Video Game Ratings Board Says No Changes Coming After Doctor’s Group Links Violent Vid Games [View all]

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"Video Game Ratings Board Says No Changes Coming After Doctor’s Group Links Violent Vid Games To Aggression"

Only days after the American Psychological Association in Washington, D.C., which is the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the U.S., called on the Entertainment Software Rating Board to refine its video game rating system for violent video games, the ESRB said no. The APA made the request after its task force made up of doctors found that there was “a consistent relation between violent video game use and increases in aggressive behavior.” However, the ESRB called the group’s suggestion “misdirected or mistaken,” citing studies that suggest parents already trust the rating information and have a depth of information available to them already.

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With no connection of gameplay to violence out there, certainly an understandable course to take. Parents need to be more involved in monitoring time played, games played and so forth. Any changes that the ratings board would make wouldn't even register with the bulk of consumers/parents simply because it might say... what? Wish they talked more about what the APA wanted in terms of changes.

I'm at a loss otherwise because any further dialogue on packaging won't change a thing.