Comments on: The Top 10 Violent Video Games: A Holiday Shopping Guide http://www.ideagrove.com/blog/2005/11/the-top-10-violent-video-games-a-holiday-shopping-guide.html The Idea Grove is a full-service agency specializing in public relations, marketing and Web design. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:07:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://www.ideagrove.com/blog/2005/11/the-top-10-violent-video-games-a-holiday-shopping-guide.html/comment-page-1#comment-2598 Anonymous Tue, 01 Aug 2006 07:58:00 +0000 http://www.ideagrove.com/weblog/?p=388#comment-2598 Guess what?<br/>You ARE old fogeys.<br/>I work at a gaming store, and here's something you may not have considered:<br/>Almost every one of those games, if not every single one, is rated M for Mature. This means that unless someone is 17, and can produce a valid ID or driver's license as proof of that, we don't let them buy the game. EVER. And nearly every store in the United States supports this policy to a ridiculous degree, because of all the potential lawsuits to be had.<br/>Oh, and on top of that: I see no reason to target video games as desensitizing children to violence, when movies, comic books, and all other forms of media have been doing it for much longer.<br/><br/>Have a nice day. Guess what?
You ARE old fogeys.
I work at a gaming store, and here’s something you may not have considered:
Almost every one of those games, if not every single one, is rated M for Mature. This means that unless someone is 17, and can produce a valid ID or driver’s license as proof of that, we don’t let them buy the game. EVER. And nearly every store in the United States supports this policy to a ridiculous degree, because of all the potential lawsuits to be had.
Oh, and on top of that: I see no reason to target video games as desensitizing children to violence, when movies, comic books, and all other forms of media have been doing it for much longer.

Have a nice day.

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.ideagrove.com/blog/2005/11/the-top-10-violent-video-games-a-holiday-shopping-guide.html/comment-page-1#comment-329 Jeremy Wed, 30 Nov 2005 02:20:00 +0000 http://www.ideagrove.com/weblog/?p=388#comment-329 The Warriors makes me <b>want</b> to go out and buy a gaming system! The Warriors makes me want to go out and buy a gaming system!

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