As usual, Penny Arcade has reached into my brain and pretty much put down on paper (or screen, as it were) my thoughts on videogames, kids and parental responsibility.

"So why don�t people lend the same legitimacy to videogames that they do to film? It�s because they still think videogames are for children. Those of us who cut our teeth on Atari games are pushing thirty at this point. Is it so unreasonable to expect that as an adult I should be able to purchase an M rated videogame that includes adult material in much the same way I might see an R rated film that contains the same. The fact that pornography exists does not mean that film as a medium is inappropriate for children."

Give their newsposts for today a read... especially Gabe's a little ways down the page.