Dont' Overreact (Score 1)

I'm an avid gamer, a minor, and a defender of gaming as an artistic medium. I think we shouldn't strike out against everything that suggests that games can be unsuitable to kids. There really are some games out there that are pretty awful.

I don't suggest that these games be banned at all, but take a look at the Clinton bill. All it does is ban the sale of M-rated games to kids. Parents can still buy these games for them (so there goes all the "I'll parent the way I want to" arguments) and it even uses the industry's voluntary rating system. It's arguably more lenient than the system for movies (parents must be in the theatre for an R-rated movie but don't have to play an M-rated game with their kid). Tim Buckley, the author of the Ctrl+Alt+Del webcomic, suggested this solution himself, and he's one of the most outspoken defenders of games.

I just don't see how this backlash on the boards is helping our cause. The studies proposed can only help, provided that they're done correctly, and the Clinton bill, though associated with some strong rhetoric, takes the reasonable middle ground. Shouldn't we, the gamers, be rushing to take that middle ground too?