Democratic Presidential Hopefuls On Game Regulation

On the eve of the Iowa caucuses - the first step in the journey of selecting a Democrat and Republican candidate for the Presidential elections - ars technica has a piece where four of the major Democratic challengers for the Oval Office and one Republican chime in on where the idea of state involvement in the regulation of violent or sexual content in video games.

The Democrats (except for Clinton) all paid lip service to the idea of parental responsibility and industry self-regulation as the first, best hope for solving the problem. "The ESRB is a good example of industry responsibility," said John Edwards. Barack Obama said that there's "a golden opportunity for the industry to do this on their own" and that he wants to "improve the voluntary ratings system we currently have." Bill Richardson stressed parental involvement and (somewhat oddly) pledged to give all federal employees eight hours of paid one-on-one time with their kids.

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