A new bill in the U.S. Congress would force retailers to card kids attempting to buy video games bearing "mature" or "adults only" ratings. WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! I want camel toe and nipple creepy violent video games!
In addition to the identification-checking requirement, Reps. Jim Matheson (D-Utah) and Lee Terry (R-Neb.)'s Video Game Ratings Enforcement Act, introduced on Wednesday, would also require stores to post explanations of what the ratings, devised by the industry-backed Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB), actually mean, according to a press release. A copy of the bill's text was not immediately available on Thursday.

Rep. Jim Matheson Credit: U.S. Congress)"As a parent, I know that I'm the first line of defense against my kids playing Mature-rated video games," Matheson said in a statement. "But parents can't be everywhere monitoring everything and some reasonable, common sense rules ought to be in place to back parents up."

For the record, games with an M-rating, by the ESRB's description, are considered suitable for people age 17 and older and "may contain intense violence, blood and gore, sexual content and/or strong language." Those with an AO or Adults Only rating "may include prolonged scenes of intense violence and/or graphic sexual content and nudity" and are recommended only for people age 18 or older.

PEOPLE NEED TO PHONE THEIR CONGRESSMEN AND SPEAK UP. IT IS THE PARENTS' RESPONSIBITY TO MONITOR THEIR CHILDRENS ACTIVITIES.

I think if this bill goes into play, the MATURE rated games will have a blank check and we'll see more blood, more hookers, more drugs, and more guns. It will give them a license to go more crazy like the Japanese games are.

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Video game companies should be sued by the grieving parents of the victims of Columbine, Virginia Tech, and other schools across the US.

A GIANT CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT! They are preying on innocent minds, and targeting the lowest common denominator in our society. And to top it all off, they are making BILLIONS of dollars a year.

Sue them like people went after Big Tobacco!

SUE SUE SUE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Your insinuation is absurd and you could not produce a single study that proves video games cause violence. Most studies simply show violent people prefer violent video games which is hardly a revelation. Lol carry on retard

Let the kids have some fun heheehe. They are just video games, no biggie. Let the nerds run with the hurd.

As somebody who has kids, I think we need the bill. As somebody who was a kid, I think the bill is retarded.

Video games are not the reason behind tragedies such as Columbine. Neither is rap music, comics, television, or any other kind of entertainment medium. The primary reason behind Columbine is inadequate parenting. It's about time that parents take responsibility for their own children, and stop blaming the media.

This is really stupid. Teenagers know very well how to get those games, even if they're not supposed to. Not to mention the power of the Internet!

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I don't see a problem with this. Some of the mature games are very violent and pretty graphic. It's good to make sure kids don't play them or to make sure their parents know what games they are involved with.

Yes, they should only be sold to adults,it is then up to parents if their child are allowed to play these sorts of games. We have already seen what harm they can cause. We live in a very violent world as it is, without teaching our kids that it is the norm.

I agree, but who really cares?

I believe, and there is plenty of evidence for this, that children who grow in violent families, children who are exposed to violent movies and video games, are more likely to 'borrow' such behaviors when in trouble themselves.

Children are lead by example, and if that is via viloence on the television, movies or video games, then that is what our children are learning from.

If someone is stood in their way ona video game, kids are taught to either shoot them or kick the crap out of them, that is not the way of real life, but this sort of video game is kind of condoning these sorts of actions.

This is really a bad situation.But no one can be blamed for this mess.This is not a healthy trend with the new generation.Some solution has to be found as soon as possible.

let them ( me being one ) play m games if it has nudity and crap take it or or dont let them get tht 1 bt i play gta san andreas and gun and other shoot em ups but i dont go around wanted to kill every1maybe ur little studies should c if the kids are already fucked up in the head before they started playing hmm?

I totally agree w/ you dude :P

Most of the time its the moron parents buying these games for their crotch fruit. Seriously, where is a 13 year going to get $50 for a game and if they don't like in a metropolitan city, how are they going to get to the store?

Ye, maybe a 5 year old who knows nothing about right and wrong and sits playing games like Grand Theft Auto will pick up a gun and want to play with it, using anything or anyone as targets.

I also agree that some people might get ideas they never would of got without playing violent games... There are all kinds of retards out there

But in cases where games have been blamed for murders, i honestly think its just excuses and somthing to blame. If i ever shot sombody, i would definatly attempt to claim i was brainwashed by violent games and i see little green men in my room at night...
Its just a way to avoid harsher punishments.

But who will think of the children!!!

We id for beer and smokes, doesn't keep it away from kids.