July 11th, 2009 | 
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Neil Thompson , Microsoft 's regional director of Xbox in the UK , has emphasized the need for the videogame industry to impress upon parents that consoles and videogames have grown far beyond what they were in the past. Thompson, who is also a member of ELSPA , lamented that a lot of parents still treat consoles and videogames as "kids' toys." Age ratings and content filters are just a couple of the ways they're employing to wean parents off of this erroneous thinking. "As a platform holde
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