I couldn't buy M-rated game at my local game store. I really don't see why this law is necessary in any way at all. Most Walmart locations don't let kids buy M games to begin with.
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I agree as well, it's ridiculous. How about, too bad PTC, suck it up -_-. It's not like the industry controls what your kids play, don't demonize them just because your didn't take the time to act like an adult (as the two above me said PARENT. YOUR. OWN. FUCKING. KIDS! It can't be that hard!). I've never even heard of these guys and quite frankly I don't give a flying fuck what they think.kayisking said:
Eri said:
Ooh, the PTC is bitching about something again, that's totally new.
Had a feeling they'd react like this, but they're pretty notorious for this kinda stuff, so not much of a threat.
They still annoy the hell outta me, they'd prefer it if all media was censored and "child friendly".
Apparently it takes less effort to ***** about and try to censor media than it does to actually do your damn job as a parent.
Had a feeling they'd react like this, but they're pretty notorious for this kinda stuff, so not much of a threat.
They still annoy the hell outta me, they'd prefer it if all media was censored and "child friendly".
Apparently it takes less effort to ***** about and try to censor media than it does to actually do your damn job as a parent.
paranoid parent,s of America is it that hard to throw the fucking game out and say NO to your kid when it want,s to play the new GTA.
Also allot of system,s have a parent lock.
Also allot of system,s have a parent lock.
Even if that above state were 100% true (I can kind of see the connection, but not fully), it doesn't make it the responsibility of the government to police the games and it's doesn't make it the game industry's responsibility to stop selling these titles. They aren't for kids. It really is the parents job to monitor what a child is playing. It just seems like common sense.bombadilillo said:
If these games gotta go, then rated R (and many PG-13) movies need to get the boot too. But that's that's just crazy.
Fuckin' idiots. It's easier to them to do this kind of shit than it is to actually raise their kids properly? No wonder kids are getting dumber when they have dumb parents.
I don't know how it works else where, but at my store if the game is rated M, the computer makes us ask for I.D. And we have to scan/swipe it. If we enter the birth date, it locks us out and our supervisor has to come over and manually approve it. We have no way to get around it. If the birth date is too young, the computer won't let us sell the game.
On the rare occasions I go to Game Stop, they also ask for my I.D. if I'm buying a M rated game. I'm curious what companies aren't following this, because it seems standard everywhere I go.
On the rare occasions I go to Game Stop, they also ask for my I.D. if I'm buying a M rated game. I'm curious what companies aren't following this, because it seems standard everywhere I go.
I most have lucked out since my parents bought what every I asked for with out question in terms of the game in question. I had Doom, Wolfenstien 3D, Duke Nukem 3D, Quake, Unreal Torny, Diablo, and all before age 11 
. You know what my parents did, TAUGHT ME THAT GAMES AND REAL LIFE ARE TOO DIFFERENT THINGS AND TO KNOW TO ALWAYS SEPARATE THE BLOODY TWO. Yep I had my first "M" game at age 4 and I turned out well.
. You know what my parents did, TAUGHT ME THAT GAMES AND REAL LIFE ARE TOO DIFFERENT THINGS AND TO KNOW TO ALWAYS SEPARATE THE BLOODY TWO. Yep I had my first "M" game at age 4 and I turned out well.
You do know that consoles (At least the PS3 anyway, I don't know about the xbox, as I don't have one) have a parental control system that prohibits the playing of games from a rating level of your choice upwards? It's really not that difficult to control what kind of games your kids play.666Chaos said:
Y'know, with all of the misguided and wasted effort that the PTC puts into ridiculous fights, just imagine if they channeled all of that effort into being parents and educating other parents on being better parents.
We would have a group of parents actually involved in their children's lives and after that who knows, we could end up with an awesome upcoming generation of people because their parents stopped being idiots and became caring and nurturing sources of guidance.
However, that's never going to happen because that just makes way too much sense and we all know that common sense is a rare gift nowadays; practically a super power because it's so rare.
We would have a group of parents actually involved in their children's lives and after that who knows, we could end up with an awesome upcoming generation of people because their parents stopped being idiots and became caring and nurturing sources of guidance.
However, that's never going to happen because that just makes way too much sense and we all know that common sense is a rare gift nowadays; practically a super power because it's so rare.
I was 17 when Fable 2 came out, but I could have easily passed for 20. I'm 6'1, built so big that the least I could ever weigh even with zero body fat is probably 180, and I have a beard. Regardless of this, I was denied sale of Fable 2 by the lady who worked at Gamestop who could stay nothing to comfort me except for the fact she could lose her job if I was under 17 and she sold me that game. Sure, it was my fault I was late on the uptake of getting a driver's license, so all the ID I had was a driving permit with a really grainy picture that actually didn't look a damn thing like me. That didn't stop me from being really mad that I then had to walk home and wait for my mom to get off work before I could get my hands on this game.
So yeah, they're batshit crazy if they think retailers don't do enough to enforce the sale of mature games to underage kids. I'd bet most parents don't even look at the box when their kid asks for a game, then they flip out when they see their kid rip the skull out of their enemy's head and then use the leftover skin flop as a faprag.
So yeah, they're batshit crazy if they think retailers don't do enough to enforce the sale of mature games to underage kids. I'd bet most parents don't even look at the box when their kid asks for a game, then they flip out when they see their kid rip the skull out of their enemy's head and then use the leftover skin flop as a faprag.
Why is it whenever you hear about an organization with the words "family" or "parents" you can replace that word with "bunch of puritanical busybody assholes who want to impose their ignorant repressed lifestyle on everyone else" and that would accurately describe who they are?
This seems to remind me of 1980s parent groups trying to get music labelled with "violent/occult/sexual themes etc"
Yeah, parents you could actually, you know, walk by the tv and see whether your son and/or daughter is blowing kittens heads off with a shotgun or playing happy adventure pony land...
people are always trying to shift the blame away from themselves it seems.
Yeah, parents you could actually, you know, walk by the tv and see whether your son and/or daughter is blowing kittens heads off with a shotgun or playing happy adventure pony land...
people are always trying to shift the blame away from themselves it seems.
i don't get it
why are there even ratings if they are not enforced?
yeah sure it's nice for parents to know what they want or don't want to buy for their children but children know what they want and most children have the funds and freedom to buy what they want
so the ratings are more like encouraging symbols for them to buy the most extreme content they can get
enforcing the ratings for games is not more evil than forbidding kids to visit strip clubs and porn movies
hell kids aren't even allowed to gamble or drink alcohol
so why the big fuzz about it?
why is that infringing the first amendment and the other stuff kids aren't allowed to do not?
why are there even ratings if they are not enforced?
yeah sure it's nice for parents to know what they want or don't want to buy for their children but children know what they want and most children have the funds and freedom to buy what they want
so the ratings are more like encouraging symbols for them to buy the most extreme content they can get
enforcing the ratings for games is not more evil than forbidding kids to visit strip clubs and porn movies
hell kids aren't even allowed to gamble or drink alcohol
so why the big fuzz about it?
why is that infringing the first amendment and the other stuff kids aren't allowed to do not?