ESRB/Government/Parents/somebody???

Ok. I was hoping I would not have to many rants that in any way involve politics but I had to say something about the video game ratings system as we know it after listing to the 1up Yours podcast and their talk about the Oblivion Mod for the PC version that caused the ESRB to adjust the rating on the game from T for Teen to M for Mature. Now according to everything I have heard the Mod makes female characters topless in the game by removing the bra function. Now I understand the decision to make it M based on this Mod, but in some ways it may seem not fair. One of the best quotes I heard on 1up was that "If you draw boobs on Jessica Alba in People it makes it a porn magazine" -Jeremy on 1up blogs. That is why I think there has to be some way to show that the game as it comes to you may be an M, but it can be adjusted by Mods and that may bring in more "Adult" content that will effect gameplay. This is similar to what happened to GTA in a way but GTA already had adult themes. Oblivion is a game that you should expect blood and violence in but not topless women, at least in the game as it comes from the creators before the MODS.

That lead to the Xbox 360 version being also changed from a T to an M. Now that I do not understand. The game from what I hear on 1up from John, the Oblivion guy on the show, makes it seem like an M rated game. Now I have no problem with it being rated M but I do have problems with it taking something like this on the PC version that in this case does not effect the 360 version to change the rating. The game is bloody and violent from what I heard on the web and podcasts and John on 1up says he was suprised it wasn't M from the begining.

The way games are rated needs to be improved if things like this are always going to come up and cause everyone to panic and in some cases government officials feel they need to jump in and "fix" things. Now here is the question everyone, parents, uncles, cousins, everyone who is involved in any child's life needs to answer: Do you pay attention to or care about what your child has access to, plays, listens to, watches, ect? I mean some parents, not all, but some use DVDs, videogames and music to babysit their kids or to keep them out of their hair. If you need the government to regulate what your kids can see and play with when it comes to video games then you need someone to explain that what your kid does, at least until they are 18 is your responsibility, thats why your called parents. There needs to be a major overhall to the ESRB so that when parents look to see what their kids are buying or already playing they can decide if it is right for them be playing it. We already have issues with DRM, and possibly tiered internet, I think we should try to handle the video game situation on our own, before we can't do anything without looking over our shoulders or asking for permission first. Some freedom that will be.