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Video Game Distribution

Bringing the Decision Back to the Parents. Video Game Distribution. Our Goal. To eliminate the existing policy that prohibits the distribution of video games containing adult content to minors. . Why is This an Issue?. The decision of what video games a

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Video Game Distribution

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  1. Bringing the Decision Back to the Parents Video Game Distribution

  2. Our Goal To eliminate the existing policy that prohibits the distribution of video games containing adult content to minors.

  3. Why is This an Issue? The decision of what video games a minor is allowed to play should be the decision of the minor’s parents or guardians and not the ESRB.

  4. How it Affects Us The day after my 14th birthday, my friends and I were going to start a competition to see who could beat halo 3, an M rated video game, first. Both my parents were completely alright with this competition however they both work late so they weren’t able to buy the game for me until the weekend. My parents are also against buying things for me because they say I need to learn how to use my own money and fend for myself. The game store was within bicycling distance and I could have easily ridden there myself and bought the game. The only problem was I was 14 and thus was not old enough to purchase the game. By the time the weekend rolled around and my parents had time to take me to the game store, all my friends had already beaten Halo 3.

  5. Why Should This Policy Be Eliminated? According to an article by the Palo Alto Medical Foundation, video games “may improve a player's manual dexterity and computer literacy”. (http://www.pamf.org/preteen/parents/videogames.html) In an article on TheParentZone.com, a survey shows that eighty percent of parents considered video games important as an integration to other forms of home activities” (http://www.theparentszone.com/parenting/many-parents-think-video-games-are-good-for-children/)

  6. Continued… Nick Deleon, a writer for CrunchGear.com, published an article on April 19th 2010 arguing that video games should be considered art. (http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/04/19/are-video-games-art/) Everyone is exposed to works of art containing images of war and nudity at a young age. If a child is allowed into an art museum containing these images, why shouldn’t they be allowed to purchase video games with the same themes?

  7. Continued… In an article on backwardsmessages.wordpress.com, the CEO of Common Sense Media states that they “support parents and believe they’re the ones who should be making decisions about their kids”. (http://backwardmessages.wordpress.com/2011/03/31/how-parents-make-sense-or-not-of-video-game-studies-ratings/) The author of this article also says that “for the most part the media has focused on faulty studies that blame games for kids’ aggression and violence”.

  8. The Solution The best way to fix this problem would be to solve this issue would be to eliminate the policy that doesn’t allow minors to purchase video games with adult content. Parents would then be in charge of what their children would be playing.

  9. Who Can Solve This? Because this policy is a federal law, this problem can best be solved by Congress. A bill should be proposed that protects the video game industry and allows them to sell their games to whoever they want.

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