There’s only so much to do about bad parenting. But all gambling games like this aren’t 18+ like they should be so parents aren’t getting an accurate representation of risks they take bending the rules, if they even are.
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Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 day ago“Gambling” is one of the tags the ESRB labels games with already. A higher letter rating won’t really help when parents aren’t parenting and don’t pay any attention to what their kids are doing. Hella little kids are already in most M rated games, squeaking out racial slurs over the mic.
Gathorall@lemmy.world 1 day ago
ajoebyanyothername@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I guess what I meant, but didn’t go as far as saying, is that lootboxes should be categorised as gambling, as they currently show up in games like Fifa, rated for children, which parents likely wouldn’t think twice about until they see their next credit card statement.
Ultimately parents need to do more to safeguard their kids, but the sneaky and insidious way lootboxes are used makes it significantly harder, and I would argue goes beyond what the average parent would reasonably be able to look out for.