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* Parents to Game Retailer: "Raise My Kids" *
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There are two parts to this story:

First, it seems that GameStop doesn't want to help out parents with a policy to only sell to kids with good grades. Wouldn't the game retailer want to have parents actually "like" them by playing the part of the third parent? I'm on the fence about this. I mean, in principle, this would be a good idea, but enforcement would be ridiculously difficult. I mean, it would be a boon for the technically proficient kids who could create fake report cards using a scanner and photoshop and sell them to other kids who are not up on their photoshoppery but have the chedda to buy the fake report cards. Or the smart kids could be the game pusher...buying games in bulk from the GameStop then inflating prices to the dumber kids who don't have the grades to get their game on. I think this would create more problems than solve them in actuality. Another alternative is that the kids would just go elsewhere to buy their games...there are TONS of places to buy games. Target, Walmart, EB, etc...there's really no end to the ways kids can get their mitts on electronic-crack. No, I think in the end, it's quite apparent what needs to be done: Raise Yo' Own Damned Kids. I commend the GameStop manager for trying to do his part and create a better educated world, but in the end, it really is up to the parents to get off their phones while driving their Hummers around and talk to their kids once in a while to "learn them" a thing or two.

Techdirt: GameStop Suspends Manager Who Won't Sell Games To Kids With Bad Grades












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