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That's good to hear. It's becoming as synomyous as the MPAA ratings for movies here in the States. I hear a lot of "well, you're not 10 years old, so you can't play this Teen rated game" at my cousins house or just walking through Target.
For the Activision ESRB ratings survey, 1,201 online interviews were conducted among a nationally-representative group of video game players ages 6 to 44 and their parents.
I would seriously hope that the 44 year-old gamers surveyed don't need to get permission from their 70+ year-old parents when buying M-Rated games. But who knows.
I would seriously hope that the 44 year-old gamers surveyed don't need to get permission from their 70+ year-old parents when buying M-Rated games. But who knows.
For the Activision ESRB ratings survey, 1,201 online interviews were conducted among a nationally-representative group of video game players ages 6 to 44 and their parents.
I would seriously hope that the 44 year-old gamers surveyed don't need to get permission from their 70+ year-old parents when buying M-Rated games. But who knows.
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I would seriously hope that the 44 year-old gamers surveyed don't need to get permission from their 70+ year-old parents when buying M-Rated games. But who knows.
this may be the best comment ever written.
I hate to try to inject reason into discussions such as this, but I think there are some questions that would really help to clarify this study. The largest is how does this number stack up against movie rating? That is, how many parents in this group also adhere strictly to MPAA related guidance? And also, how do these parents weigh these ratings against those issued by the MPAA? For instance, do parents recognize that an M rated game is as severe as letting their child watch a rated R movie?
The problem here is this:
Just because people know of something, doesn't necessarily mean they understand it.
Just because people know of something, doesn't necessarily mean they understand it.
I was called an asshole for no apparent reason at all today on ROCK BAND 2 ( rated T for TEEN ) by a little kid...so...
I was called an asshole for no apparent reason at all today on ROCK BAND 2 ( rated T for TEEN ) by a little kid...so...
ONLINE INTERACTIONS NOT RATED BY THE ESRB
They can only do so much, you know? Lego Rock Band doesn't even have online play because I'm sure they didn't want the little kiddies exposed to a-holes like this.
I'm a parent and a gamer. My son's only 3, but he really likes Left 4 Dead 2 (every time I play, he's all GRABBIN A SHOT GRABBIN A SHOT). Kids today are going to be desensitized to pretty much everything, but as a parent, I know better than to play something like Leisure Suit Larry in front of him (not that I'd ever play that, but you know what I mean).
Raise your kids right, and they'll know the difference between right or wrong. Don't let your 12-year-old play GTA4. Let him play the Incredible Hulk. There's just as much violence, but it's not nearly as graphic. :p
ONLINE INTERACTIONS NOT RATED BY THE ESRB
They can only do so much, you know? Lego Rock Band doesn't even have online play because I'm sure they didn't want the little kiddies exposed to a-holes like this.
I'm a parent and a gamer. My son's only 3, but he really likes Left 4 Dead 2 (every time I play, he's all GRABBIN A SHOT GRABBIN A SHOT). Kids today are going to be desensitized to pretty much everything, but as a parent, I know better than to play something like Leisure Suit Larry in front of him (not that I'd ever play that, but you know what I mean).
Raise your kids right, and they'll know the difference between right or wrong. Don't let your 12-year-old play GTA4. Let him play the Incredible Hulk. There's just as much violence, but it's not nearly as graphic. :p
@Joshua Gibbs
I forgot about that *face palm* it says that EVERY TIME you start a game, duh?! DX
Dumb me.
But yes you are right about how kids are being exposed to a lot of violence these days. Especially in commercials. I mean a lot of commercials, even for the smallest products, like body lotion or some hair gel is very...<i>sexually intimate</i> and I think that's kinda...too much. Don't you agree?
Lego Rock Band doesn't have online? o__O
But you sound like a cool parent. Keep it up! :) I wish my dad played my games with me.
I forgot about that *face palm* it says that EVERY TIME you start a game, duh?! DX
Dumb me.
But yes you are right about how kids are being exposed to a lot of violence these days. Especially in commercials. I mean a lot of commercials, even for the smallest products, like body lotion or some hair gel is very...<i>sexually intimate</i> and I think that's kinda...too much. Don't you agree?
Lego Rock Band doesn't have online? o__O
But you sound like a cool parent. Keep it up! :) I wish my dad played my games with me.
@John Johnson
Explain this absurdly generalised statement for me;
"For instance, do parents recognize that an M rated game is as severe as letting their child watch a rated R movie?"
Because playing mass effect is as severe as watching porn?! Do come again!
@Joshua
Along the same lines, I'm not criticising anything really but the general attitude as expressed by; I'll let my 3 year old play L4D2 but not show him leisure suit larry, makes little to no sense. The entire sex is worse than violence thing is getting a little old (unless of course your on about the entire lack of morals and the objectification of women as presented by the game, then well, I retract my statement, as it's totally fair that you teach your kid to survive in a zombie apocalypse, and to not treat women as objects purely to be lusted over).
Explain this absurdly generalised statement for me;
"For instance, do parents recognize that an M rated game is as severe as letting their child watch a rated R movie?"
Because playing mass effect is as severe as watching porn?! Do come again!
@Joshua
Along the same lines, I'm not criticising anything really but the general attitude as expressed by; I'll let my 3 year old play L4D2 but not show him leisure suit larry, makes little to no sense. The entire sex is worse than violence thing is getting a little old (unless of course your on about the entire lack of morals and the objectification of women as presented by the game, then well, I retract my statement, as it's totally fair that you teach your kid to survive in a zombie apocalypse, and to not treat women as objects purely to be lusted over).
The fact that both the ESRB ratings are widely known and eight-year-old are playing Moder Warfare 2 is very, very sad.
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