Don’t buy these games for your kids (from the bargain bin)
As reported by GamePolitics, a Detroit prosecutor has issued her list of top-ten violent computer games you shouldn’t buy for your child this Christmas, which is fine, but the list is kind of … old.
Topping my list of worst games for kids would be State of Emergency, the game where you mow down mall shoppers and police officers in order to get the highest score possible. It’s the most senselessly violent, mentally poisonous game I’ve ever played (and I got pretty good at it, too, but not as good as Elf). But it’s not on this list.
I don’t object to people warning parents away from inappropriate material, but perhaps it would be more constructive for Detroit Prosecutor Kym Worthy to remind parents how to read the ESRB ratings which would offer a more complete guide than this measly list of ten. I mean, that way you don’t even have to memorize a list. You can just look on the box. Does it say “M”? Probably shouldn’t let your six-year-old play it.
Frankly, they say they’re concerned about the “kids” — but I think what they really want to do is build political consensus for censoring these games from everyone.
