The web site What They Play is a video game guide for parents.  As a Mature rated video game like Grand Theft Auto 4 shows, parents need to be smart about what they let their children play.

What They Play - The parents guide to video games.

Why do the hardcore gamers out there without kids care about What They Play?  Two reasons:

  • The more rules, tools, and information that the video game industry provides to parents, the less the government feels the need to step in and pass laws regulating our industry.
  • You can win cool stuff by entering the What They Play Family Gaming Starter Kit Giveaway

By heading to the site, and entering your information between now and June 10th, 2008, and you will be entered to win things like an Xbox 360 Elite, a LIVE subscription, a 42" HDTV, controllers games, or t-shirts.

I did want to point out something I saw when skimming the full rules:

WINNER ASSUMES ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY INJURIES OR DAMAGE CAUSED OR CLAIMED TO BE CAUSED BY PARTICIPATION IN THIS SWEEPSTAKES OR BY THE USE OR MISUSE OF ANY PRIZE

So while typing in your information, should you break all of your fingers (like this unfortunate guy) or you beat someone to death with the 42" HDTV, the web site will not be held responsible.

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For more information from Microsoft about how parents can keep their kids safe check out the Is Your Family Set web site.

For more information, and full rules, for the What They Play contest check out this link.