Jack Thompson (hide your games!)

[Kman]

In Finland, I know that it is illegal to sell 18+ / M rated games to minors and I even see some shops saying that they do not sell tobacco, alcohol or movies and games (rated 18+ / M) to under aged kids.
But I believe it can differ from seller to seller (with movies and games) and their personal beliefs on how they deal with these and law. I believe most don't really even care about it and just sell them no questions asked.

Personally if I was the seller, I would not sell these games to kids because I see that as a seller, it is my responsibility to obey the given age restriction and law, etc. .
However, if they come in with their parent who buys it for them, then it's their decision and I won't take part of their rearing methods.

I believe you understand my point.

This is my problem with that mindset, it's not that games are intended for certain ages, it's that their intended for people at different levels of maturity. A 13 year old could play a game with really messed up themes and imagery and what not, but if they're mature enough to handle it then it wouldn't be any different that if an adult played it. I, for one, actually did play Amnesia at that age. Though at that age, I was at a point where that kind of imagery didn't have too much of a negative impact on me. I'd learned by that age how to handle that kind of stuff. With that said though, I understand the purpose of the rating system. Most kids by that age aren't at that stage yet, but my point is deciding "the majority of the people in this group cannot handle this material so none of them should be allowed to experience it" is very narrow minded.