The California State Senator behind a controversial piece of legislation concerning the sale of violent video games to minors has claimed that ESRB guideline ratings are "biased".
San Francisco democrat Leland Yee said that his new piece of legislation was needed because the ESRB age-rating scheme is "rather biased." He told GameSpot that since the games industry itself funds the ESRB, ... [ read the full article ]
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Quote:He said that his bill does not mean minors will be unable to get ultraviolent video games, they will instead just need to convince their parents to get them instead.
they'll just get them from Amazon or Ebay, or another online retailer.
Quote:He said that his bill does not mean minors will be unable to get ultraviolent video games, they will instead just need to convince their parents to get them instead.
they'll just get them from Amazon or Ebay, or another online retailer.
Quote:He said that his bill does not mean minors will be unable to get ultraviolent video games, they will instead just need to convince their parents to get them instead.
they'll just get them from Amazon or Ebay, or another online retailer.
Meh I suppose its probably similar to going to a rated R movie, or buying a Parental Advisory CD. it all depends on who is working the counter. If they are worried about the repercussions there going to card you, but then theres always that employee or employees who just dont give a...and are going to sell the movie ticket or the game to a 15 year old kid, or younger. Its not like they cant hop from store to store til they find a clerk who will sell to them.
The problem is that he does not think...he just says whatever the public wants to hear...and the public wants to hear about how evil videogames cause murder, terrorism, flag burning, and gays. This is the crowd that lines up for book burnings...and they are in the majority.
We are talking teenagers here. I know there are parents out of touch in their 30s and cannot tell what games are what. My wife is one of them, but I have been around games most of my life. We need government interaction on video games? Really? I remember growing up Leisure Suit Larry, was pretty raunchy. Police Quest was pretty graphic. Police Quest did not have a "warning". Parents need to buck up and get involved in their kids lives. (Off soap box for now)
