Submitted by Kawauso - December 4, 2007 at 2:05 pm -050024.84.24.18
I work at a rental outlet and I can understand the low grading - I'll almost never withhold an M-rated game from a minor. Why? The parent is usually standing right there. Or, if they aren't, they're usually waiting outside in their car or at home, and if they have to come in/receive a call about the item their child is renting they get pissed off for the inconvenience.

Parents either already know about the rating system, etc. and the ability to control what their children rent or purchase by modifying their rental account, or they don't know and don't care to find out because they're ignorant. I'm not going to take responsibility for them or their children. Why the hell should I?

I would really like to see parents step up to the plate one day and take care of their own damn children so that watchdog organizations like these wouldn't have to. It would be great if we could stop scapegoating the ills of the entire world on a new medium or media every couple of decades or so, too.


Oh, and these watchdog organizations and people - while they -are- busy scapegoating my preferred form of entertainment, could they at least do so accurately? They keep making the same uninformed claims about things like "haxored" versions of the game and user-generated content. If it's not the movie industry's fault when someone illegally downloads a film, why is it the game industry's fault if someone illegally downloads a copy of their game to access content not available in the retail version. Or why is it their fault when someone creates a mod? That's ridiculous, and we all know it. I wish the ignorant politicians and watchdog groups with their heads up their asses could try to realize this as well. If you're going to make outlandish claims and blame people for things beyond their control, you might as well go all the way: let's start blaming car manufacturers for automotive accidents. That sounds like it could be fun.

Anyway...

/end rant

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