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Parents Ignore Age Ratings?
GamesIndustry.biz has news of a ELSPA-funded research project that indicates that parents do not pay attention to ratings when purchasing games. From the article: "According to Freund, the study found a high awareness of the existence of videogame age ratings both among young gamers and among their parents - but parents tend to 'divorce themselves' from active involvement in deciding what their children play."
Smokers ignore Surgeon General's warning?!?! Really though, I have seen a parent walk into a game store and slam a copy of GTA on the counter, demanding a refund due to the nature of the game that they bought for their child the day before!
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