Saving Our Kids from Fake Beer
We here at the BoozinGear love our beer pong. I’m not sure if a video game attempting to recreate the beer pong experience like the one being developed by Wiiware will work even on the reality mimicking Wii but I’m willing to try it. (By the way, you can try out another version of a beer pong video game right now.)
But what if *gasp* kids under the legal drinking age can get their hands on the game? I mean, it’s got beer in it. It’s even right there in the title! We might as well just hand them a fifth of Jack Daniels and a loaded pistol, right? It’s almost exactly the same thing!
Think that’s hyperbole? You won’t after reading Connecticut’s Attorney General Richard Blumenthal’s frantic ranting about the proposed video game. He’s already screamed loud enough to convince the game makers to change the name to a rather insipid “Pong Toss.” He promises to closely scrutinize the game and still insists that the game should be restricted to adults only even though all references to the demon beer have been removed.
That’s right, Dick, let’s continue to make even the mention of alcoholic beverages taboo and therefore titillating to kids. Instead of teaching them to respect what can be a very pleasurable part of life, let’s instead tell them that it’s secret and not for them because that works so very well with kids and teenagers!
Lighten up! It’s only a game and Wiis don’t come with beverage dispensers!
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