Survey shows that most stores ignore game ESRB ... no shocker there

I know most of us will be only a few minutes from entering a kind of "turkey-comatose" state, but the news never stops and things need to be reported so ...

According to a survey done by the East County Youth Advocacy Coalition (ECYAC), a group of high school-aged youths from San Diego, nearly 50 percent of video game retailers surveyed allowed underage youths to purchase M-rated games.

According to a quote from the San Diego Union-Tribune:

During a two-month undercover survey of more than 60 stores countywide, 46 percent sold video games rated M for 'Mature' to teens younger than 18, said Shontey Hambrick, adult adviser to the East County Youth Coalition.

Unfortunately, this means more bad news for the video game industry and even more if this reaches the desk of a certain attorney.

This will definitely start more arguments on how much actual parenting are parents doing and what can we do to make incompetent retailers follow the law? It's saddening because it's actions like these that keep making M-rated games get repeatedly censored for us adult gamers.

So stop gawking at the girl that walked in the game store - yes women play video games too - and pay more attention to the seven-year-old buying Gore-tacular III: The Impaling ... or something like that.

- R

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