Game Ratings; Are Combat Sims Worse Than FPSs?

Two separate articles on violent games today. The Toad pointed out a New York Times AP story on how AOL will start rating games; conflicting signals on whether "adults-only" games will be kept. And atomJack mentioned a metamute article which "compares how 1st person shooters have taken a lot of flak, yet sim games seem to be fine with everyone. The article argues that the sims are so realistic they are basically training kids for war and in fact some are used by the military for reference." Personally, I think the Mortal Kombat-style games are worst of all - but maybe that's because I don't play them.