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In Wake of Rampage, German Pol Calls for WoW to be 18+ Rated
First-person shooters Counter-strike and Far Cry 2 have already come in for mention in relation to last week's horrific rampage shooting in Germany.
But World of Warcraft, not one of the usual suspects in the video game violence debate, has now been thrown into the mix by a German politician.
Welt Online reports that Germany's Minister for Social Affairs Mechthild Ross-Luttmann (left) has turned her attention to WoW:
Ross-Luttmann... aims to achieve a general age restriction for addictive computer games. World of Warcraft, for example – available to minors at the age of 12 – might in the near future only be sold to adults. In addition to this, parents need to be further sensibilized [sic]. “Parents must know what danger potential exists in their children’s bedrooms,” Ross-Luttmann said.
Computer game expert and author of "Digital Paradise" Andreas Rosenfelder is rather skeptical about demands like this. “I don’t see a connection between digital role playing games like World of Warcraft and shooting sprees,” he said. World of Warcraft is a game set in medieval times in which the protagonists can take on the roles of dwarfs, elves and wizards. There is no shooting in this game.
"In heated debates there can easily be some confusion,“ Rosenfelder said.
Ross-Luttmann also hopes to begin a secret shopper program in order to evaluate video game rating enforcement by German retailers.
Via: GameCulture
Article Source: www.gamepolitics.com.
But World of Warcraft, not one of the usual suspects in the video game violence debate, has now been thrown into the mix by a German politician.
Welt Online reports that Germany's Minister for Social Affairs Mechthild Ross-Luttmann (left) has turned her attention to WoW:
Ross-Luttmann... aims to achieve a general age restriction for addictive computer games. World of Warcraft, for example – available to minors at the age of 12 – might in the near future only be sold to adults. In addition to this, parents need to be further sensibilized [sic]. “Parents must know what danger potential exists in their children’s bedrooms,” Ross-Luttmann said.
Computer game expert and author of "Digital Paradise" Andreas Rosenfelder is rather skeptical about demands like this. “I don’t see a connection between digital role playing games like World of Warcraft and shooting sprees,” he said. World of Warcraft is a game set in medieval times in which the protagonists can take on the roles of dwarfs, elves and wizards. There is no shooting in this game.
"In heated debates there can easily be some confusion,“ Rosenfelder said.
Ross-Luttmann also hopes to begin a secret shopper program in order to evaluate video game rating enforcement by German retailers.
Via: GameCulture
Article Source: www.gamepolitics.com.