1.0The Escapisthttps://www.escapistmagazine.comMike Thompson Legacy Authorhttps://www.escapistmagazine.com/author/vansau/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Qe6ALsP5QY"><a href="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/upcoming-study-might-change-new-zealands-game-ratings/">Upcoming Study Might Change New Zealand’s Game Ratings</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/upcoming-study-might-change-new-zealands-game-ratings/embed/#?secret=Qe6ALsP5QY" width="600" height="338" title="“Upcoming Study Might Change New Zealand’s Game Ratings” — The Escapist" data-secret="Qe6ALsP5QY" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> New Zealand gamers might be getting a new system of videogame ratings in a few years, thanks to a new (and very expensive) study about how games affect people. New Zealand’s Office of Film and Literature Classification handles the duties of rating and censoring all media in the Kiwi Nation, though the way it rates videogames might actually be changing in the future. The Royal Society of New Zealand’s Mardsen Fund has committed $405,000 to fund a study about how games affect players. Dr. Gareth Schott, a Senior Lecturer at Waikato University’s school of Screen and Media Studies, will be […]http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/library/deriv/0/698.jpg