Playing specific video games is neglect, apparently

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-32103991

Please tell me I'm not the only one who gets angry when hearing about these things...

Yeah I know what you mean. It's total stupidity that people actually believe this nonsense that video games cause of this stuff. The heads need to get the act together in my mind and realise how stupid their sounding.

This is why I am against rating films or video games, even private rating agencies. Eventually the government will pick up on it and use it to censor things.

Don't forget, the ESRB was created in the US so that the government wouldn't start censoring games, because with all the controversy about Doom and Mortal Kombat at the time, the US government basically told the games industry there to either start regulating itself, or they will be regulated.

My stance on the issue, I think content ratings are a good idea, but assigning arbitrary age ratings isn't, because people ignore them anyway. Really, I think they should just bring back the RSAC rating system that a bunch of PC games used in the early-mid 90s, where instead of age ratings, they had content ratings displayed clearly on the front, like so:


That's the rating description for Duke Nukem 3D Atomic Edition, which I think is pretty accurate, aside from the sex/nudity descriptor, which could be bumped up another level. It's gory, it has a bit of swearing, and some seriously low-res nudity and scantily clad women, but the latter isn't nearly as intense as people at the media at the made out to be. There's nothing in that game that you wouldn't see in an 80s Schwarzenegger flick.

I get angered or at least annoyed at pettiness in general.
Blaming video games on anything and reporting parents to the "authorities" over them is petty.

when did it become the teacher's responsibility to make parenting decisions for their student's parents? parents themselves should be the final judge in what goes on in their home in terms of what their kid chooses for entertainment, but still they could do well to know that 'games causing violence' is a modern day old wives tale.

like having their parent imprisoned totally won't damage their kid more than a game...

They are what's wrong with this world. They follow their delusions to make themselves feel more comfortable at the expense of others, but they wouldn't lift a finger over a real problem.

And they'll be shocked when the number of reports drop sharply, and then have the gall to ask why.

do I misread things or is the whole point here: child playing GTA = child has bruises that may or may not stem from violent abuse. Both resulting in a home visit from child care workers?

also, I met a guy working for rockstar games in london, on, what he described as 'the violent titles', and he seemed a fairly calm and friendly individual. I did however not ask whether he was neglected or abused as a child.