Lieberman imposter blames parents for poor following of the ESRB

[Dead of Knight]

http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/leiberman/lieberman-and-nimf-flunk-parents-218098.php
Senator Joe Lieberman and NILF founder David Walsh presented the 11th Annual MediaWise Video Game Report Card today. The report card grades how well retailers and parents work towards making sure their kids are playing the right games. Retailers and console developers got the big thumbs up this year. Guess who didn't.

"While improvements have been made by the video game industry and retailers, parental involvement received an "Incomplete" as surveys showed too few parents following the ESRB's [Entertainment Software Ratings Board] ratings and parental controls on gaming consoles."


Why are parents being graded? Everyone knows it isn't their responsibility to raise their children. That's probably why they got the incomplete instead of a big ol' F.

This is proof that the failing lies with adults who either don't know or don't care what their children play, at least until they start shooting other children. Then it's time to sue a game developer.

This can't REALLY be Lieberman, can it? ;) Glad to see he is finally coming around on the issue.

[The Omniscient Lemon]

http://www.mediafamily.org/research/report_vgrc_2006.shtml

I must say I feel bad for any kid who is limited to games on this list though:

MediaWise recommended games for children and teens
LEGO Star Wars II – The Original Trilogy E 10+
Mario Hoops 3 on 3 E
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz E
Roboblitz E 10+
Madden Football ‘07 E
LocoRoco E
Dance Factory E
Brain Age E
Nancy Drew: Danger by Design E
Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: The March of the Minis E

[furyk]

What's wrong with Loco Roco, Mario vs DK 2, Brain Age, Lego Star Wars 2, and Super Monkey Ball? You sir need to widen your tastes.

[ZForce]

And what's wrong with Madden on the Wii? :)

[crazytalkx]

Nice thread title Dead of Knight. Surprising that the parents are getting their part of the blame...not much but regardless, its a start.

[GuilewasNK]

It's about damn time.

[jollydwarf]

What's wrong with Loco Roco, Mario vs DK 2, Brain Age, Lego Star Wars 2, and Super Monkey Ball? You sir need to widen your tastes.

Uh...nothing? But if you take five seconds to reread what he says, you'll see that the operative phrase is "limited to". Kids resigned to that list cant really "widen" their "tastes", either.

Why we've butted heads elsewhere is starting to make more sense now.

[Chacrana]

What's wrong with Loco Roco, Mario vs DK 2, Brain Age, Lego Star Wars 2, and Super Monkey Ball? You sir need to widen your tastes.

Because for the most part, those games aren't very good. LocoRoco is fine, but if that was the best game you could play, there'd be no point in gaming at all.

[bortle]

Looks like EA or Sony wised up and donated a few bucks to Joe this year

[RegalSin2020]

Why are parents being graded? Everyone knows it isn't their responsibility to raise their children. That's probably why they got the incomplete instead of a big ol' F.


THen who raises children? The TV? Music? VideoGames? Candy LAnd?

Personally this is something I have been saying for years to myself that parents blame the videogames. WHen in reality they are doing nothing at all to focus on there children needs and wants.

Why blame GTA when you can blame Scarface.

Why downsize Loco Roco to a character from an western book when it is made and is clearly not of anything western.

Why curse out the showing of skin when hey skin is all you have until your body starts to break down.

[jollydwarf]

Looks like EA or Sony wised up and donated a few bucks to Joe this year

http://www.comedycentral.com/images/shows/colbert_report/videos/word/2104_word_m4.jpg

"And that's...The Word."

[MSI Magus]

Americans are so lazy and incompetent we cant nor do we want to even take care of our own kids properly anymore. Untill that changes we are doomed to drift and die....this is something politicians need to accept and start targeting the proper source.

I read this a week or so ago and ill say the same thing now I did then. Good for them.

[graf1k]

Maybe I have been out of the loop for a while but isn't is ex-Senator Lieberman now?

[Chibi_Kaji]

Maybe I have been out of the loop for a while but isn't is ex-Senator Lieberman now?
Nope, He did loose the Democratic Primary. But then he ran as an independent and won.... At least I think thats what happened. I'm not really into Politics. SO I forget how these elections work.

[Dead of Knight]

Maybe I have been out of the loop for a while but isn't is ex-Senator Lieberman now?

Nope, he won, bitch. FOUR MORE YEARS!

[mykevermin]

http://www.mediafamily.org/research/report_vgrc_2006.shtml

I must say I feel bad for any kid who is limited to games on this list though:

MediaWise recommended games for children and teens
LEGO Star Wars II – The Original Trilogy E 10+
Mario Hoops 3 on 3 E
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz E
Roboblitz E 10+
Madden Football ‘07 E
LocoRoco E
Dance Factory E
Brain Age E
Nancy Drew: Danger by Design E
Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: The March of the Minis E

I don't know if you deliberately misread the list on the NIMF page or not, but they offered 10 "NIMF approved" games, and 10 "NIMF sez don't buy these for your children" games. So, if you want to take this list literally, NIMF thinks that there are on 20 video games in the world.

Of course, that's not true; part of the reason parents don't get a passing grade is, I feel (something you indirectly allude to here) the notion that organizations should do all the legwork for parents. The listed games, good and bad, are guidelines, not dogma. If a parent doesn't see a game on the NIMF list, and refuses to make a decision as a result - well, they fail at parenting. Which is, ironically, precisely the point NIMF is making.