Where Politics And Video Games Collide

@Rep. McCollum
I believe you are the one that has failed on this subject. Violent games are not easily accessible to children. The most recent FTC report found that only 42 out of every 100 people under age 17 were able to buy M-rated games without parental consent. That is less than half the time. Another deterrent from children buying M-rated games are the parental controls in the XBox360, the PS3, and the Wii.

Your comments on the alleged pattern of game companies hiding content is nothing short of wrong. Rockstar got heavily punished and scruitinized for the Hot Coffee scandal. They have learned their lesson and would never intentionally do that act again. There was no hidden content in Manhunt 2 anyway. Those were blurred kills, which were not possible to remove without hacking into the game, which is illegal and too complicated for a child to do.

I agree with you when you say that parents need to be more involved in the games their kids play. However, it should be the parents and ONLY the parents that make those decisions. If those parents are either too leiniant or just don't pay attention to what their kids play, that in no way is the fault of the industry or the ESRB.

I find that your faith in the NIMF is a little disturbing. They have a long and documented history of lying and deception. Read this: http://www.d3dgames.com/bbb.html (whether this complaint went anywhere is not the point at this time).

The video game industry and the ESRB are doing a better job than the MPAA. The previous FTC reports show this. The ignorance of you and other politicans on this matter results in many bills passed that will be marked unconstitutional and cost the tax dollars, thousands of tax dollars, of the voters that put you in office or in your seat. All of the previous efforts to legislate againt the industry have failed. Let's not attempt another try, especially with the lies that you are putting out.