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A growing number of young Americans are ready to press play on video games. This holiday season, video game-related gifts are topping wish lists for 76% of U.S. children ages 10-17, according to a ...
Common Sense Media reviews thousands of movies, TV shows, music, video games, apps, web sites and books.Based on developmental criteria, the reviews provide guidance regarding each title's age appropriateness, as well as a "content grid" that rates particular aspects of the title including educational value, violence, sex, gender messages and role models.
Our survey of more than 1,000 American parents who are gamers themselves shows over half of them believe that today’s video games carry more of a risk for kids than those of their youth, with 44 ...
Parents are expressing concern over the pricey consequences of video games on children.. Michael and Jennifer Ferri couldn’t believe their eyes when they found $4,000 in video game charges on ...
The Pan European Game Information (PEGI) is a European video game content rating system established to help European parents make informed decisions on buying computer games with logos on games boxes. It was developed by the Interactive Software Federation of Europe (ISFE) and came into use in April 2003; it replaced many national age rating ...
Voluntary rating systems adopted by the video game industry, such as the ESRB rating system in the United States and Canada (established in 1994), [7] and the Pan European Game Information (PEGI) rating system in Europe (established in 2003), are aimed at informing parents about the types of games their children are playing (or are asking to play).
When I grew up in the '70s and '80s, my parents needed a crowbar to pry me away from the TV set. But these days, parents are increasingly waging a similar battle against video gaming systems, and ...
The International Age Rating Coalition (IARC) is an initiative aimed at streamlining acquisition of content ratings for video games, from authorities of different countries. Introduced in 2013, the IARC system simplifies the process of obtaining ratings by developers, through the use of questionnaires, which assess the content of the product.