AG offers video game rating tips for parents:
Imagine that. A state Attorney General and a Democrat to boot that isn’t overreacting about video games.
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood has actually reminded parents to check the ESRB ratings of games before buying them for children.
A politician with common sense? *gasp* Our hats off to AG Hood.
Thanks to Game Politics for the tip.
Just in time for the fucking holidays, we get yet another “why won’t someone think about the children?” group who has their panties in a wad over violent video games.
Of course, they’re naming the usual suspects of GTA: San Andreas, Halo 2, Doom 3 and Half-Life 2. All pretty violent games. All games that are Rated M you dumbasses. It’s the video game equivalent of an “R” rating.
You can blame the game companies for making such games. You can even blame the game retailers for being lax in their enforcement of the ratings. But here’s a thought, how about laying blame on THE PARENTS who buy these games for their kids.
The rating is clearly marked on the packaging, and it even states why the games received that rating. The fact that “parents” keep buying these games for their underage kids means one of two things. They’re either oblivious to the ratings or they just don’t care.