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This Year's MediaWise Videogame Report Card
Mercury News has the complete, unedited release of this year's MediaWise videogame report card. The bottom line of the release is that "Parents Can No Longer Ignore Their Children's Video Game Habits". Citing evidence that games are responsible for increased aggression and poor health, the report urges parents to take a more active role in their children's lives, and moderate their game usage. In many other areas of the report (which is typically quite negative) high marks were handed out. Gamespot has a synopsis of the findings. From that article: "Specialty game retailers were given an 'F' for allowing anyone to purchase titles rated M for Mature, despite whatever store policy might have been in place. Also, in a category that wasn't present in last year's report, the NIMF gave an 'incomplete' grade to Parental Involvement for the year. 'As the world of video games continues to evolve, parents are falling behind,' the group said in a statement. 'As we found last year, this year's parental survey uncovered an alarming gap between what kids say about the role of video games in their lives and what parents are willing to admit.'"
Does anyoe else question the validity of a study that dumbs down it's arguements to a lettered scale, using novelty instead of oh, I dunno, facts, to get their point across.
They would've done better to say "Ladies and Gentlemen, our Video Game Alert Scale has now been raised to burnt sienna..."
I'm sure the terrorists could help us out.
They want parents to take an interest in their children's lives, and take responsibility for PARENTING??????? How dare they? That's what television and video games are supposed to be for! Man, the people who want our schools to do their parenting are going to have a field day going after this study!
The National Institute For Saying Modern Society Is EVIL!!! EVIL I TELL YOU, BURRRN THEM ALLLLL!!!!! (erm, sorry) says that videogames are as evil, bad and wrong as they said last year.
Shockingly, the rest of the world still continues about its business, igoring the weirdos on the street corner.
"I Know You Are But What Am I?"
"The National Institute on Media and the Family, the nation's leading resource on the effects of media and video games on children..."
Yeah, I remember the last few reports they put out:
Seasame Street: This Whole Snuffleupagus Thing Really Pisses Off Kids
Mortal Kombat: DUDE TURNED INTO A FUCKING TIGER AND BIT THE GUYS HEAD OFF
3DO: Your Kids Will Fucking Hate You And Kill You In Your Sleep If You Buy This Thing
Capital Letters: Are Totally Awesome