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CA Congressman Calls on Game Industry to Improve ESRB

Apr 27, 2006 06:16

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joe baca, patricia vance, game ratings, esrb, legislation, congress, democrats

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grey_poet April 27 2006, 12:08:47 UTC

I can't help but wonder how Baca feels about the MPAA's system for rating movies.

doggyspew April 27 2006, 12:18:52 UTC

Was thinking the same thing.
The ESRB does a way better job then the MPAA in that respect.

ss_ebonclaw April 27 2006, 12:19:09 UTC

He loves it, for the sole reason that the MPAA pays the government bribe money. Meanwhile, the games industry is nipping the heels of the movie industry, without having to bribe the feds just to get their way.

beacon80 April 27 2006, 16:01:17 UTC

I don't think it's anything that sinister. It's just that the MPAA is established. Everyone knows about it, everyone trusts it. It's been there for decades, so it must know what it's doing. It's a rediculous mindset, considering the ESRB does everything the MPAA does, but with better labeling.

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OT: JT'S next SN startropics April 27 2006, 12:24:06 UTC

bacaisright

Re: OT: JT'S next SN anticron April 27 2006, 12:34:36 UTC

If he wasn't so predictable in his continued violations and harassment, I'd say you were stalking the stalker.

Someone hand this guy a DVD box yukimurasanada April 27 2006, 12:25:41 UTC

Lets get him on TV, hand him a Game box, a DVD box, and CD box, and see if he talks big then when faced with the reality of it. Can't aruge that the ESRB ratings are more accurate, provide more information, and now, thanks to the FTC's latest report, are being enforced at the same level as Movie theaters and much higher levels then the MPAA or the RIAA.

Sorry BACA, but as they say in Japan, your a BAKA!

Re: Someone hand this guy a DVD box tconx April 27 2006, 12:45:35 UTC

ばか！

boffo97 April 27 2006, 12:26:45 UTC

If you have a little immature kid, don't buy T, M or AO games.

If you have a kid that's kind of mature but may still be confused into thinking that it's more than just a game, don't buy M or AO.

Plus there's some content descriptors for you.

That's not misleading. If you can't get this, you're a dumbass.

thefremen April 27 2006, 17:00:22 UTC

Tony Danza could do a psa for the esrb: "AO OA, M and AO games ain't ok for kids to play."

anticron April 27 2006, 12:27:16 UTC

"Parents are misled by the video-game ratings," he told reporters.

Wha? Only if the parents pay absolutely no attention to them, or their kids.

While I don't disagree in strengthening the ESRB, these sorts of comments are simply ludicrous. Only negligent parents would have this kind of a problem.