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Video Game Voters Network
| Founded: | March 2006 |
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| Company Overview: | The Video Game Voters Network is a movement of video game enthusiasts of voting age who organize and defend against legislative threats to video games! Join today so you can learn about these threats and take actions to prevent them. |
| Mission: | Millions of Americans, of all ages and from all walks of life, play computer and video games every day. We love games, and we're raising our voices in opposition to those who are making games a frequent target of political criticism and legislation. Games are fully protected speech under the Constitution, and receive the same First Amendment protection as books, movies, music, and cable television programs. Laws regulating video games have been thrown out by the courts seven times since 2001. The Network opposes efforts to regulate the content of video games, including proposals to criminalize the sale of certain games to minors, or regulate games differently from movies, music, books, and other media. The Network also enables voting-age gamers to stay educated about issues, reach out to federal, state, and local officials, and register to vote. |
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During this upcoming shopping season, it is important that parents are aware of what type of video games they are buying for their children. More parental education efforts, rather than intrusive video game regulations, are the only way to ensure the protection of children, while protecting our favorite form of entertainment.
The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) recently launched two more initiatives to empower parents with the right information: rating summaries and an ESRB mobile site. The new rating summaries explain in objective terms the context and relevant content that factored into a game's ESRB rating assignment. Rating summaries are also accessible from a new mobile website at m.esrb.org, which allows parents to search game titles on their mobile devices while they are shopping.
Former critics of the ESRB ratings, Senator Hillary Clinton, Senator Joe Lieberman, and the National Institute on Media and the Family, praised these tools for parents. Senator Clinton said, "This new supplement to the ratings is a real gift for parents as we head into this holiday season. Parents need all the information they can get to make more informed decisions about what's appropriate for their children. These new rating summaries offer more helpful information than ever before to help parents to get involved and get informed."
Do your part to help educate parents about video game ratings:
1. Send an ESRB Rating Guide by email
2. Got a blog or website? Post the ESRB Rating Search Widget
3. Tell a co-worker or relative with children about ESRB's mobile website
Go to www.esrb.org to look up a game or find out more information about parental controls.
As you know, the news of the new E3 Expo next year shook up the video game community this week. Rich Taylor, Senior VP of Communications & Research at the ESA (VGVN's parent organization), speaks with G4's Adam Sessler about the plans for the bigger & better E3, and the efforts of the Video Game Voters Network. Watch the video and be sure to share it with your friends.
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