R - Rating system for games.

IT ISN'T WORKING!

When you go out and buy the latest Call of Duty for your 10 year old son, so that he can blow up his buddies on XBox Live... the rating system isn't working. If I put a set of tits on that insurgent you'd notice... wouldn't you?

I'm all for people playing what they want and others not stepping in with insane rules and regulations, but this is a bit overboard. We don't have a solid and hammered out ratings board and no one really knows what makes a game what or how to rate it. I would like to see something happen with this system or I'd like to see them adopt a system like movies. I know the MPAA probably wouldn't want you to adopt the movie rating system, but it is at least easy to understand. We have used it enough that we all know that R means that you probably shouldn't dump your kid in front of it. The word "mature" just isn't as gripping as "restricted".

You assume Junior is all grown up for a 10 year old and can totally handle the desensitization that is going to come from blowing his buddies asses off for years, right? Wrong. When I was growing up we played Mario and Double Dragon. They were fun and cool and contained small doses of pseudo violence. These games are gory and bloody and contain some very detailed ragdoll physics. I am a grown person and understand that this is a game, but some kids... can't. If you were ever worried for your child watching Rambo, this should scare you shitless... because now THEY ARE INTERACTING.

Again, I love freedom and I love gaming, but I think a rating system needs to be put into place so that parents understand what their kids are getting. Stop parking your kids in front of a TV with a violent war game and then not understanding when they ask for an AR-15 for their 13th birthday.