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Do you believe that the esrb is useless?
Topic Started: Dec 18 2005, 08:35 PM (899 Views)
Black Angel
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Do you believe that the esrb is useless? Do parents have the right to sue the video game makers? Why or Why not? B)
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Entertainment Software Rating Board - ESRB?
http://www.esrb.org/
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Black Angel
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Yes, that is exactly what i am refering to. B)
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I don't believe it to be completly useless. It allows for parents to choose what types of games they want thier children to buy.

Sometimes, parents do not have much knowledge on a certain game and therfore an ESRB rating will help the parents decide if they want to buy it.

It's a good way to find out the bad parts of a game, before you buy so a parent doesn't expose thier child to something they don't want them seeing.
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Black Angel
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personally, i believe that it is the parents responsibility to do the research on the games before they purchase them... because i am willing to bet that the kid already knows more about the game than the parents at the time that they ask for it.. yeah parents usually dont know anything about the game unless they are told. "ignorance is not an excuse" the parents can can ask the store cashier or a manager cant they? they can also look it up on the internet.. if people use the internet to search for porn then why can't they use it to research games? B)
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I agree 100% with that. its the PARENTS Responicibalty on what there kid can play the ESRB just helps with the process provided the parent actuly cares about it also it would work better if stores enforced the M and AO ratings -_-
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i believe that the lawsuit brought against Rockstar Games, should have been treated the same way as the lawsuit involving the overweight kids against mcdonalds. The ESRB rating is on the package for a reason.. if it was rated MA for mature then why would you get it for a 14 year old?

Mind you, while i believe that Rockstar has crossed the line with SA, i don't think that they should have been sued.
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I'm not really familiar with the ESRB, as I don't have kids and it came out after I was too old to have to deal with it, so I'm not sure exactly what all it does, but here's my take:

Ideally, parents would be able to check out or research games or anything else beforehand, but that's not really realistic, especially since a game might have hundreds of hours of play, with only one scene or whatever that the parents would find unacceptable, so they may not even be able to witness that scene even if they played the game all the way through, etc.

So, I think it's reasonable to have some sort of content rating and description requirement, though who gets to establish any sort of rating would concern me.
The main thing though, is that I don't think it should be able to be enforced.
It should just be a guideline for parents to use to make informed decisions.
Nobody has any business telling my kids they can't go see a movie, or play a game, or buy a game, or do anything else like that if I decide it's ok.
As far as retailers selling "Mature" games to kids or whatever, it seems to me that's rather like letting them buy an adult magazine or cigarettes or something, which I would be fine with, if it could be proven that they had parental permission, but that's sort of hard to prove, so.. :unsure:
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To clarify, since I was asked about it, that last bit of my comment was referring to the actual purchasing, not consumption, which would be another matter entirely.
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Yes, people hardly check for it when you make a purchase.
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December 18, 2005 07:36 PM
Yes, people hardly check for it when you make a purchase.

But the ESRB does not have the authority to stop kids from buying an M rated game. It's the stores responsibility.
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Black Angel
December 18, 2005 05:35 PM
Do you believe that the esrb is useless? Do parents have the right to sue the video game makers? Why or Why not? B)

Yes. No. Parents should control what their kids can and can't do, not a company, or goverment.
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December 19, 2005 12:33 AM
Black Angel
December 18, 2005 05:35 PM
Do you believe that the esrb is useless? Do parents have the right to sue the video game makers? Why or Why not? B)

Yes. No. Parents should control what their kids can and can't do, not a company, or goverment.

The ESRB just helps the parents choose by starting whats in the game. it is THE parents choice for the kids to get the game (espicay M games) if the store follows the rules too (which is rare)
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well parents are there to support the kids so i think it is right that they check the esrb before purchasing it for their child. They should never allow their child to purchase a game alone too
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imagine how messed up it would be if they ever passed a law requiring people to show id proving that they are 18+ to purchase a game that was rated M or AO.. B)
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Umm M is 17+ AO I think is 21(or was that 18)+
I remember some one complaining about how they don't check for T games T is like PG or PG-13 at the movies no one really cares if a kid gets it since it is not really that bad for the most part. :r
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