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[Suranga3]

At least in Canada. CBC News.

TORONTO - The video game industry and governments across the country want to get violent video games such as Grand Theft Auto or Manhunt out of children's X-Boxes and Play Stations.

A countrywide initiative, which started three years ago as a pilot project in British Columbia, was rolled out on Thursday at news conferences in Winnipeg, Halifax and Toronto...

No mention of gamecube?

 

[IJoel]

Nintendo games only cause seizures.

 

[Deku Tree]

No mention of gamecube?

No GTA or Manhunt on Gamecube.

 

[bishoptl]

"In addition to age restrictions, the Commitment to Parents program emphasizes parental responsibility," said B.C. Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General Rich Coleman in a news release.

Good if true. I'll believe it when I see it, though.

Retailers check ID before letting you buy alcohol, they can do the same for M-rated games.

 

[belgurdo]

I was getting a little worried; with it being an election year and me deciding to do a master thesis on the public perception on game violence I was wondering when the news studies were going to start rolling in

 

[xsarien]

If kids want to play 'em, they'll find a way to play 'em. How hard was it - really - to skirt around your parents' insistence that you don't see R-Rated movies?

 

[bishoptl]

This is more to shut up yappy parents and be seen as "doing something" than actually, you know, doing something.