The game testers have one purpose and one purpose only. To see if the game is playable and to note any and all glitches for the programmers to fix. They have and probably never will have anything to do with the actual rating of a game. The rating has already been pretty much figured out BEFORE they even get into the hands of the testers. Its just like making a movie. A script/story is written and submitted. At that point, the majority of the content is already given and an idea for the rating is established. There is a simple set of guidelines that they rate a game on....and i mean simple which of course are listed on the back of the final product of the game. If it has this much blood, it gets this rating. If it has this much language, it gets that rating. If it has both, it gets an entirely different rating all together. I agree that no matter what, kids will get their hands on these games some way or another but for them to be able to go into a store and purchase it WITHOUT an adult, is absurd. Then it should fall back on the store that sold it. Kind of like smoking. Here in the US, stores/vendors get fined if they get caught selling smokes to anyone under the age of 18. Same rules should apply for game stores. Produce ID or produce an adult to purchase it is what I say.

Nec