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Gamers across the UK were glued to their television sets at last night as BBC3 aired its controversial documentary Outrageous Fortunes. The programme claimed that Nintendo knowingly included "seizure-inducing content" in its games.
A spokesperson from Nintendo rebuffed the allegations, saying: 'The notion that Nintendo would knowingly include in its games material that it knew could cause seizures is ridiculous. There is nothing more important to us than the health and wellbeing of our players." She continued: "We began including a warning about seizures with our games in the UK in 1993. We were the first videogame company to provide such warnings."
BBC3 told a different story, however, citing an incident where Nintendo was twice found in contempt of court for not disclosing vital information during a case brought against it by the parents of a boy who suffered a seizure whilst playing a Nintendo game.
BBC3 also tested several recent Nintendo titles and discovered that many of them would not meet the Independent Television Commission's guidelines regarding the rate of flashing images in television broadcasts.
However, until a regulatory body like the ITC governs the rate of flashing images in videogames, then it is likely that we can expect similar situations to arise with many games - not just Nintendo titles - in the future.
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To this I say "pfft". What idiocy led the BBC to conclude that Nintendo purposefully include seizure-inducing moments into their games? Why? Why would they do that? Are they evil? AND, surely if they include their warnings (which I have seen on EVERY Nintendo game), it's the gamer's risk?
It seems perhaps that once again an innocent company are being used as the scapegoat for a problem not especially related to them.
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Gamers across the UK were glued to their television sets at last night as BBC3 aired its controversial documentary Outrageous Fortunes. The programme claimed that Nintendo knowingly included "seizure-inducing content" in its games.
A spokesperson from Nintendo rebuffed the allegations, saying: 'The notion that Nintendo would knowingly include in its games material that it knew could cause seizures is ridiculous. There is nothing more important to us than the health and wellbeing of our players." She continued: "We began including a warning about seizures with our games in the UK in 1993. We were the first videogame company to provide such warnings."
BBC3 told a different story, however, citing an incident where Nintendo was twice found in contempt of court for not disclosing vital information during a case brought against it by the parents of a boy who suffered a seizure whilst playing a Nintendo game.
BBC3 also tested several recent Nintendo titles and discovered that many of them would not meet the Independent Television Commission's guidelines regarding the rate of flashing images in television broadcasts.
However, until a regulatory body like the ITC governs the rate of flashing images in videogames, then it is likely that we can expect similar situations to arise with many games - not just Nintendo titles - in the future.
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To this I say "pfft". What idiocy led the BBC to conclude that Nintendo purposefully include seizure-inducing moments into their games? Why? Why would they do that? Are they evil? AND, surely if they include their warnings (which I have seen on EVERY Nintendo game), it's the gamer's risk?
It seems perhaps that once again an innocent company are being used as the scapegoat for a problem not especially related to them.
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Taken from TotalGames.net:
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Gamers across the UK were glued to their television sets at last night as BBC3 aired its controversial documentary Outrageous Fortunes. The programme claimed that Nintendo knowingly included "seizure-inducing content" in its games.
A spokesperson from Nintendo rebuffed the allegations, saying: 'The notion that Nintendo would knowingly include in its games material that it knew could cause seizures is ridiculous. There is nothing more important to us than the health and wellbeing of our players." She continued: "We began including a warning about seizures with our games in the UK in 1993. We were the first videogame company to provide such warnings."
BBC3 told a different story, however, citing an incident where Nintendo was twice found in contempt of court for not disclosing vital information during a case brought against it by the parents of a boy who suffered a seizure whilst playing a Nintendo game.
BBC3 also tested several recent Nintendo titles and discovered that many of them would not meet the Independent Television Commission's guidelines regarding the rate of flashing images in television broadcasts.
However, until a regulatory body like the ITC governs the rate of flashing images in videogames, then it is likely that we can expect similar situations to arise with many games - not just Nintendo titles - in the future.
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To this I say "pfft". What idiocy led the BBC to conclude that Nintendo purposefully include seizure-inducing moments into their games? Why? Why would they do that? Are they evil? AND, surely if they include their warnings (which I have seen on EVERY Nintendo game), it's the gamer's risk?
It seems perhaps that once again an innocent company are being used as the scapegoat for a problem not especially related to them.
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Gamers across the UK were glued to their television sets at last night as BBC3 aired its controversial documentary Outrageous Fortunes. The programme claimed that Nintendo knowingly included "seizure-inducing content" in its games.
A spokesperson from Nintendo rebuffed the allegations, saying: 'The notion that Nintendo would knowingly include in its games material that it knew could cause seizures is ridiculous. There is nothing more important to us than the health and wellbeing of our players." She continued: "We began including a warning about seizures with our games in the UK in 1993. We were the first videogame company to provide such warnings."
BBC3 told a different story, however, citing an incident where Nintendo was twice found in contempt of court for not disclosing vital information during a case brought against it by the parents of a boy who suffered a seizure whilst playing a Nintendo game.
BBC3 also tested several recent Nintendo titles and discovered that many of them would not meet the Independent Television Commission's guidelines regarding the rate of flashing images in television broadcasts.
However, until a regulatory body like the ITC governs the rate of flashing images in videogames, then it is likely that we can expect similar situations to arise with many games - not just Nintendo titles - in the future.
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To this I say "pfft". What idiocy led the BBC to conclude that Nintendo purposefully include seizure-inducing moments into their games? Why? Why would they do that? Are they evil? AND, surely if they include their warnings (which I have seen on EVERY Nintendo game), it's the gamer's risk?
It seems perhaps that once again an innocent company are being used as the scapegoat for a problem not especially related to them.
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