American politicians suggested the video warning labels similar placed on cigarette packs, according to The Hill .
Democratic Party Congressmen Joe Baca (Joe Baca) from California and the Republican Party Fulvio Frank (Frank Wolf) from Virginia put forward for consideration in the US Congress Bill "Violence in video games", HR 4204 . In it they suggested the games that contain at least some the portrayal of violence, special sticker, the same being placed on tobacco packaging. Message on the sticker would read: "WARNING: Severe games can trigger aggressive behavior."
According to the plan, and Buck Wolf-like mark should be the game that received by Ratings Services ESRB ratings from E (for children from 6 years) to AO (for mature audiences only). The exception was the game rated EC (for children from 3 years). Thus politicians want to warn parents about potentially harmful content purchased for children games. "Just as smokers and warn about the dangers of tobacco, we should warn parents about gaining weight scientific facts about the relationship of violent games and aggressive behavior," - said Wolfe. In this case, the congressman referred to research by the American Psychological Association and the scientific journal Pediatrics.
If put forward a bill to be approved by the legislature the US Commission on the safety of consumer products (Consumer Product Safety Commission) will be required within 180 days to make a set of rules by which video games will be marked warning.
American Association of Software and computer games (ESA), whose members include most of the video game publisher, has responded to the proposal put forward by politicians. "Bill, which Bud Wolfe and promotes in Congress for the past 10 years, unjustly intimidates parents and refers to incorrect research and" scientific garbage. "Many medical experts came to the conclusion that the proposed policy sources are vague and inconclusive," - said in a statement .
At the end of the members of the association have recommended Wulff and Bake "to get acquainted with studies showing positive effects of games on children's ability to learn."
