Comments on: Gamestop Crackdown http://brenlosworld.com/2007/02/12/gamestop-crackdown/ Because Life is an Amusement Park Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:21:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Kendiara http://brenlosworld.com/2007/02/12/gamestop-crackdown/#comment-16 Kendiara Tue, 13 Feb 2007 21:26:07 +0000 http://brenlosworld.com/2007/02/12/gamestop-crackdown/#comment-16 Reminds me of an interesting moment at my house...One of the kidlets friends came over and noticed that the spouse had GTA, and wanted to play it. John gave him this look like, "over my dead body", with the added effect of "I don't think so". Kid proceeded to complain that he could play it at home, to which the reply was "then go home." /giggle Personally parents are the critical link, if you don't care enough to find out what the hell a game is about, then you shouldn't bitch about it after you find out that your lovely 10 year old is blowing away cops. Reminds me of an interesting moment at my house…One of the kidlets friends came over and noticed that the spouse had GTA, and wanted to play it. John gave him this look like, “over my dead body”, with the added effect of “I don’t think so”. Kid proceeded to complain that he could play it at home, to which the reply was “then go home.” /giggle

Personally parents are the critical link, if you don’t care enough to find out what the hell a game is about, then you shouldn’t bitch about it after you find out that your lovely 10 year old is blowing away cops.

]]> By: Zach http://brenlosworld.com/2007/02/12/gamestop-crackdown/#comment-13 Zach Mon, 12 Feb 2007 22:21:54 +0000 http://brenlosworld.com/2007/02/12/gamestop-crackdown/#comment-13 While I don't have a problem with retailer control, I don't think the retailers are the critical link in the chain, but rather the game system. Both the Wii and Windows Vista have parental control mechanisms that restrict based on rating (I can't speak to the X360 or PS3, though I assume they have similar functionality). Further, I'm a fan of the implementation of parental control into EQ2 that set time limits. It's not that I think parents should be let off the hook, but they most certainly need to be educated about parental locks of this sort and the ESRB. But, I think that ability to find a way to circumvent parental authority will trump any attempts here. While I don’t have a problem with retailer control, I don’t think the retailers are the critical link in the chain, but rather the game system. Both the Wii and Windows Vista have parental control mechanisms that restrict based on rating (I can’t speak to the X360 or PS3, though I assume they have similar functionality). Further, I’m a fan of the implementation of parental control into EQ2 that set time limits.

It’s not that I think parents should be let off the hook, but they most certainly need to be educated about parental locks of this sort and the ESRB. But, I think that ability to find a way to circumvent parental authority will trump any attempts here.

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