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Gold Chocobo
 Member 1189 Level 30.45 Mar 2006 
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Parents don't know what the ESRB is, at least not the majority of them. For Christ's sake, I had a kid bring to the counter GTA: San Andreas with parent in tow. At this point, one of two things always happens when I tell the parent this game is rated M (or AO):
Situation A: Parents say "Okay." and buys the kid the game. What can I do about it? Nothin. Situation B: Parents say "What's that mean?" and after I explain it to them, they get a near-horrified expression on their faces because they just realized how many M-Rated games they've purchased or rented for their kids. Most amazing jew boots Reading -- Bleach, Claymore, Chun Rhang Yhur Jhun, NOW, Zero: Beginning of the Coffin, Black God, Twelve Kingdoms (novels), History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi Watching -- Bleach Playing -- Fable II, Valkyria Chronicles, Guitar Hero: World Tour, Star Ocean: First Departure, LittleBigPlanet, MegaMan 9, Mirror's Edge |
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Gold Chocobo
Member 1189 Level 30.45 Mar 2006
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That's the problem though Celt. It still doesn't seem like the majority of parents are overseeing their kids purchases. I'd say 1 out of 10 parents that buy something in my store even bother to mention something about the content or ESRB rating. And 100% of them don't know were to look for the rating nor do they know where to look on the back for the list of what caused said rating.
At most, by "oversee" I would assume the researchers mean "watch their kids pay for a game or pay for it themselves." 'Cause not too many of them ask about ratings. There's nowhere I can't reach. Reading -- Bleach, Claymore, Chun Rhang Yhur Jhun, NOW, Zero: Beginning of the Coffin, Black God, Twelve Kingdoms (novels), History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi Watching -- Bleach Playing -- Fable II, Valkyria Chronicles, Guitar Hero: World Tour, Star Ocean: First Departure, LittleBigPlanet, MegaMan 9, Mirror's Edge |
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Gold Chocobo
Member 1189 Level 30.45 Mar 2006
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Honestly, I don't know why the ESRB (and for that matter, the television rating system as well) doesn't adopt the same scale as movies.
We've got the ESRB, whoever it is that rates movies, and then the TV scale, which is the most confusing of the three. TV-Y, Y7, Y7fv, etc. etc. I completely agree with you Rab -- we should have one universal rating system. This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. Reading -- Bleach, Claymore, Chun Rhang Yhur Jhun, NOW, Zero: Beginning of the Coffin, Black God, Twelve Kingdoms (novels), History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi Watching -- Bleach Playing -- Fable II, Valkyria Chronicles, Guitar Hero: World Tour, Star Ocean: First Departure, LittleBigPlanet, MegaMan 9, Mirror's Edge |
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