Truth in Ratings Act Reintroduced

dropgoal writes "Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas (and GOP presidential candidate) has reintroduced the Truth in Ratings Act. Like the previous version that failed to pass last year, Sen. Brownback's bill would make the FTC responsible for overseeing the video game ratings system and possibly result in a unified ratings system for games, movies, and TV. The ESRB would also have to review all game footage before issuing a rating. Currently, the ESRB hands out ratings after viewing a reel with representative content prepared by the developers. Sen. Brownback thinks that's not enough. 'Video game reviewers should be required to review the entire content of a game to ensure the accuracy of the rating. The current video game ratings system is not as accurate as it could be because reviewers do not see the full content of games and do not even play the games they rate', he said."

Comments

Re:Isn't Brownback a Republican?

[Scudsucker]

At the end of the day, strident "liberals" and "conservatives" have exactly the same political philosophy: the government should get its nose out of the business of people who are doing things I approve of, but spare no expense stopping people from doing things that make me feel uneasy.

Yup. But at least liberals aren't two-faced hypocrites about it.

Re:won't survive

[MightyYar]

In the last election I voted for the guy running against Bush. In the next election I suspect that I'll be voting for the man/woman running against Hillary. She's the consummate politician - I've never seen her answer a question, and yet you come away feeling like she answered it very well.