Truth about epilepsy and why the filter is NONSENSE

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Originally Posted by binky9

Given the small number of people at risk, and the thousands of video games published over the last 30+ years, and millions of copies sold, why is this just now being recognized as a problem so large by only one distributor that a filter must be added to CoD?

Are other developers experiencing this problem?

Are other distributors demanding changes to current and future video games?

It's not one distributor. It's an editor.

And they test all their games.

So do other editors. So yes, they must ask for changes to games if they fail the tests.

I've posted about that in one of the many thread mentionend.


binky9: in the UK, all TV shows are now tested tested to broadcast.

http://www.videogameseizures.org/Pre...trategies.html

"In December 2008 video game manufacturers in the UK agreed to test their video game images for seizure safety prior to release"


http://www.gamesradar.com/ds/rayman-...05165411533021


"If the UK law changes, it would bring video games in line with TV and film, both of which are already required by law to be screenedfor any risk of causing photo-sensitive epilepsy seizures."



My take on that: to avoid a drastic laws & control by a governement organization, editors agreed to test the games themselves. They are now bound by this promise


http://spong.com/article/15691/Ubiso...s-for-Epilepsy

"John Penrose, the Conservative member of parliament for Weston-Super-Mare used yesterday's session in the Commons to ask Margaret Hodge*, the Minister for Department for Culture, Media & Sport, just why video games publishers didn't face the same regulation as television broadcasters when it comes to photosensitive epilepsy. (..)

All was not happiness and, excuse the reference, light with Mr Penrose however, as he also told Hodge that, "The point is that some games manufacturers may decide to do that, but there is a huge number of games-makers and manufacturers throughout the world. Some are large and responsible, such as Ubisoft, but as in any industry, there is a large number of manufacturers who are relatively tiny, and although some may be responsible, we cannot be sure. (..)
However, there is a point at which he appears to have gone slightly over the top. Hodge highlights this in her opening remarks when she states, "The honourable gentleman calls on the Government to make it a legal requirement for computer games publishers to test their products before publication, and to remove scenes that could trigger a photosensitive epileptic seizure."









http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2008/07/wipeout-hd-fail/

"CVG is reporting that Wipeout HD, a futuristic racing game that moves at a fast clip and features lots of shiny neon decorations, "fails the epilepsy tests so much that it has to be re-engineered"