According to All Things Considdered on NPR yesterday, the reason the bill for this law was proposed was because the "fairly well-respected ESRB rating system" meant beans when a 10 year old kid asked the nice clerk at the store to sell them the latest copy of BloodGoreShoot'EmUp 2000. According to a study they quoted on the show, 85% of kids who went into stores around the country were able to buy whatever game they asked for.
We may recognize the ESRB rating system, but Joe clerk or Mike, the morgage holding store manager generally doesn't. This law puts some teeth into ESRB... I don't think its that bad at all. I'd have a problem with it if they out and out banned the sale or creation of the games, but they don't. They just control who buys 'em. I have no problem with that.
David
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According to All Things Considdered on NPR yesterday, the reason the bill for this law was proposed was because the "fairly well-respected ESRB rating system" meant beans when a 10 year old kid asked the nice clerk at the store to sell them the latest copy of BloodGoreShoot'EmUp 2000. According to a study they quoted on the show, 85% of kids who went into stores around the country were able to buy whatever game they asked for. We may recognize the ESRB rating system, but Joe clerk or Mike, the morgage holding store manager generally doesn't. This law puts some teeth into ESRB... I don't think its that bad at all. I'd have a problem with it if they out and out banned the sale or creation of the games, but they don't. They just control who buys 'em. I have no problem with that. David