ESRB ratings are a good thing.

I went to my usual PSP site to read that Jack Thompson had wirtten to Take 2 to gloat about Manhunt 2 receiving a Mature rating. That's just childish. However, I do think that a Mature rating is appropriate.

While I believe that monitoring childrens enterteinment input is up to the parent, providing and accurate ESRB rating is the responsibility of the industry. Lets face it, we do need SOME help. Not in raising our kids, but rather in having all the information necessary to make a fair judgement call.

Personally, I don't believe that this will hinder the sell of the game much. Certain games appeal to certain demographics. Manhunt can and will be bought primarilly by the generation that stayed up late on a school night perfecting the art of getting 100+ men on Super Mario Bros. The only thing that would stop us (individually of course) from buying the game would probably be a lack of money or personal convictions.

Finally, I want to make sure it is understood that I don't mean to condemn parents. I know that it's so much tougher to be a kid these days, so parenting is that much more of a sensative journey. But as long as we can say we did all we could to protect our kids (and if we did, we can say it) our conscience is cleared. Doing all we can for our kids - protecting them at all costs - can only result in a respectful and selfless citizen.

'Til next time.