As someone who has followed and supported the gaming industry for most of my life, I feel that the ratings produced by the ESRB (The Entertainment Software Rating Board) are semi-stereotypical. Who says that a child of twelve cannot play a video game with a mature rating? Age should not matter; the maturity of the child is the true concern.
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Lately in MapleStory, there has come to be a growing number of players using a hack that hits (and kills) every enemy on a map, and deposits the drops of these kills at the hacker's feet. Sometimes these hackers are just after experience, and they allow other players to have the items. Regardless of whether they pick up the items or not, they are generating a glut of items and equipment that are supposed to be rare — thus devaluing the items and causing ripples across the entire Maple Market society.
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The RPG Realm has thus far abstained from book reviews as they were more or less self-explanatory -- you might not need "Sword and Fist", but if you liked fighters it was a good bet that you should have it. But what about "The Complete Warrior"? Was it really necessary? Why on Earth should we buy the thing if we already have Sword and Fist sitting on our shelf?
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