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It just struck me yesterday that TV commercials for a video games actually begin
by mentioning the game's rating... That's not so terribly significant, but it
does strike me that this makes it that much harder for me to believe those who
claim that parents' lack of awareness of the ratings should be an issue.
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Jul 4, 2008, 09:44 |
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That shift game is pretty damn cool.... Roger that, cheif. Shift 3 is pretty creative.
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Jul 4, 2008, 00:44 |
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From the few previews I read, it sounded like it was a good game with messed up controls. So if a console game has bad controls....
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I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally.
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Jul 3, 2008, 15:46 |
Riker |
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Man, it took like 7 times before I could out what happened in that video. I think someone recorded the video on a 90s cell phone.
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Jul 3, 2008, 15:05 |
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Its just an excuse so the lazy can pass the buck or give the soccer moms and politicians a scapegoat for societies' ills, rather than tackle the complexity of the real issue.
EXACTLY. Each generation has blamed something other than poor parenting for the ills of the next generation, it's been rock and roll, movies, rap music, video games, etc.
It's lazy parenting. If you're not involved with your children, then they will have a different mentor than one you might choose for their upbringing.
Building a mature, responsible, well adjusted human being takes work.
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Jul 3, 2008, 14:12 |
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Its just an excuse so the lazy can pass the buck or give the soccer moms and politicians a scapegoat for societies' ills, rather than tackle the complexity of the real issue.
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Jul 3, 2008, 11:06 |
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I've witnessed cashiers deny the sale of M-rated games to kids and have seen large signs behind some registers describing the rating or saying that they will not sell M-rated games to minors. Yet people still make a big deal of this. Maybe if the parents took 2 seconds to review what they had in their hand they wouldn't get so angry when they watch what their kids are playing. Wouldn't take much - "Little Johnny, what games are you looking forward to playing?"
"Oh you know x, y, z, and a new one this month BB."
"ok, well, lets go watch some gameplay vids and read a few reviews together and see if they are appropriate for you".
Done and done.
Yeah, I have thwarted a few kids dreams over the years for M rated games.....poor suckers. I just couldn't let the parent unknowingly make such a poor decision.
You got a great body, but your record collection sucks....
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In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. |
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Jul 3, 2008, 10:31 |
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That's not so terribly significant, but it does strike me that this makes it that much harder for me to believe those who claim that parents' lack of awareness of the ratings should be an issue. There really isn't an excuse for it. Between the rating, box art, and screenshots on the back the parents should never have an issue determining if a game is appropriate.
I've witnessed cashiers deny the sale of M-rated games to kids and have seen large signs behind some registers describing the rating or saying that they will not sell M-rated games to minors. Yet people still make a big deal of this. Maybe if the parents took 2 seconds to review what they had in their hand they wouldn't get so angry when they watch what their kids are playing.
I've told this story before, but I'll tell it again. I was at a store a while back. A parent with a very young kid (like 8-10) had a copy of Dead Rising in her hand and was asking the cashier if he thought it would be an alright game for the kid.
He was told her about the M-rating in a simple-to-understand way. That wasn't enough, she looked confused.
He went on to descibe the gore, weapons, killing methods, etc. But she still couldn't make up her mind wanted his opinion.
I wanted to scream out "WTF, do you expect a 16-year-old pimply-faced cashier in Highschool to raise your kid? It's your judgment!" But alas I am too timid.
Fine, I'll admit I can't even begin to comprehend how difficult it is to raise a kid. But I know enough to say that asking a cashier to make the decisions for you is pretty sad.
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