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Safety is no game.
Is your family set?
A Family Guide to Video
Games and Entertainment
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Table of Contents
3 Overview
4
Get Set: A Quick Guide to Using
Xbox 360 Family Settings
7 Get Set: A Quick Guide to Using Xbox 360
Family Settings for the Online World
11 A PACT for Families
15
How Computer and Video Games are Rated
18
Get Set: A Quick Guide to Using
Windows Vista Parental Controls
20 The Language of Video Games
23
Other Resources
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Tip:
Look at what computer and video games
are in your home. Make sure they meet your
approval and are appropriate for your child
based on ESRB ratings.
3
Overview
Microsoft
®
is committed to helping provide a safe and secure environment
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Our goal is to help parents and caregivers with simple and straight-forward
information to help them make the right decisions for their family around
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As a continuation of our commitment to families, we are providing this
brochure to give you more information about the world of computer and video
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®
, this Family
Guide helps explain Parental Controls, called “Family Settings” for use on your
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A PACT FOR FAMILIES
We have created a way in which adults and children together can set
guidelines for media use—whether playing video games, watching TV and
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It is our hope that you will use this information, share it with your children
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All of this information and more to help families make the choices that are
right for their children is available at www.xbox.com/isyourfamilyset
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Tip:
Set rules on how often and when video games can be
played. Both Xbox 360 and Windows Vista have time
controls to help parents manage these guidlines.
4
Get Set:
A Quick Guide to Using
Xbox 360 Family Settings
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that can help parents and caregivers choose the gaming and entertainment
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The Xbox 360 Family Settings can help control the types of games and movies
that family members can play or view, based on their content rating, and they
can help families manage the amount of time each child uses the Xbox 360
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For more in-depth directions or for more information on how to control
interactions on Xbox LIVE, please visit www.xbox.com/isyourfamilyset
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Choosing the appropriate games for your Xbox 360:
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description of the ratings system, please check out “How Computer and Video
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Once you have changed any of the Family Settings defaults, you must set a
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6
Choosing the appropriate videos for your Xbox 360:
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Under “Video Ratings,” there are four choices: “Movie Ratings,” “TV Ratings,
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For explicit and unrated videos, the default setting is to allow these types of
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Tip:
Get to know the video games your kids play
and who they interact with online. Xbox LIVE
child accounts have the most restrictive
settings and are defaulted to “Friends Only
for online play.
7
Get Set:
A Quick Guide to Using Xbox 360
Family Settings in the Online World
On Xbox LIVE, the online gaming and entertainment network of Xbox 360,
Microsoft provides safety measures to block inappropriate content and
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To allow or block access to Xbox LIVE:
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connect to Xbox LIVE to play games, communicate with other gamers or
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Tip:
Communication is key. Sit down as a
family and put your household media
guidelines into writing.
8
To create an Xbox LIVE account for your child:
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After all of this information is entered, you will have the opportunity to choose
the extent to which gamers in your family will have access to the many online
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Completing your Xbox LIVE account:
If you and your family are connected to Xbox LIVE, you have the ability to
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has built-in settings to ensure gamers are playing and communicating with the
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the online game playing, privacy, friends and content settings for the gamers in
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If you are returning to your Xbox 360, you can control this access from the
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To manage access to voice and text messages sent online, choose “Voice and
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If your family has purchased an Xbox LIVE Vision Camera, you will be able to
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control access to video communication, go to the “Privacy and Friends” menu
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Family Timer (available Dec. 2007 via Xbox LIVE):
Xbox 360 Family Settings help parents and caregivers ensure their children
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pop-up will alert you to the ending of the session and offer you three options:
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In addition to the Family Settings technology we have developed a new,
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way for parents and children to discuss and put into writing guidelines for
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Parents and caregivers, please make a Family PACT with each child in your
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SAFETY IS
NO GAME.
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FAMILY SET?
MAKE A
PACT
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For more information on Xbox 360 Family Settings and
Windows Vista Parental Controls, please visit
xbox.com/isyourfamilyset or
gamesforwindows.com/isyourfamilyset.
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Tips:
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Dear Parent/Caregiver:
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to make a PACT to help guide your
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can your child use, based on their
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Entertainment & Devices Division
Dear Student:
We want you to play video games,
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Tip:
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15
How Computer and
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enforces advertising guidelines and oversees privacy issues in the video game
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Titles listed as RP (Rating Pending) have been
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rating. (This symbol appears only in advertising
prior to a game’s release.)
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content descriptors that triggered that rating—from comic mischief to
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ratings, but for more information, please visit www.mpaa.org/index.asp
MPAA FILM RATINGS
General
Audiences
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language, nudity and sex, violence, etc. that would,
in the view of the Rating Board, be offensive to
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Parental
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parents before they let their children view it. The
label PG plainly states parents may consider some
material unsuitable for their children, but leaves
the parent to make the decision.
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Rating Board, leaps beyond the boundaries of the
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restricted R category.
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patently too adult for their youngsters under 17.
No children will be admitted at the movie theaters.
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Get Set:
A Quick Guide to Using
Windows Vista Parental Controls
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specifying certain times of day that users have access to the computer with a
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The Microsoft Games for Windows Web site at www.gamesforwindows.
com/isyourfamilyset has an article with tips for determining if a game is
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genre of games, the Game Advisor will provide a list of age-appropriate
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Web sites that offer opportunities to view footage, or possibly, participate in a
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At this point, parents will be given choices to control a variety of
content and times including:
Web Content
By clicking on the box that indicates which material should be blocked, parents
can help prevent their children from accessing a variety of Web content,
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Computer Games
Parents can restrict the types of computer games played based on two criteria:
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Controls, parents can block games that are either too mature or have
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Tip:
Teach your children that they should
immediately tell you if anyone online makes
them feel uncomfortable and can do so
without fear of getting into trouble or losing
video game playing privileges.
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Time Limits
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understand schedule, parents can set when the computer can be used and for
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Finally, parents can also review activity reports to monitor what their children
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accomplished by viewing the “Activity Viewer” in the “User Controls” section
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the Games for Windows branding take advantage of the new gaming features
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The Language of Video Games
If you want to help protect your kids while they play video games, you need to
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WHAT TYPES OF GAMES THERE ARE
FPS: First Person Shooter This is a computer and video game genre
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FFA: Free-For-All A form of multiplayer gameplay where there are no
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