Posted by Jordan on 04/17/07 04:44

On Apr 16, 8:59 pm, "Jay G." <J...@tmbg.org> wrote:

> I think this double standard arises partially from a lot of people still
> thinking of video games as being mostly "for kids," much like how comics
> always get a lot a flack for adult-orientated material. Also, a lot of
> people fear that since video games are interactive they are more
> "influential" on a young person's psyche than movies can be.

Yeah, it's the "Interactivity" that gets the most flack, despite the
fact that M rated games are, as a rule, far far tamer than R rated
movies.

I haven't seen a game as violent as Sin City or 300 or as sexual as
Basic Instinct or Bound, but they have the same age restriction.

- Jordan

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