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A quick guide to decoding how game ratings are determined and how to navigate them.<\/em> This post will help you with understanding video game ratings so you can decide what games are appropriate for your child to play. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Video game ratings, like movie ratings, are meant to be informative. Video games are given ratings so adults and caregivers can understand the content of a given video game to determine whether or not it is age-appropriate for their child to play. Much like you might tell your 10-year-old that an R-rated or PG-13-rated movie is too mature for them, a T or M rating on a video game is likely also too mature for that child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Video game ratings in the United States are put forth by the ESRB<\/a>, or the Entertainment Software Rating Board. In Europe, most video game ratings are governed by the PEGI, or the Pan European Games Information. These two groups work diligently toward giving video games ratings guides so that parents are able to mitigate the amount of inappropriate material their kids are exposed to while gaming on any device. From Roblox<\/a> to Fortnite<\/a> and every game in between, video game ratings help you determine which games your child is developmentally ready to play.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Video game ratings: a breakdown<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There are typically seven different ratings a video game can earn based on the maturity of the audience it is intended for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those ratings are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

E- Everyone.<\/strong> Content is appropriate for all ages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

E 10+<\/strong>– Everyone 10 and up. Content is appropriate for children over the age of 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

T- Teen. <\/strong>Mild explicit content can be expected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M- Mature, 17+.<\/strong> Content should not be viewed by kids and is inappropriate for young audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AO- Adults Only.<\/strong> Content is extremely explicit and gamer discretion is advised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

RP- Rating Pending.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

RP 17+<\/strong>– Rating pending but game is intended for a mature audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You might also sometimes see the rating EC <\/strong>on computer games geared toward young learners. EC stands for Early Childhood, and these games are appropriate, both content-wise and difficulty-wise, for the youngest gamers and learners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Video game ratings: decoding the letters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Just like movies have a scale of ratings, from G for general audience to R for restricted, video games have a slew of letters to represent the wide variety of content in video games. An E rating means a game is intended for all audiences, whereas an M signifies a game is only appropriate for mature viewers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A game\u2019s rating is affected by several different factors, including:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n