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Seeing as though everyone flatly ignores the ESRB's rating system (not least U.S. retailers), the National Institute on Media and the Family has released its top 10 most dangerous games of the year. Kids, look away now!
All those U.S. parents unable to understand and appreciate the usual E for Everyone and T for Teen and M for Mature guidelines slapped onto all videogame packaging (which are provided for parents by the Entertainment Software Ratings Board) should probably think twice before purchasing the following for pesky ankle biters below the age of 17 or 18...








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Talking about Game retailers, is there any actual evidence that game retailers sell stuff to minors??? Cuz that just has me puzzled.
His whole point of contention (beyond hating Take Two of course) is that the ESRB ratings are not legally enforced rather than existing as mere guidelines for parents, who generally don't have a clue.
For example the UK's BBFC ratings hold the retailer responsible if age-restricted software is sold to a minor.
Alcohol gets sold to minors, so I think it's fair to say that shop assistants happily hand over software to kids without checking for ID.
And if so, how can you tell from hearsay? How can anyone prove game retailers are indeed selling things to minors when no one complains? I know my Gamestop ALWAYS ask for IDs, dunno about any other ones.
I can't believe CoD4 and A.C is on that list. I didn't think Assassins Creed was gory and one of the dangerous game of this year.
Stranglehold shouldn't be there either. What is that game going to do, inspire kids to go shoot at neon signs and air-conditioners so they can drop them on people ?
This kinda list just proves that people who make these lists don't have a *bleep*ing clue on whats bad and whats not as far as games go. They should at least add something like "this year has been friendly relatively speaking compared to other years" or something like that. Whatever...
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