You know Jack Thompson, enemy number one in the eyes of the world's videogamers at the moment? Well, there's a radio interview with him here, and discussion of it here. Take a look at these posts in particular: 1, 2
The thing is, there are actually some things in that interview that I agree with him about. Whatever effect violence in videogames has on people's minds, it's sure to be far more pronounced than the effects of violence in films, comic books, rock songs or other scapegoats, especially as graphics become more advanced. Also, age-based rating systems are far more intuitive than letter-based ones, and should preferably be used alongs