D-Bone
Dec 1st '06, 12:52 PM
Video games got their annual report card this week, and there are actually a couple of A's on it this time around. Issued by the National Institute on Media and the Family, the 11th Annual MediaWise Video Game Report Card attempts to provide a "snapshot" of the video game industry and its relationship with parents, teens, and children.
Last year the video game industry brought home the kind of report card that would have seen me grounded for a couple of months when I was a kid. Due in no small part to the fiasco surrounding the "Hot Coffee" mod in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the industry walked away with an "F" when it came to truth in video game ratings while the NIFM said the industry was "beyond repair."
Things look much better this year. In fact, the report card's focus has swung away from challenging the video game industry's conduct with regard to younger gamers towards parental involvement, ratings education, and retailer conduct. The reasoning is simple: the video game industry has taken major steps to address the Institute's concerns over video game ratings, enforcement, and education. As a result, the Institute isn't even bothering to grade ratings accuracy just one year after giving them an "F."
Read More: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061130-8332.html
Last year the video game industry brought home the kind of report card that would have seen me grounded for a couple of months when I was a kid. Due in no small part to the fiasco surrounding the "Hot Coffee" mod in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the industry walked away with an "F" when it came to truth in video game ratings while the NIFM said the industry was "beyond repair."
Things look much better this year. In fact, the report card's focus has swung away from challenging the video game industry's conduct with regard to younger gamers towards parental involvement, ratings education, and retailer conduct. The reasoning is simple: the video game industry has taken major steps to address the Institute's concerns over video game ratings, enforcement, and education. As a result, the Institute isn't even bothering to grade ratings accuracy just one year after giving them an "F."
Read More: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061130-8332.html