Family Friendly Gaming 60 in PDF Format

Video GameLiesOur amazing editor inchief wrote an educationalbook a few years ago - VideoGame Lies. It has been decidedto post parts of the book freelyto the millions of readers ofFFG.Lie: ‘M’ rated games are Mature.Defense: The ESRB says so.Exposure: One of the worstcrimes to happen inside videogames was when the ESRBdecided to label macabre,morbid, and immature contentas mature. Their line of reasoningis the content is only for amature person. Talk about subjective.I know a lot of parentswho think their child is mature.If the words macabre, or morbidwere used then there wouldbe a negative connotation tothese games instead of a positiveone. The ESRB was verycareful to pick a word that wasseen as positive. Compare thisto movies which uses the wordrestricted. They have a differentattachment don’t they?As I have touchedon previously in this book amature person would not gonear the content in these kindof video games. A mentallyill person goes towards games“TheESRBhas perpetuatedalie thatneedsto comedown.”with a lot of sexual content,or mass murderingsprees. A mature persongoes the other direction.I have tested out someof these repulsive videogames and they are thekind of things that giveyou nightmares. Why anyonewho is mentally stablewould want to play themis beyond me, and beyondlogic.“follow thereal definitionof maturity”I have one grandparentleft out of four,and I got to know all fourof them in my lifetime.They have been wonderfulexamples of maturityfor me. In fact my parentshave also taught me amazinglessons about what itmeans to be mature. TheESRB has perpetuateda lie that needs to comedown. I really hope youcan learn to reject the liesof the ESRB, and followthe real definition of maturity.Family Friendly Gaming 75