It should be up to the parents carnage, you are right.
But most of the time now parents aren't making those decisions. So in that case you just give up and say, "**** it"?
Hello,
Sorry but i can not agree with you and Carnage. The fact is this. How many parents pay attention to the new games and what they entail? I mean after working all day and everything else that has to be done when do they have time to go to a store or online to check what the game content includes?
I have worked in retail and i have many times advised parents on a game and a age group. Plenty of times witht he kids there. The kids got upset with me cause they wanted the game and the parents were set to buy it for them not knowing what they were getting into.
God of War, GTA and plenty of other games should not be avaiable to younger kids. Dont get me wrong when i was 8 i got my first NES and Contra. But back then games were not so life like. They were not so realistic. Now younger kids play these games and can not tell if they are a game or real anymore. Case in point what happen with teh GTA4 and kid who killed teh cab driver.
Yeah the kid may have been mentally instable. But until kids can learn the difference between real and fake they should now play these games. A parents job is tough as it is not to have even more put on them with stuff such as a video game check everytime a kid wants a new one.
That is why the ESRB is a good system. It is just like the rating system at a Movie. It lets parents know that some of the content is not appropiate for the age group.
My daughter is going to be in the same situation. CAuse i will be checking. But at the same time she will not be starting her gaming life, if she wants one, on a PS3 or 360. I will start her on my old NES so she can learn the difference between real and fake. I will make sure she knows that it is just a game and not to do this stuff in real life. Many parents will not take these measures cause they are single aprents or whatever. Maybe they just dont care. But the point is the ESRB is a good system. It should be used.
But that is my opinon as a father. When you have a family and you have to make these decisions for your child. You will see that you think much differently about it yourself. Right now you feel slighted cause you are affected by it. But when it is your child that will be affected. You will have a whole different outcome on what you think.
Cheers,
Mak
