Age: 16
Number of children: Eleventy eleven.
Country: Lithuania
What type of videogames do you play, and approximately how many hours a week.
FPS, Action, Strategy, SP RPGs ~15-25 hrs a week.
Other hobbies: Art, some sports.
Are you a violent person?
Not really. I try react to irratating things as calm as possible, though there are exceptions. Though I don't remember the last time I got into a fight.
Do you agree with the current ESRB rating system? Does it work?
Kids can download anything they want for free, if they can't buy it without their parents stopping them. Since when does anyone give a shit about ESRB anyway? It's just there. Not that anyone cares.
If you have, or if you will eventually have, children: how do you feel about them playing videogames with violent themes? At what age would you allow them to play T or M rated games? How would you determine when they were allowed to play these games?
It'd depend on how well I'd raise them, realy. If they were mature enough to play M-rated games by 12 - I'd let them.
If you do not have children, do/did your parents/guardians ever monitor or regulate what games you played? Were you not allow to play certain games until certain ages?
I'm sure almost everyone here has heard that familliar "Oh dear! You're playing that disgusting game with the crowbar again!!" from their parents.
And lastly, do you believe that in cases of teen violence the media should be held liable as an influence?
Not with normal people it shouldn't. Unless you're talking about chavs/wiggas/10-yr-olds. Hide/cut the wires, or watch your kids act like 50 cent.