ECA Takes Up Arms Against Capitol Hill, Asks You To Help
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3Politicians have been targeting video games ever since the Newtown shooting catastrophe. They want studies, they want taxes, they want new laws.
All of this without ever acknowledging that violent games or any games with mature content aren't designed for children but you know, whatever. Anyway, the ECA (Entertainment Consumers Association) says they're "headed to Capitol Hill" to meet with legislative peeps in order to discuss the aforementioned issues.
And in the email they sent over, they wanted us to be aware of the facts, which they will attempt to prove in front of those in charge:
-- While video game sales have more than doubled in the last decade, violent crime has decreased.
-- Countries who consume more video games than the United States don’t see the same level of gun violence.
-- The FTC has recognized the current video game labeling system as the best enforced out of all those in entertainment.
-- The Supreme Court has defended video games as First Amendment protected media.
So they'll be fighting the good fight from their end, but they want you to do your part, too. If you haven't already, write to Obama and the legislators and tell them why you disagree with their plans. And then write to your state representative and tell them that violent video games don't cause real-world violence.
To be perfectly honest, I'm somewhat uncomfortable about doing that. I am not convinced that violent media experienced by children (not adults) doesn't at least contribute to aggression, and I also have no problem making the ESRB ratings legally binding. They should've been in the first place. Such a move might not make a huge difference but I don't see how it could hurt. Just my two cents on the matter.
Tags: eca, entertainment consumers association, video games, violent games
1/25/2013 11:15:59 AM Ben Dutka
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Underdog15
Friday, January 25, 2013 @ 1:06:02 PM
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bigrailer19
Friday, January 25, 2013 @ 1:47:23 PM
I for one am all for them enforcing the esrb ratings further. I mean where I live all the retailers follow and enforce the ratings anyways. That includes bestbuy, gamestop, wal-mart and all the other retail stores. It wouldnt change much, so go for it I say.
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Simcoe
Friday, January 25, 2013 @ 2:22:40 PM
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PSN French
Friday, January 25, 2013 @ 2:42:34 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Friday, January 25, 2013 @ 3:13:35 PM
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WorldEndsWithMe
Friday, January 25, 2013 @ 3:10:30 PM
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gumbi
Friday, January 25, 2013 @ 4:04:13 PM
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But what am I saying? I'm a gamer, and according to California Senator Leland Lee I have "no credibility in this argument". More of his crap here --> kotaku.com/leland-yee/
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Saturday, January 26, 2013 @ 1:45:36 AM
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games were getting shoehorned into the MA category which has such flimsy restrictions it isent funny.
you had to be 15 or have a adult purchase it for you, which is not exactly hard just find a brother, sister, uncle, whatever.
and half the time retailers did not even care, if i had a nickel for every time ive seen 15+ restricted content being sold to kids by themselves, well you get the point by now.
exactly why we needed the 18+ rating, that way from now on most games that would of been 15+, and thus placed into most of kids hands will now be far harder for them to achieve.
dunno why but retailers have always been FAR stricter on 18+ movies than they have videos.
i remember when i tried to get a movie cant remember what it was called but it was R, zero stores would sell it to me because i was under age.
than i went to same store said f*ck it and bought a 15+ movie instead, even though i was only 13.
its funny how you cant budge them with a freaking nuke on 18+ content, but 15+ eh who cares.
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Ather
Monday, January 28, 2013 @ 5:07:55 PM
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Simcoe
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Friday, January 25, 2013 @ 1:00:20 PM