Don't take crap from people that say kids can get M-rated games easily
Thursday, May 08 2008
Ok, the FTC just published an interesting "secret shopper study" on how easy it is for kids to get their mitts on M-rated games. Turns out it's easier for them to buy R-Rated movie tickets or rent R-rated/Unrated DVDs than it is to get M-Rated games....by a significant margin.
Next time you hear somebody blabbing about how easy it is for kids to get M-rated video games, show 'em the chart on the link above (I think I"m going to make a laminated, wallet-size one :-) )
Problem is, it seems like these parents buy the games no realizing they are either M-rated or really that bad and of course they never stick around to see how the game is or how their child acts while playing the game or even while playing on XBL.