I tell you one thing, these guys just wouldn’t give up. I just read another article posted by Gamespot about politicians giving ESRB (Entertainment Software Rating Board) another round of hoo-hah. If you are too lazy the read, I will just give you a quick summary. The politicians wanted ESRB to reconsider their way of rating games, especially on the Nintendo Wii due to it’s motion sensing wiimote. The argument they give is that, games such as Manhunt 2 allows the player to ‘act’ out the killing moves thus promoting bad influence.

To be honest I’m getting a bit fed up seeing the issue being repeated over and over again. I don’t know, are people’s brain sometimes too stubborn or they are too ignorant to take game ratings seriously? It’s a game meant to be played by a person whose age is 17 and above, NOT some 10 year old! Give me a break! Why do they keep emphasizing that children will be involved???

“That system permits children to act out each of the many graphic torture scenes and murders in Manhunt 2 rather than simply manipulating a game pad,” the senators wrote. “This led one clinical psychologist to state that the realistic motions used with the Wii mean that ‘You’re basically teaching a child the behavioral sequencing of killing.’ While this was not cited as the reason for the BBFC decision, we do believe that the ESRB should take the Wii Remote controller, and future advances in game controllers, which create more realistic gaming environments, into consideration.”

Please, for God’s sake somebody tell these politicians that a 17 year old isn’t a child!

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