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The Game Rating Board (; GRB) is the South Korean video game content rating board. A governmental organization, the GRB rates video games to inform customers of the nature of game contents. Initially, the Korea Media Rating Board, a governmental organization, rated video games just like other entertainment media. However, a controversy occurred because the Korea Media Rating Board rated an arcade gambling game ''Sea Story'' as if it were suitable for everyone, with allegations of misconduct. The Korean government responded to the controversy by creating the GRB in 2006 and making it the only rating organization for rating video games in South Korea. GRB has been criticized as one of the elements of the Internet censorship in South Korea. == Ratings with Criteria == Four rating used by GRB: *The content of the game has no representation of anti-societal idea, distortion or profanity of religion and public morals that would be harmful to children under 15 emotionally and physically *The content and motif of the game have no representation of obscenity, violence, speculation, etc. that would be harmful to children under 15(indirect and restricted representation of sexuality, violence, improper language(expletives) and low level of reproduction of gambling spirit (arousing of passion for excessive use of gaming money, or dependence on one's luck) *The content of the game has representations of anti-societal idea, religion and public morals that would be harmful to children under 18 emotionally and physically. *The content and motif of the game have representations of obscenity, violence, speculation, etc. that would be harmful to children under 18 (direct and concrete graphical representation of sexuality, violence, improper language(expletives), reproduction of gambling spirit (existence of arousing of passion of excessive use of gaming money, or dependence on one's luck, but no real gaining or loss of one's asset). Most video games can be of any rating, though only 'All' and 'Teenager restricted' are permitted for arcade games. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Game Rating Board」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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