@RedLegZeff I'm not sure of the details, but I'd imagine it works like alcohol and cigarettes. Basically, you're just fucked if you screw up. The law is not to sell to minors, but also to ask for an ID for everyone that looks under 25 years old, to be safe.
@RedLegZeff Wrong. Most gamers are adults, and the kids can still get their games from brothers, parents, whatever. A similar law is already in effect in Canada and has been for quite some time, and it never hurt the market. Walmarts, EBGames, GameStops, Futureshops, Best Buys, Staples...they're all selling their M rated games and asking for ID if needed.
@_Roo_ To have anything remotely representative, you'd need several group with thousands of kids in each over an extended period of time. Otherwise you just have a bucket of random data and you try to make sense out of it. Kids below 13 years old will probably be more influenced by violent games, but over 13 years old, the ones that go nuts were already insane in the first place. That said, if a kid under 13 plays violent games (and technically, 17), the problem is poor parenting.
@JustArtificial No one willing to call themselves a gamer would deny that some Indie games offer actual quality and innovation compared to the Gears of War clones and Call of Duty games. A phone isn't a gaming platform, nor is a tablet, but the OUYA will allow for indie games of great quality, by far surpassing some of the AAA shit the industry is trying to feed us. It won't change gaming, it won't take over consoles/PC gaming, but it will branch out and that's a good thing.
@juboner @dmarkonije Indie games go from cheap to free and can be much, much better than a lot of AAA titles out there. AAA game doesn't mean a good game. The OUYA will allow for some better development, therefor better indie games. Will it take over other consoles ? No, but the casual/indie game genre will evolve beyond what it is right now.
@Jonny-Two-Delta Have two kids play Call of Duty, then put them both in the same room. Leave a gun on the table. Wait. If nothing happens, rinse & repeat with other kids until something happens, then blame it on video games.
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