Dear Mr. Thompson
By Puddle Jumper on July 4, 2009, 5:04 pm
Ever since the announcement of this debate at SGC, I've been wishing that I could attend this conference. Oh, don't get me wrong, even without this debate I would still gladly sacrifice a kidney to go there, but this was just IT. Jack Thompson is perhaps the most talked about "enemy" of the gaming world. His views, though on the right path, are wrong. What he's trying to accomplish however is still something to root for. He is trying to keep our children safe from these negative influences like Grand Theft Auto. I'd sleep better if my kid didn't know his health would regenerate by banging a hooker in an alley in the back of a car. So, Jack Thompson is at SGC as we speak and, disappointed as I am, the open forum has already passed. I had one question that I wished that I could have asked. The answer to this question would have been very enlightening and would have brought me more insight to the man who was disbarred as a lawyer recently. This question would have been: "Mister Thompson, if you could go back in time and do your campaign all over again, would you still focus on the developers or would you divert your attention to the parents that allow their kids to play these games and the store clerks that sold these games to kids in the first place?" I sincerely hope that someone has asked this question or something similar like it. And that the answer gets shared with us. If you are reading this close to this blogs creation, The JT debate is being made public via Twitter. All you need to do is add: http://twitter.com/JtDebate This has been Puddle Jumper, I'll see you next time.
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kain_kusanagi Jul 4, 2009 at 5:43 pm |
Kids will always want that forbidden fruit and it's a parent's job to protect their children from themselves. What gamers tend not to want to admit is that game developers and publishers, regardless of what they say, want children to buy their mature games along with adults. The more sales the more money they make.
There must be a way to enforce mandatory parental permission for mature themed games. We'd probably end up with something like the film industry were movies get slightly watered down for the PG-13 rating, but games are more like straight to DVD movies.
Kids don't have a right to video games so they should be happy to get what their parents deem OK for them. I was happy with it when I was a kid.
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