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Congress doesn't get games? |
Listed in: PS3, Wii, Xbox 360, MMORPG, Nintendo DS Tags: ESRB, Penny Arcade
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As mentioned by a MyQJ blogger last month, the new law would require the ESRB to play through the entire video game to "properly" rate it, and to develop a "general rating system" to cover all electronic media: TV, movies, music, and video games.
The reason why "Congress doesn't get it," as industry watchers have noted, is because video games aren't like movies, music, or TV. This isn't a two-hour snorefest with a clean beginning and a clean end. Video games are time-intensive, player-interactive, storyline-branching, Easter-egg-dropping entertainment that nothing else can compare to - and that's just the beginning. Add user-created content and the online experience, and the ratings job becomes Herculean, if not impossible.
Article's conclusion: ask the ESRB to play through an entire game to see all its hidden and overt content, and it's practically asking them to sign their own death warrant, by Congressional act. While the ESRB may need some beefing up, this Congressional solution it seems, is taking a sledgehammer to the entire thing.
Whatever happened to simply playing these games with your kid? Freedom of expression in media and in the net notwithstanding, it's responsible parenthood, and kids growing up need a responsible role model - or at least someone to remind them that unlike Grand Theft Auto, the real-world police will pawn you. Heck of a lot cheaper than any bill Congress would pass, too.
Speaking of which, this reminds me of a joke. Pro is to con as Progress is to...
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only pick out the ‘core portion’
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Why does every article I read about ratings state something about parents being parents. Do you see groups of parents marching in protest? Do you see parenting organizations donating tons of money to politicians to change law? I don\'t. I see politicians doing what they always, getting lead astray by a few zealots. I am a parent with children that game, I game with them. If the majority of parents were behind capitol hill on these things, don\'t you think the laws would have been passed long ago? Think about these things before posting about parents being the problem.
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I mean... "
Oh, I ate my friend... because uh... I did it in checkers... ¬_¬"
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In the end, its not addiction to technology, even though they should say electronics because the term technology is too vague for this, a fork, s***** or knife is technology, its more like lack of discipline.
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ESRB is there to help parents make responsible choices. Sure congress(and most management) shouldn't be in charge of decisions like this, but at least they want to help parents help themselves. It really should be up to the ESRB to decide how content is rated and as far as I know game ratings are rarely off. But apparantly there may have been one or two big mistakes >_>...
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