Where Politics And Video Games Collide

I'm baffled that games like "Kayne & Lynch" as well as "Manhunt 2" (both of which have been reviewed poorly and for which sales have been poor) seem to have held more weight in this report card than Guitar Hero, and Rock Band and the numerous other great products that were released this year.

I can't help but feel that NIMF's "Report Cards" are nothing more than a place where you can see the results of Jack Thompsons little "sting operations" and sensationalized media headlines about a game that no one bought (Manhunt 2).

The fact that the "Report Cards" simply list grades instead of going to in depth detail of how they got their information. To me makes their "Report Cards" as meaningless as recieving a "You just won $10,000,000.00" letter from the publishers clearing house.

Did they send kids into stores to buy M rated games across the country?, Did they poll kids to find out if they were more intrested in playing manhunt 2 vs rock band?, did they ask kids if they knew what the ESRB ratings on box's were? Did they ask employees if they knew what ESRB ratings were? (and did those employees say "No" simply so they wouldn't get fired for not enforcing company policy?)

As car as I can tell NIMF's "Report Card" is nothing more than their opinion on how well the industry did, and from what I can garner it's based on nothing more than internet blog headlines and stories that made the papers as well as news.