Yesterday at work a young girl came up to the counter with her father. She handed me a game, BMX XXX<\/i>. It's a BMX biking game, but crude, rude, and outright crass. As you beat levels you unlock video footage of strippers.<\/p>\n
I looked at her. She was maybe seven. Maybe<\/i>. I looked at her father. “Who is this for?” I asked.<\/p>\n
He indicated her with a quick nod of his head.<\/p>\n
“Sir,” I said, “this is a Mature-rated game, and this is the reason why according to the ESRB.” I flipped over the case, and indicated the content discriptor on the game rating on the back. Comic mischief. Nudity. Strong language. Strong sexual content.<\/p>\n
He read over the the game rating. “It's fine,” he said.<\/p>\n
“Sir,” I said, “the game has strippers.” Not sure what I'd said had sunk in, I repeated myself. “Strippers, sir.”<\/p>\n
“She plays anything.”<\/p>\n
I nodded grimly, and rang up the game. Perhaps I could have done more, made a better argument to dissuade him from purchasing a game that outright wasn't appropriate for a seven year-old girl.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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