I could say something like, "Well color me shocked," but the truth is that one shouldn't really expect more from the videogame only stores because they've really done nothing different and actually do things worse all the time than the bigger name places. You'd think, for example, a videogame only store would have plenty of copies of game instead of just one or two extras for those who didn't pre-buy, while yet I can go to Wal-Mart and usually find a ton more copies. So should we be surprised that they sell Mature games to minors? Nah.

From the article:

According to a video report aired last evening on Washington, D.C.’s ABC-7, specialty retailers did not fare well in their enforcement of ESRB ratings.

News reporter Kris Van Cleave (left) conducted a secret shopper sting at game retailers in D.C. and surrounding areas. Van Cleave said:

Our hidden camera rolls as kids much younger (than 17) shop chain stores from Maryland to Virginia and half the time those stores sold them age-restricted games. Even though virtually every major game retailer has policies prohibiting the sale of M-rated games to kids, clerk after clerk sold them without asking our kids their age.

Read the full article over at gamepolitics.com