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The ESRB is a pre-teens worst enemy because of their age limits on buying games rated M. Why is it that games are seen as such a stem of violent behavior and un-suitible themes. Even on the back of the Halo novels there is a warning claiming "this novel is based off a mature rated video game." This is getting out of hand, if the book is so bad and graphic why don't they put an age restriction on it. Many books are worst and are accessible to anyone at any public library. One of the most objected to books in 2008 according to suite-101 was And Tango Makes Three. This book contains And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell. Reasons stated for challenging the book's suitability for schools and libraries: Anti-Ethnic, Sexism, Homosexuality, Anti-Family, Religious Viewpoint, Unsuited to Age GroupRead more: http://womens-literary-prizes.suite101.com/article.cfm/the_most_challenged_books_of_20072008#ixzz0EHLxzCQr&B. Even with the many objections to this book there is no age restriction or even a disclaimer on or in the book saying it contains content unsuitible for any age group. Why is it that violence in a book that is based off a video game is worst than a book with themes that contain content anyone will find offensive. Why claim that just because a book is based off a M rated game it is suddenly worst than sexism, racism, and religous claims? I could go to any book store and buy this novel among others with similar themes and could buy a book with more graphic descriptions of violence than the halo novel without knowing it, without a disclaimer but they feel compelled to let me know that a halo novel is based off a M rated game implying unsuitable content. Are graphic description suddenly better than a video game. WW2 or Vietnam novels are based on a war that actually happened and was more horrific than a video game could ever be simply because it was real blood and real lives that were taken and spilled.
Along with the books the ratings are skewed in a rediculous way. A pg-13 movie can have more graphic and mature content than a game you have to be 17 to buy, why is it that controlling the media becomes worst than watching someone else control it. I starting to wonder if games were rated like a movie if they would be rated R which is the equivilant of an M rating. Are video games being rated wrongly simply because they are games or is it the content?

Adding on...Is it really neccessary to block m rated demos when on a minors account? A parent can say it is ok for the child to download mature content and yet microsoft still blocks that content from that account. Same thing with retail games, an adult has to be there for every single purchase of an m rated game. At a store (gamecrazy for example) if you had an account the legal guardian used to be able to give permission for a minor to buy any m rated game without them being there. This is no longer true regardless if the parent would let the buy the game or not. Just next to gamecrazy is hollywood video, if a minor is on a guardians account the guardian can set the limit to which games and movies the kid can rent, including R rated and M games. Why is it that an M rated game cannot be previously approved by a parent when you buy it but it can when it is rented. This is rediculous a parent should be allowed to decide what their kid can get without having to be there everytime and wasting their own time.