A Plea To Game Makers To Act Responsibly?

Posted by simoniker on Tuesday May 25, 2004 @02:29AM from the eat-your-greens dept.

Thanks to AVault for its editorial discussing the responsibility videogame makers have to use their powers for 'good'. The author expresses concern about games' influence on the young: "My love of digital maiming is tempered by the fact that, at this stage of my life, I can tell right from wrong. I have a fully developed set of ethics. I wouldn't say my nine-year-old nephew has quite had the time to develop these tools." The article ends with the exhortation: "Developers and publishers, hear my plea: start injecting a strong sense of right and wrong into your stories. I don't want you to pull back on the gibs, I don't want anything more than a stronger sense of ethics and perhaps a small dose of moral fiber. Take into account the fact that kids are playing, no matter that they shouldn't be."

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Plea with the parents.. by Niobium-41 · 2004-05-25 02:38 · Score: 1, Redundant

Right and Wrong are abstract concepts.. leave the video game developers alone and plea with parents to control thier damn kids...

You don't let your 9 year old nephew watch porn.. and you shouldn't let him play Manhunt or GTA: Vice City..

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Re:here's my plea by Baron_Yam · 2004-05-25 03:34 · Score: 0, Redundant

Amen brudder.

However, there is something more relevant to this thread - SPEND TIME WITH YOUR KIDS. KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. GET INVOLVED.

Raising kids with TV and video games instead of parenting is just wrong... and I don't care how busy you are as a family with both parents having full time jobs. Kids are a responsibility greater than trying to afford a new SUV (or for the low-income bracket, a DVD player or whatever).