Microsoft's Avatar Rules: No Sperm, Blood, Or Talking
Finally, some content restrictions I can (sorta) get behind: Microsoft's rules for indie games that use NXE avatars are pretty clear and, if you haven't caught on by now, bar semen from the 360:
"No sexual or bodily fluids or substances can come from the avatar."
But what is a New Xbox Experience without sperms? Oh, the humanity.
Actually, not so much with the humanity. Microsoft also wants to keep their avatars from learning how to speak, presumably so they won't ask for help procuring semen. Those little guys must be hella frisky!
"The player's avatar should not have their own voice. They are allowed to make individual sounds, such as laughing and crying but otherwise cannot use a voice."
Ok, preverbal avatars with dry pants, check. The avatars are also prohibited from using profane or discriminatory language and obscene gestures. Crime is okay, as long as "criminal activities [are] relevant to the story," but sex, as always, is a big no-no. Even the "insinuation" of sexual acts is verboten, although cartoon violence is fine and the poor fellas "can die temporarily to depict failure." I cannot wait.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have to die temporarily to depict failure. BTW, what does dying permanently depict?
No Voice or Sperm for Xbox Avatars [Spong]
tiny dancer
Posted to Hot Stuff, Miscellany on 22 June 2009
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Dying permanently is an epic fail and against the laws of Microsoft.
BTW, what does dying permanently depict?
I think it depicts extreme failure
Doesn't crying involve bodily fluids?
Also, am I the only one that quotes Dr Strangelove in my mind when I hear about our Preciously Bodily Fluids?
I was playing 1vs100 over the weekend and "the one" was "Banana Hammock". He lasted about 2 questions before he was mysteriously disconnected :)
Remember kiddies sex is bad, but fatality is OK!