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  2. Controversies surrounding Mortal Kombat - Wikipedia

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    The Mortal Kombat series, particularly its "Fatalities", was a source of major controversy in at the time of its release. [note 1] A moral panic over the series, fueled by outrage from the mass media, [10] resulted in a Congressional hearing and helped to pave the way for the creation of the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) game rating system.

  3. List of banned video games by country - Wikipedia

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    However, Manhunt, Manhunt 2, and Mortal Kombat are still banned because of violence and cruelty. Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction were previously banned, but the bans were later lifted. [233] The Game Rating Board requires that all video games be rated by the organization.

  4. 1993–94 United States Senate hearings on video games

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    The violence in video games became a concern after Mortal Kombat ' s home console release in September 13, 1993. One of Senator Joe Lieberman's former chief of staff, Bill Andresen, had been asked by his son to purchase the Sega version of Mortal Kombat for him. Andresen was appalled by the amount of violence in the game, and approached ...

  5. When ‘Mortal Kombat’ Made America Lose Its Mind - AOL

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    via YoutubeIn 1994, Richard D. Heffner, the chairman of the Motion Picture Ratings Association of America and the creator of PBS staple The Open Mind, wrote a column for The New York Times ...

  6. List of regionally censored video games - Wikipedia

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    Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe – In order to ensure a T rating in North America, two Fatalities in the game were censored. [30] [31] In the United Kingdom version, both the Joker and Deathstroke's first Fatality feature them each finishing their opponent with a gunshot to the head, with each respective shot shown uncut from a distance. However ...

  7. List of banned video games in Australia - Wikipedia

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    Mortal Kombat (2011) 2011-03-16 Originally banned because of high impact bloody violence. [139] [140] The Komplete Edition was later rated R18+ in 2013 after the said rating was introduced. [141] Refused Classification (RC) Restricted (R 18+) Aliens vs. Predator (2010) 2009-12-03 Originally banned because of high impact bloody violence.

  8. Video game censorship - Wikipedia

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    A significant turning point was the rejection of an indexing of Mortal Kombat X and the granting of an 18+ rating by the USK. [27] [28] Mortal Kombat X was the first part of the series to receive approval from the USK in Germany; until then, many titles in the series had been indexed or even confiscated.

  9. Entertainment Software Rating Board - Wikipedia

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    The ESRB was established in 1994 by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA, formerly the Interactive Digital Software Association (IDSA)), in response to criticism of controversial video games with excessively violent or sexual content, particularly after the 1993 congressional hearings following the releases of Mortal Kombat and Night ...