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What really prompted me to write about this topic was the fact that in my drawer, I kept the box of Final Fantasy Tactics Advance which I purchased about a year ago and only beat it a long time ago. As I looked at the back to see what they said about the game and see if what the box says what really does transpire in the game, it saw the game rating as it is required on all games. It was E, but above it said, "mild violence, alcohol reference" Alcohol reference? That is a complaint? Really honestly, if kids wanted to see alcohol, all they had to do was watch the super bowl commercials. The first commercial which was also the winning commercial for USA Today’s contest was for a Bud Light. After that, it gets worst, I think no station on network or cable is exempt from alcohol commercials except for PBS.
The pub in the game doesn't even sell alcohol to me or even make a reference to it. Sure, there are some sprites of people sitting a table drinking from a mug. For all the kids know, the people could be drinking sprite in a mug. The selling point of a pub back in the old days that it was a place for villagers to meet, have a drink, and discuss about various of issues as they do in the game except the drinking part is not mentioned and evident. I just feel that the amount of alcohol or even the word alcohol wasn’t enough to warrant putting it on the box as a warning for superb game. That might, I doubt, turn away some parents. The parents don’t know what alcohol references (or the lack thereof) the game is making, and the ESRB is not really giving all the details.
This might be a rant about nothing, but it bothered me enough to write this editorial. The idea of a pub is not enough to be put down for an alcohol reference. The blood level of alcohol in Final Fantasy Tactics simply wasn't enough to warrant a pullover, a breathalyzer, or a citation from the ESRB.
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