Inappropriate Content: A Brief History of Videogame Ratings and the ESRB

[The_root_of_all_evil]

As a child I would have been horrified by what I see today as an adult, rating systems aren't censorship; they're a protection.

Sure, you could argue that they don't need protection; but then, do we need condoms?

Beery, sorry, but you're the guy that mixes up Freedom of Speech with Freedom of Responsible Speech. You, or anyone else, does NOT have the right to demand your Private Rights in a Public Environment. That's terrorism. In your Private Area, fine.

Public Environments, like the Internet, require Responsible Speech/Actions. Or you're just handing them the case for banning Net Neutrality.

I could go into reasons : Like denying Murderers their right to bear arms; but I think it'd get too political.

 

[Imitation Saccharin]

Should kids be playing GTA, Manhunt, Kingpin? Of course not.

And I'll be god damned if I'm going to make parents actually take an interest in their kids lives and search these games themselves!

 

[ObnoxiousTwat]

Oh yes by all means change the rating systems. Goodness knows little Billy will never think to simply play the game when no one is around or that he can simpaly go over to little Tommy's house and play the game. I'm sure that every underage person will never touch a mature game one they see the rating.

*For those a little slow in the mind, the sarcasm in this post is thick enough to cut with a knife.

 

[Tommeh Brownleh]

I'm about 4 years away from the "appropriate" age to play games like Halo or Assassins Creed, do I play them anyway? Yeah. Am I still mentally intact? Unless you count misanthropy as insanity yes. I haven't killed anyone, I don't PLAN to, and honestly, its the parents decision whether or not their kid can play the game. Not the government's.