I seem to recall a news program doing a special on that very topic. They found that over half the places didn't in fact ID.
Also according to this article: "... Mothers Against Violence in America, a non-profit group dedicated to preventing violence by and against young people, organized its own sting earlier this year, sending children ages 12 to 15 into 17 major retail stores in the area. Fifteen of the stores sold to the children and teens."
So it seems more like the plaintiffs should go after the stores that sold the games. Unless the parents themselves bought them in which case we really know who to blame. If fingers really need to get pointed any more in this case.
"but I think we all know that there weren't many women playing super mario bros when it first came out"
ummm, once again off with the stereotypes, please.
sorry to date myself (as a woman born just before the 70s) but i played pacman in the arcardes and at the local deli all the time in the 80s. my mom bought us the intellivision set and we had a ridiculous amount of games for it. and way, way, way before i met my husband i had sega genesis that i played obsessively.
together we have a ps2, gamecube, xbox, dreamcast, n64. now, i would say that he does enjoy hack-n-slashers more than i do. but we both love the square series (as in ff and chrono) and fight over them when new ones get released. and playing gauntlet or baldur's gate together? pure bliss!
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I seem to recall a news program doing a special on that very topic. They found that over half the places didn't in fact ID.
Also according to this article: "... Mothers Against Violence in America, a non-profit group dedicated to preventing violence by and against young people, organized its own sting earlier this year, sending children ages 12 to 15 into 17 major retail stores in the area. Fifteen of the stores sold to the children and teens."
So it seems more like the plaintiffs should go after the stores that sold the games. Unless the parents themselves bought them in which case we really know who to blame. If fingers really need to get pointed any more in this case.
"but I think we all know that there weren't many women playing super mario bros when it first came out"
ummm, once again off with the stereotypes, please.
sorry to date myself (as a woman born just before the 70s) but i played pacman in the arcardes and at the local deli all the time in the 80s. my mom bought us the intellivision set and we had a ridiculous amount of games for it. and way, way, way before i met my husband i had sega genesis that i played obsessively.
together we have a ps2, gamecube, xbox, dreamcast, n64. now, i would say that he does enjoy hack-n-slashers more than i do. but we both love the square series (as in ff and chrono) and fight over them when new ones get released. and playing gauntlet or baldur's gate together? pure bliss!
we've had no change as well. we have a mac running eudora and get about 100-150/day and we've seen no drop.
but we haven't received one virus yet. so i guess that makes up for it. and (hah!) please don't send us one to make us feel included.
as in: the poor man must be.