Enough already!
The Church of England has weighed in again on the subject of violent videogames…. nothing new here.
However, one quote from Tom Benyon caught my eye;
A bubbling sewer of gratuitously violent and sexual pornography in DVD games are washing all around us. Byron relied on the proposition that parents have a liability or are interested in controlling what their children do. We think, sadly, that that is optimistic and a prize hope.
The Church of England does not think parents are liable or interested in controlling what their children do? So along comes The Church of England to tell them all how to do it? Really?
Enough is enough
Every console on the market right now has parental controls that will lock them down and prevent minors playing these games. If parents took the responsibility to ensure these settings were enabled, the rest of us who can play violent games and understand it is fictional can get on with our lives.
The tools are right there. Instead of throwing BS like this around, how about we educate people about this stuff?
I get it, it’s easier to take pot shots at the gaming industry than it is to ask people to accept personal responsibility, I’m just tired of seeing this stuff now.
When will people see reason and finally apply some logic to this situation?
via Violent Games Assailed by Church of England | GamePolitics.
