Xbox parental controls (which won’t affect kids)
Microsoft have unveiled a new update to the XBox 360 to protect those most innocent and precious of things (profits) against the evils of modern technology (media scaremongering).
Existing parental controls can prevent minors from playing games with an unsuitable ESRB rating. The update will allow parents to set strict limits on the child’s game time, with visible warnings when the time is almost expired followed by power off (and doubtless much swearing on the part of the gamer).
At least, that’s the theory. In many households the XBox occupies the same role the VCR used to – a mysterious magical box that only the young ones can control. Even in cases were parents can set the device, there is nothing they can activate that their child (and the internet) can’t disable.
This will be a useful tool for parents that already strictly control their children’s gametime, but any hopes of using it as a convenient "kid-timer" will be swiftly foiled.
The real purpose is this upgrade is to give Microsoft another thing to point to the next time FOX news decides that all the evil in the world is injected directly into children’s brains by the nefarious devil-boxes, no doubt powered by rock and roll and communism.
In an attempt to make the concept of "playing less and doing what you’re told" appealing to children, a noble if doomed undertaking, Microsoft have involved multiple record-breaking wide receiver Jerry Rice (as reported by Reuters). Unfortunately he insists on mentioning his "Dancing with the Stars" finalist status, considerably reducing his likelihood of Halo players listening to him.
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