Video game violence,part 1

Video game violence is very,very complicated. There are many side's and important figure's. On one hand, there are level-headed, somewhat honest and logical people(Patricia Vance, head of the ESRB)and on the other there are bull!@&$ spewing dumb#!*$(Like Jack Thompson, game hating and free speech constricting lawyer.) and even my neutral parties( My mom. Completely misinformed and pumped full of anti-game propaganda by the media.).

Everything is very confusing. For someone who is not "In the know", it's completely indecipherable. So, here are some of the major event's:

After the release of Mortal Kombat, which was over the top and brutal, the ESRB(entertainment software ratings board) was formed. They would rate every game they could get their hands on. Game stores would require the game's they sell to have rating's. It was Fact: After the release of Mortal Kombat, which was very brutal and over the top, the ESRB designed to help parents make the right choices for their kids. And, for the most part, it has worked. But, throughout all this, the system is not perfect. The one flaw that most people would say"Good. It should be that way". The flaw was that the system was to strict.

Let me put it like this. You know that little warning on a dvd case that says "Bonus Material not rated"? Well, that can't happen in a game. Anything on a the game disc must be rated. Even content that was locked out and can only be accessed by illegally hacking into the game's code and exploiting the content. Now, that's just stupid. If someone illegally hacks into a game, and find's content that would affect the rating, then that person should be held at fault.

Let's say the same thing happens on a dvd. The movie is rated pg, but there are some pg-13 visual and audio file's on the disc. These file's are locked out. You have to insert the disc into a computer and go through the file's onme by one to find the right one's. Then, whoever did it calls his kid's, shows them the scene, and sues whoever made the movie. The case would be closed and he would lose miserably. But, if exactly the same thing happens in a game, that same guy would win the case. Why? Why are video games rating's and anything to do with rating's twice as strict?