Age ratings

[some random guy]

Do you consider age ratings as rules that must be followed by everyone, recommendations that can be bypassed by parents for a reason or something else?

Do you think that parents should be able to decide whether game X is suitable for their kid or do you believe that parents should be prevented from buying certain games for their kids?

Do you consider the ESRB/BBFC ect to be fair?

If you're a parent, do you follow age ratings completely or do you consider your kid(s) to be mature enough for games with ratings above his/her/their age?

Discuss.

 

[rokudan]

The ESRB/BBFC is just another CYA for game developers/sellers so irate parents dont sue the shit out of them. It goes back to the PMRC in the 80's in the USA, and a very funny was done by VH1 on the subject. Good luck finding it though. Best I could do is this clip off of Youtube. Its from the documentary Headbangers Journey.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7C5kj1VRIU

 

[HuCast]

as long as I havent played the whole game myself I cant judge if its ok for the kids so I ´ll go by the rating.

 

[some random guy]

Woops! Sorry for posting the same thread twice. I'm really not sure how that happened. Just ignore this one. Hopefully, someone will delete it later.