ID Required to Purchase Games

CsiDano writes "The Ontario goverment has finally taken action and made a tangible move to make it harder for kids to acquire violent video games by requiring an ID to be presented with all game purchases." From the article: "Normally, only feature films would carry an R rating in Ontario. But Consumer Minister Jim Watson says it's time game retailers played by the same rules. They'll face penalties for letting kids under the age of 18 access adult games. Ontario is not alone in its crackdown. Manitoba and Nova Scotia have also taken steps to make it harder for minors to access violent video games."

Comments

Re:Fine with me.

[shufler]

If I found my kids playing GTA, I'd ask them for the locations of the hidden packages I couldn't find.

Stupid overregulated games industry!

[timothy]

Used to be, Id would have been expected to produce their *own* games! What kind of a micromanaged ecomony is this, anyhow?

timothy

Re:I love the fact...

[swat_r2]

So all the 8 year old's reading slashdot will run out and buy it? :)

Re:This has already been around for about a month

[Stubtify]

Sadly in some American cities the kid could be 5 or 6 and their parent still wouldn't be old enough to buy the game.

I got ID'd to buy Halo 2, but not to buy booze

[PktLoss]

Headed into the local Zellers to pick up Halo 2, and got ID'd. I'm 24, this isn't a common occurance, I don't get ID'd at the beer or liquer store. I don't smoke so I can't compare in that respect.

Did anyone bother to train all these employees in reading IDs and identifying fake ones? It isn't part of the standard training to work at Walmart methinks.

Funny story, buying GTA San andreas

[snotman88]

A few weeks ago I was buying GTA San Andreas in an electronics store. This was my conversation with the cashier: "I'd like to buy this game" Cashier looks at memo on desk. "Are you 18?" "Yes, I have a beard, look!" "Do you have some ID?" "Sort of." Awkward silence. "May I see it, please?" "Ok, but I'm actually 17." I smile with attempt to charm. Cashier eyes me suspiciously. Cashier looks at ID, where I am clearly 17 and that has a photo of myself at age 11. "Alright then, here's your game, that'll be 55euros" PHEW!!! So much for youth protection!

Re:What a polite site!

[JAgostoni]

Reminds me of a Mitch Hedberg one-liner:

"Someone handed me a picture and said, "This is a picture of me when I was younger." Every picture of you is when you were younger. "...Here's a picture of me when I'm older." Where'd you get that camera man?"