Cryptic is based in the US and therefore must abide by US laws

well sounds like America is not very free in these terms if Cryptic was in GB i think it would be 15 or 16 since you can do a certain thing at 16

If it were Canada, it would be 18. Thats the age of becoming an adult here and that stuff is considered adult material

oh yeah forgot the diffrance between the free world and the USA

oh same here exept if your allowed to do the content why should you not be allowed to see the content? lol its strange here gotta be 18 to drink but only 16 for that

We own Canada now? Sweet!

Also, you'll note that the United States and Canada aren't the only countries where the age of majority is 18. See how the UK (except Scotland) is on that list, too? Just be glad this isn't a Singaporan game, seeing how their age of majority is 21.

gah! bad manifest destiny

Um, no. It has little to do with "free" and everything to do with people's personal thresholds. Some people would scream bloody murder and call up the nearest attorney or bored reporter if their child was subjected to a word like the old school term for a donkey (now more commonly used to refer to a part of the human body). Cryptic and Atari don't want to have to deal with that drama, so they use a very simple method to protect themselves from those morons.

Remember, the way you're using the word, "free" means you CAN do something. It doesn't mean you should. I'm guessing (and it's just a guess, I'm not casting aspersions on you) the reason you even asked the question in the original post is because you're well under the age specified and you're somewhat peeved that you can't participate in this particular reindeer game (didn't see Sonaos complain about it, for example). Don't sweat it, it's not nearly as important as you think.

On to Mexico!

EDIT: I misread. Nothing to see here.