'GTA' Game Rating Changed to Adults-Only

[Swan]

Originally Posted by Link1130

It says that "NC-17:NO ONE 17 AND UNDER ADMITTED," so I'm thinking you'd have to be 18 to get in.

And why it was changed is kind of funny (and is also where XXX came from).

Because the rating "X" was not trademarked, and just any distributor could stick it on their movie, many porn studios would not send in their movie for rating and just stick an X on it. This became so commonplace that "X" basically meant porn, which is why the official rating was changed to NC-17 (and trademarked).

Also, because nearly every porn movie had an X stuck on it as a rating, some distributors began adding more X's try to distinguish themselves as "more hardcore" than the other movies. So they began to put "XX" and eventually "XXX" on the covers/posters/whatever.

And that is Link1130's porn trivia bit of the decade...


* Link1130 shrugs and walks away

Wow, you really know your porn. Good job!