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- chris9902, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7in the manual there is a warning about the 360 falling on you.
I guess for those who dangle the console in the air or something? - halfcockedjack, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Beats having jackasses in Washington tell us which games are legal.
- Jesty, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Remember when safety was about things that could harm people?
- CandidateZero, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I think HalfCockedJack is referring to Judge Friedman (Washington DC's presiding District Judge) and his demand that Take-Two hand Bully over for judicial review.
If deemed unfit for the market by Friedman, he plans to place a temporary restraining order on the game, barring it from sale.
Now if that isn't Washington jackassery, I don't know what is. - PDG1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2yay:D
Microsoft takes problems into their own hands...
We all know that a lot of problems with people suing over violence in video games and stuff like such is because of the fact that mothers are idiots that can't read the game box or bother to check what her children are up to...
Microsoft is informing families about such ESRB ratings and safety with gaming to avoid problems in the future
it's like here in Germany... when you get a driver's license you also have to get first aid training.
it's so that if you ever do crash and injure yourself or something else... you can help... and most of the people on the road can help
that's thinking:D
Rock on
~Ryan - Jagdhund, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This is a good step to see. I am glad that a large corporation such as MS is taking the time to educate parents about gaming. Gaming truly needs to become a non-taboo item and the easiest way to make that happen is through information distribution.
- mercano, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I tell myself in another 10 or 20 years when the current 20-30 year old gamming crowd who know that grownups play games too can run for major office, things will get better. Too many people in power still figure that only the kiddies play video games, so the only target for GTA and the like is 12 year olds.
Really, folks, there's not a single reason games should be treated any differently then movies, TV shows, books, magazines, or anything else. Some are for everyone, some are for adults, and the while the more mature ones shouldn't be sold to kids, they shouldn't be illegal for all. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Someone told me he set the rating to PG and it worked fine for blocking PG-13 and Restricted movies. But then he tried an unrated movie called "Jamacian me Horney" and it played even though it was set on PG.
- MackPrime, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1reminds me of Duke Nukem 3D.
- trylleklovn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Yeah.
The games does not make your child kill all their classmates.
Leaving guns lying around the house does.
Parents should stop acting like it isn't their problem of their child acts wrong. Take some responsible! - mirunit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Look, censoring video games is like censoring a movie, thats what the AO and NC-17/Unrated ratings are for. In a country with firm free-speech this should not be an issue.
- toMatto, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I think it's *****. Parents should be responsible for thier kids. If they're worried about video games corrupting their kids, take the games away. And if the kids do something related to a game, i.e. kill people, steal cars, whatever, it's partly the parent's fault for not moderating the children's activities.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Eh? If you're referring to the ESRB ratings, those have nothing to do with the legality of a game, just like the MPAA ratings of movies have nothing to do with their legality.
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