 2, 2006 11:19 pm PT

    Wow, this one got me, lol.

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  • ymcop

    Posted Apr 2, 2006 9:55 pm PT

    Oh my god, it had me there >"

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  • janco15

    Posted Apr 2, 2006 9:20 pm PT

    what is this? is this a joke?

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  • ymcop

    Posted Apr 2, 2006 9:04 pm PT

    cool!

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  • RE4_pro

    Posted Apr 2, 2006 2:08 pm PT

    Almost had me there.

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  • bizsumpark182

    Posted Apr 2, 2006 2:06 pm PT

    That was damn funny!

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  • frankpaladin

    Posted Apr 2, 2006 1:51 pm PT

    ROTFLMFAO...tats 1 good april fools jok

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  • metalmulisha808

    Posted Apr 2, 2006 1:40 pm PT

    SMART!!

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  • Death_Crusader

    Posted Apr 2, 2006 1:34 pm PT

    late april fools? wow thats sad. it's from ssrb, not esrb.

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  • HugoFromBoss

    Posted Apr 2, 2006 1:27 pm PT

    lol

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  • rokkuman09

    Posted Apr 2, 2006 1:10 pm PT

    nice LOL

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  • UltimatumCHIEF

    Posted Apr 2, 2006 1:04 pm PT

    "Ass" rating is good for you !

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  • Link-from-Hell

    Posted Apr 2, 2006 12:56 pm PT

    Nice try, lol would be funny if that were to come true.

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  • Jerrei

    Posted Apr 2, 2006 12:51 pm PT

    Hehehe. Hilarious, and in more ways than one. I'm sure most of us can think of a few games that could have used this rating instead of whatever they ended up with. I almost wish this had been real...

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  • ALLoY1717

    Posted Apr 2, 2006 12:39 pm PT

    LOL That is so awesome!!

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  • omarguy01

    Posted Apr 2, 2006 12:33 pm PT

    APRIL FOOLS!!!
    u guys almost... ALMOST had me there

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  • FireCrazed117

    Posted Apr 2, 2006 12:31 pm PT

    roflmao, i would actually expect ERSB to comeout with type of crap...lol.

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  • CloudStrifeFFO7

    Posted Apr 2, 2006 12:30 pm PT

    Yeah that was pretty good lol!

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  • GameDestroyer88

    Posted Apr 2, 2006 12:25 pm PT

    HILARIOUS two thumbs up.

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  • hiccup

    Posted Apr 2, 2006 12:24 pm PT

    HOLY CRAP THATS STRANGE NAMING IT A-SS

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  • Alchemist_X59

    Posted Apr 2, 2006 12:16 pm PT

    Almost got me with that one.

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  • Kirkus24

    Posted Apr 2, 2006 12:16 pm PT

    Well, the author's name being French for "April 1st" was a bit of a giveaway

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  • GermanClub4Ever

    Posted Apr 2, 2006 12:07 pm PT

    I don't get it?

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  • jubba_the_hutt

    Posted Apr 2, 2006 12:01 pm PT

    This was scary because well i watched the last word and it said somthing about the ratings

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  • yab_007

    Posted Apr 2, 2006 11:49 am PT

    haha

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