This may be an unfashionable point to raise, but as the line continues to blur between CG and live action, we need to check the ethics of the content we're producing. When I play a racing game for several hours, I have to check myself before I get behind the wheel of a real car. What does it do to the mind of a twelve year old to not just see hundreds of graphic acts of violence, but to control them over and over aga…
Can you clarify your point? Is it unethical to make content for adults because children might see it? I would say it's unethical for parents to abdicte their gatekeeper responsibilities to the clerk at gamestop.
There's no black and white line that I would draw. Parents ARE responsible for their children's upbringing. Does that relieve the rest of us of all responsibility for the society we create?
I don't believe that playing GTA or watching Saw XVIII is going to make anyone a murderer. That doesn't mean I think we should be racing to the bottom, trying to see how far we can take things.
To be clear, I consider these issues ones that people should solve for themselves, not ones for the government to get involved in. As far as I'm concerned, any censorship or forced labeling of content is a violation of the First Amendment. It's not the government's job to police, but it should be our responsibility to consider.