Public Service Announcements for the ESRB!
by Nick Doerr 
{ Aug 18th 2006 at 8:30AM }
Live in Georgia? Watch TV? Soon you will be subject to the exciting Public Service Announcements brought to you by celebrities in their decline. Or rolling text. These PSA's will try to explain the extremely complicated video game rating system to parents and children, encouraging the former to check the ratings for every game they purchase for the latter. Oh, and you can't escape by not watching the TV. It's on the radio too.Don't worry about the research the ESRB team had done that revealed more than 80% of parents are aware of the ESRB system and take it into consideration when they purchase games. Georgia tax dollars are still going to get used and it may be for the best. This all relates back to the bill being proposed to challenge the effectiveness of the independant rating system. If people aren't exposed and aware of the rating system and if the ESRB doesn't stop getting in trouble (Hot Coffee Mod, Oblivion getting changed from a T to M rating), then we might get a government enforced rating system. Would you rather have the government establish a standard rating system (which would probably coincide closer to the MPAA just for convenience), or keep the current system?
