> Given all your responses, and those from the
> playtesters, I am much more comfortable with
> using "Badass". Now I move onto the question of
> whether that term alone (assuming its the most
> blantantly objectionable thing in the
> book) is enough to justify the Intended for Mature
> Gamers label on the cover. I don't want (say) to
> foreclose sales to Barnes & Nobels (or whatever) by
> employing a label to cover a word that appears every
> weekend on WWF. As some have mentioned, however,
> putting the label on may actually sell more games.
Or, it could also turn gamers off. I prefer a
darker-styled RPG, and often have fairly "mature"
scenes in my games... but "For Mature Audiences"
usually turns me off when I see it on the cover.
In most cases, it doesn't mean "mature", or even
"dark". From what I've seen, the label usually just
means "gratuitous sex and violence". Bleh.
If "badass" is the worst there is in the book, I'd
say that no label is needed. If it's allowed on
broadcast TV, it's not really offensive enough to
cause problems.
Korimyr the Rat
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