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Article: Digital drinks: Beer Pong controversy.(Citings)(Brief article)
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- Reason
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- November 1, 2008
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DESIGNERS AT JV Games modeled Beer Pong, a video game for the Wii, after a drinking game in which players attempt to throw ping-pong balls across a table into half-full cups of beer. Although there's no alcohol involved in the electronic version of the game (computers aren't that advanced yet), Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal nonetheless pressured JV Games to rename the game Pong Toss and to replace its pixelated cups of beer with pixelated cups of water.
The beer version had been rated "T" by the Entertainment Software Rating Board, meaning it's appropriate for players 13 or older. (The new version is rated "E" for "Everyone") Blumenthal called ...