The PS2 had child lock etc. etc.
Again this bill is pointless and nothing new if a parent can't be bothered to spend a minute google researching a game or ask someone in the shop who works there if it's suitable for their little Johnny then it's their own fault & negligance.
Failures of society and parenting being brushed under the carpet and excused by a convient scapegoat ftw.......
Maybe once we've banned everything and the problems still exist will the slowminded actually realise.
Originally posted by Peach
No study is going to actually find a link between games and violence. Not one that's actually credible; most done have other intervening factors that are conveniently not mentioned when presented to the public (like giving GTA to a 5 year old, or someone that's already shown a predisposition towards violence). No mentally stable person is going to play a game and then go "Hmmm, maybe I'll shoot someone for fun".(it's actually a topic I'm vastly interested in, being a gamer studying to be a psychologist, and is something I plan to do research into myself at some point)
Good luck in mandating parental controls on all systems when the current gen ones are, other than the PS2, the only ones being made anymore, and those have them already. Hell, the PS2 does as well.
And...um...all games DO have the ratings on the case. I point them out to people dozens of times a day. Retailers won't stock or carry games that don't have ratings. Most won't even stock ones with A/O ratings.
All in all, this is just silly, and isn't even going to accomplish anything at all.
It is going to accomplish something: Waste your hard-earned tax money 😬
about that, both parents and their children have their responsibilities.
parents need to take care of their children. if their children would walk in the wrong way, it's their job to instruct their children. children too must know which one is right and which one is wrong. true that their parents need to teach them about those things. but if they know it and still acting naughty, it's their fault. their parents had already teach them.
actually I hate violence games such as GTA, bully. I hope I'll never see them again.
Originally posted by S_D_J
It is going to accomplish something: Waste your hard-earned tax money 😬
Well, as I live in Illinois, not New York...no it won't 😛
Originally posted by Kirikaze Fuuma
actually I hate violence games such as GTA, bully. I hope I'll never see them again.
So don't buy them. Problem solved.
Originally posted by Blax_Hydralisk
My ma bought Ninjga Gaiden for my yesterday, and while were there the game stop guy was like "Ma'am, just so you know this game is rated mature for blood and gore, intense violence, partial nudity and suggest-" And she was like "Whatever whatever I'm in a rush. Just put it in the bag." haermm
Ha cute 😆
Originally posted by Peach
Well, as I live in Illinois, not New York...no it won't 😛
Well, the thing in New York is just the start, you know? I don't live in New York either, but it certainly makes me nervous... and it's not just video games either. I like video games, but I never play any of the ones violent enough to be affected/influenced by this. What scares me is that if they get away with the studies and the laws to regulate video games, what's to stop them from applying that to movies? TV? Books?
That's what really scares me... and why I signed up and everything.
Originally posted by ariwin
Well, the thing in New York is just the start, you know? I don't live in New York either, but it certainly makes me nervous... and it's not just video games either. I like video games, but I never play any of the ones violent enough to be affected/influenced by this. What scares me is that if they get away with the studies and the laws to regulate video games, what's to stop them from applying that to movies? TV? Books?That's what really scares me... and why I signed up and everything.
They've been blaming violent TV shows and books for ages.
Society tries it's best to point the finger at everyone and everything BUT Parents.