Reply #6: Ok let me put my game designer hat on

[nadinbrzezinski]

yes I do wear one

Look as much as I love games, there are some that push teh envelope and then some (GTA comes to mind). Look at the premise of the game... kill cops and steal cars.

Now if yuo are OVER 18 go ahead and get the game and enjoy it, but this is an ADULT themed game and if stores (yes even Game Stop) sell this piece of crap to kids theere is a problem... so if the game companies cannot control the content... well somebody will have to do it

Will they ban games? No... the opiate effects they provide is just oh too gerat and now it is even used as a recruitment tool by the US Military... but as a game designer the game companies are also partly to blame.

Will they try to limit what is produced? Yes absolutely, but some of this should be done at the company level... or those games should be extremely well marked as adult content.

Oh and of course parents are also responsible, but... this is a multi pronged problem... and it does cover the designers as well... for the record GTA is not present at this household, I mostly do Paper and pencil, which can also be quite violent... but I also always encourage paents to make sure what I produce is something their kids will be allowed to read and enjoy,