{"id":982,"date":"2003-12-11T17:49:00","date_gmt":"2003-12-11T22:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/2003\/12\/11\/video-games-and-kids\/"},"modified":"2003-12-11T17:49:00","modified_gmt":"2003-12-11T22:49:00","slug":"video-games-and-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/2003\/12\/11\/video-games-and-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Games and Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/news\/local\/articles\/2003\/12\/11\/game_maker_apologizes_to_haitians\/\">Game maker apologizes to Haitians<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is a LTE <lj user=\"sqlrob\"> sent in response:<\/p>\n<p><i>Mr Diaz,<\/p>\n<p>I would like to comment on your article &#8220;Game maker apologizes to Haitians&#8221;.<br \/>\nIn it,  Mr. Nelson states &#8220;A video game is something you buy to please the<br \/>\nkids. When there are so many other good messages they can put in a video<br \/>\ngame, why does it have to be about killing?&#8221;. I would like to suggest Mr.<br \/>\nNelson do quite a bit more research before spouting off. The number one<br \/>\nconsumer of video games is ages 18-34, far from something intended for<br \/>\npleasing kids.  He also says &#8220;My concern is that Haitian parents already<br \/>\ngot their kids a gift like this&#8221;. If so, those parents should immediately<br \/>\ndrop their children off at CPS and leave them there. It is quite plain on<br \/>\nthe Vice City package that the rating is &#8220;M&#8221;, intended for 17 and up only.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Fabian&apos;s request for a boycott had the exact *opposite* effect on me. I<br \/>\nam one of the few gamers without a copy of this game, and I immediately<br \/>\npurchased it before the censorship kicked in. I know some other people that<br \/>\nare doing exactly the same. If anything, the reaction to this game is<br \/>\nputting Haitians in a much worse light than anything this game could say or<br \/>\ndo.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Myers<br \/>\nAge 32<br \/>\nAustin, TX<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Game maker apologizes to Haitians Here is a LTE sent in response: Mr Diaz, I would like to comment on your article &#8220;Game maker apologizes to Haitians&#8221;. In it, Mr. Nelson states &#8220;A video game is something you buy to please the kids. When there are so many other good messages they can put in a video game, why does it have to be about killing?&#8221;. I would like to suggest Mr. Nelson do quite a bit more research before spouting off. The number one consumer of video games is ages 18-34, far from something intended for pleasing kids. He also says &#8220;My concern is that Haitian parents already got their kids a gift like this&#8221;. If so, those parents should immediately drop their children off at CPS and leave them there. It is quite plain on the Vice City package that the rating is &#8220;M&#8221;, intended for 17 and up only. Mr. Fabian&apos;s request for a boycott had the exact *opposite* effect on me. I am one of the few gamers without a copy of this game, and I immediately purchased it before the censorship kicked in. I know some other people that are doing exactly the same. If anything, the reaction to this game is putting Haitians in a much worse light than anything this game could say or do. Robert Myers Age 32 Austin, TX<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}