Federal agency for the positive rating of computer and console games
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| State level | Federation | ||
| founding | 2005 | ||
| Headquarters | Untere Donaustraße 13–15, 1020 Vienna | ||
| Website | www.bupp.at | ||
The Federal Agency for the Positive Rating of Computer and Console Games , abbreviated BuPP , is an institution of the Austrian Federal Ministry for Labor, Family and Youth .
Field of activity
According to its own information, the BuPP provides “information on recommended computer games and recommended games for consoles and mobile devices ( smartphones , tablets ) in order to provide parents and educationalists with an orientation aid in making a selection.” In addition to the PEGI system for age classification that is valid throughout Europe , the BuPP regularly plays educationally "particularly recommendable" games. A list of all recommended games can be viewed on the website, whereby specific categories - for example games for "younger players" or games for "thinking, puzzling, creating" - can be searched. Award-winning games are always presented with a short description of the game, a few screenshots and a list of pros and cons that explicitly take educational aspects into account.
history
The BuPP has existed in its current form since 2005. The roots go back to a symposium “Youth and Computer” in 1994. There, experts discussed concepts of the Federal Testing Office for writings harmful to young people in the context of the nationwide confiscation of the Wolfenstein 3D game that had taken place in Germany shortly before and compared these to other conceivable strategies. The result of the dispute was the recommendation to politicians "to focus on the strategies of positive rating and media competence promotion and to systematically pursue them."
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The work of the BuPP, highlighting and recommending pedagogically valuable video games, is perceived as the “opposite path” to the usual practice in Germany of “prohibiting, restricting or, ultimately, indexing certain titles”.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Rainer Sigl: Digital double standards: The hair-raising censorship of video games. derStandard.at , March 30, 2014, accessed on August 17, 2020 .
- ↑ Search mask for recommended games on the BuPP website. Retrieved August 17, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c Herbert Rosenstingl: On the strategy of the positive rating of computer and console games in Austria. Player's Guide NRW , accessed on August 17, 2020 .