![]() They’re going to go after you guys so, if you’re looking to avoid censorship, you better get organized-you better come up with a rating system”. ![]() So, every few months, I would basically say to Tom and Howard, “Look, your industry is under scrutiny right now. And because I also had a strong relationship with the FCC and other folks in Washington, I kept hearing whispers that the government was taking a closer look at the video game industry. So, you know, over time I got to develop a pretty strong relationship with Tom Kalinske and Howard Lincoln. And at CARU, both Sega and Nintendo sat on my boards. Cut to: One Year EarlierĪRTHUR POBER (CARU): Back in 1993, I was the Director of the Children’s Advertising Review Unit. But truth be told-at this critical moment in time-poetic barbs were the least of Kalinske’s worries. Reading these words, Tom Kalinske was not amused. On April 2, 1994, Howard Lincoln-who, just months earlier, had been made the Chairman of Nintendo of America-published a poem in a press release aimed at his chief competitor, Tom Kalinske, the President of Sega of America: ![]() CONTENT RATED BY: An Oral History of the ESRB, provides eye-witness accounts from the key people involved in the ESRB’s creation and its development into one of the country’s finest examples of industry self-regulation. Harris, the bestselling author of Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle That Defined a Generation and The History of the Future: Oculus, Facebook and the Revolution That Swept Virtual Reality to document the behind-the-scenes origins of the rating system for video games and how it has evolved over the past quarter century. To help commemorate its 25 th anniversary, the Entertainment Software Rating Board ( ESRB) reached out to Blake J.
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