I remember EGM being a fairly graphic gaming magazine, one famous ad was the women with the gunshot in her head for Hitman, not quite for kids. And 12 is the age most boys start to like girls just give him a jumpstart and give him the talk.
12-Year-Old Gets Maxim Mag, Mom Not Happy
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I really would've loved to hear from the kid on this one, and not just his fundie mother.
"Well, Jake, how do you feel about all of this?"
"Honestly, sir? If I don't get that magazine back, I'm going to go on a killing spree. I've got hair in funny places and I'm pissing fire."
"Well, Jake, how do you feel about all of this?"
"Honestly, sir? If I don't get that magazine back, I'm going to go on a killing spree. I've got hair in funny places and I'm pissing fire."
WoW. even with my incredibly low opinion of people this is still a bit of a surprise. "Smart" people can be so Stupid.
the kid is a Wii fan and so is Megan Fox so the magazine WAS related after all.
Edit: But yeah the mom is right to be mad about having their subcription changed without notice.
Edit: But yeah the mom is right to be mad about having their subcription changed without notice.
In most parts of rural Canada that I'm aware of, people have passed the point of experimentation, and are experienced with sex by the time they're 12. Maxim at 12? Oh no. Although I do symphasize with the mother since EGM jumped this on her, she should really be letting her son own his life when he's 12. Only six years until he's going to have to. "I wasn't given a choice if I wanted to receive Maxim as a replacement for EGM before it showed up in my mailbox," is my main beef with her. She makes it seem like it's her magazine, and they changed her subscription on her. It's hard to separate yourself from your mother and become your own person when they treat you like this.
This same thing happened to me. I got home one day and my dad asked me why the Maxim had been delivered. He thought one of my friends did it for a prank or something, but I checked on the magazine cover and it said "as a replacement for the rest of your EGM subscription, you'll be receiving Maxim for the remaining time period" or something along those lines.
HeheHAHA!
Sounds like a good trade to me!
Really, seriously, he is going into middle school soon, and he is going to learn everything and some more there, if not from sex ed/health classes then from other kids. This mom is kidding herself if she thinks she can protect him. Didn't work on me.
I would like a subscription to Game Informer, which will be changed to Penthouse/Playboy.
Sounds like a good trade to me!
Really, seriously, he is going into middle school soon, and he is going to learn everything and some more there, if not from sex ed/health classes then from other kids. This mom is kidding herself if she thinks she can protect him. Didn't work on me.
I would like a subscription to Game Informer, which will be changed to Penthouse/Playboy.
I can't believe no one thought ahead and realized this could be a possibility. I mean there are a lot of kids out there who have subscriptions to gaming magazines, but then again this is the world of business. Everyone there is crazy.
AAAAAAaaaaaaaahahahahahahaaaaaaa haaaaa I find that really quite funny X3 Still, good point though, surely it would have been better to replace the subscription with say, I dunno, a different gaming magazine?
It's called Maxim, you fool. You lost all credibility by saying you hate something that we're not talking about. Isn't Maximum about Motocross?JimmyBassatti said:Exactly. Maximum is funny, as it is stupider than Playboy, doesn't go all out like Playboy, and features "swamp thing" on the cover, calling "Swamp thing" sexy. See...even Maximum can make a few jokes... but, I'll stick to Playboy, since they had Marilyn Monroe in one issueoliveira8 said:
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[More hate for Maximum] I'd be mad if I was the mother, too. At least they can have the respect to give the boy a magazine that isn't total fail...like Playboy or Penthouse.
OT - Meh, I've been reading magazines like this since I was 11, and all I heard about it from my mum was tips on how to hide them in case my gran found them. I therefore have to believe that this woman is insane/scarily overprotective. Both should result in the child being put into protective custody.
You know, all this could have been avoided if the kid had used the INTERNET to get his news like every other gamer on the planet...
That's sort of fucked up for the magazine people to do. Why do they assume that the people interested in videogames are the same people interested in almost-skin magazines? Do they think little kids can't be interested in video games?
Idiots.
Idiots.