For those of us gamers living in the US we find ourselves under the ratings of the ESRB and in our local video games stores, some of their ratings, just seem pointless. Mainly, I am speaking of the Early Childhood rating which I have never seen in my local Gamestop, or Target, or any other game retailer out there. My question is why do we have a rating for Early Childhood if we have a rating that is available to Everyone. Even on those computer games that are played by four-year-olds on their computer, such as Pajama Sam or Math Blaster they are rated E, not the rare EC. As well, I think it is a mistake to allow young children to game at a young age, because many young children that game seem to have a shorter attention span and do worse in class, because of their expectation of constant entertainment. Also they then lose that part of their life where they gladly run around and play without the worry of gaining weight. My first video game was Pokemon Silver when I was five, now that game was not very exciting or graphically complicated, but it was a fun expierience and age appropiate.

I believe with these new technologies, such as Natal and those wand thingies, and also the Wii-horse...no nothing from the Wii, that the young children can know a different gaming expierience then us, maybe one more interactive. Still, whenever a child begins gaming, let it be three, four, five, six, seven; whenever, I believe that they should show a little maturity first, so that they know how to have fun without it and so that it doesn't affect their attention span. This rating would probably hurt somenone who's game is placed with this rating as well, because as it seems most game selling chains, wouldn't carry them. I see no reason for the ESRB to have a rating that will promote children of an early stage to begin into the virtual world, when they still need to explore their own world and its wonders first.