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My 13-year-old sister visited recently and the first thing she did was ask for the wireless password. So what? She's a forward thinking kid keeping up with the times. According to a new study, however, she's part of a larger trend. More »
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Being the parent of a 9-year-old boy and a gamer, I'm a huge fan of parental settings. More »
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The children at the Stuart-Hobson Middle School in Washington D.C. today got a real treat, as Microsoft Entertainment & Devices President Robbie Bach was joined by Parent Teacher Association President Warlene Gary and Super Bowl champion Jerry Rice to unveil new parental tools as part of the second year of the "Safety is no game. Is your family set?" campaign. One of those tools is the new 360 Family Timer, which allows parents to set a limit on the time their children spend gaming on Microsoft's console. I'm sure that went over well with the kids. Also included in the initiative is PACT, which is a family contract that allows parents and children to agree on the amount of access they have online and the amount of parental involvement in their gaming life. PACT is available at http://www.xbox.com/isyourfamilyset, and conveniently crumbles into a wadded ball of paper later on whenever it becomes inconvenient for the parties involved. More »
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And somewhere the kids are crying. Nintendo's Revolution and Microsoft's 360 both have parental controls and now so will Sony's PlayStation 3. There was already a version of Parental Control on the PlayStation 2 (I remember always having some code need to be entered when I first got my PS2 back in the day), but there's no real information on how Sony's PS3 Parental Control will function. Kids are smart, they'll find out a way to play Grand Theft Auto-whatever even with a Parental Control. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=139600&view=rss&microfeed=true Game Industry says the PS3 will ship with built-in parental controls. This should calm down some of the zealots concerned with their kids turning into stone cold killers after playing violent video games. Just turn up the parental control on the PS3 and keep letting the electronics babysit the kids. Easy mode, right? More »
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