DigitalBattle.com

In order to prove that policies concerning Mature games aren’t being honored, Jack Thompson decided to send his son, who is 15, to Best Buy to see if he would be able to purchase an M rated game. Since there currently isn’t a new Grand Theft Auto, Thompson junior set his sights on BioShock. Jack Thompson presented a press release today concerning the outcome of his “test”.

“The Best Buy retail clerk who sold this “Mature” game to Thompson’s 15-year-old son is Alysia. She asked Thompson’s son for his ID. He said he had none. She said, “I don’t really care.” She has a piercing through her right eyebrow, and she can be easily identified by Thompson and by store officials. She should be fired immediately. So should the store manager whose very same store sold Grand Theft Auto: Vice City to Thompson’s son when he was 10 years old (!) in a sting that he and his father arranged, just like this one.

…Just as Thompson and others have been saying and as the Federal Trade Commission has been suggesting, the notion that major retailers, and especially Best Buy, are effectively age ID-ing kids is a sham.”

It’s a little harsh to claim that the clerk should be fired for selling BioShock to a fifteen year old, especially considering he can download the first eight percent of the game for free. Chances are this news will do little, if anything, to lower the amount of minors purchasing Mature games. In fact, I predict the number of fifteen year olds buying M rated games is going to hit an all time high in about a week or so.