| I am in incredibly experienced and hardcore gamer and feel I can put in my two cents here. While I know it is certainly the responsibility of the parents to moniter kids and regulate what they do and see, I do think video games have a horrible habit of using excessive violence and sex to sell their products. I think there should be regulations, because it is impossible for a parent to keep track of every game a kid plays. Kids play what they can get ahold of whether a parent knows or not.
I think instead of the ESRB, the games should have a detailed list of everything questionable in the game. It should say there is swearing, sex, violence, gore, and whatever. ESRB does this to an extent, but parents should have a better idea of what a game contains. I don't know if we should have T or M rated games, but parents should look at what a game contains, and decide if they want their kid to play that.
Those of you who claim violent games have no effect on kids have got to be joking. I myself a gamer, recognize that certain games have either hardened me against certain things or made me get angry easier. I have seen this in fellow gamers as well. Gamers have a tendency to learn lose their temper, especially those who like violent of competitive games. |