An 8-year old wants Gears of War 2
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i firmly believe that video games dont make people violent, and an eight year old child playing an M (17+ from american esrb rating) rated game wont do any real damage.
HOWEVER!
that doesnt mean they should be allowed to play these games. the ratings exist for a reason. bending the rules by a year or two is ok, but even though it wont actually cause violence, an eight year old will probably still do some kind of imitation. think of a kid trying to imitate the hot coffee mod...
one problem is that parents only care about the first highest rating above their kids. its like "i cant get you shadow the hedgehog because its rated 10+ and your only eight, so i will buy you halo (completely ignoring the big M on the front) just so you can SHUT UP!"
by the way i think that bending the rules by maybe a year or two is ok, and by the time they are about fourteen then they should have pretty sound judgment and be able to play m rated games. but anyone younger then nine shouldnt play 10+ games, but maybe this is influenced by the fact that i hate kids so very very much. i cant stand those whiny yourmom-y little things playing halo.
also, i know shadow the hedgehog is an old game, but its the only one that i know has an e10 rating, so dont ask, and i also thought it sucked.
HOWEVER!
that doesnt mean they should be allowed to play these games. the ratings exist for a reason. bending the rules by a year or two is ok, but even though it wont actually cause violence, an eight year old will probably still do some kind of imitation. think of a kid trying to imitate the hot coffee mod...
one problem is that parents only care about the first highest rating above their kids. its like "i cant get you shadow the hedgehog because its rated 10+ and your only eight, so i will buy you halo (completely ignoring the big M on the front) just so you can SHUT UP!"
by the way i think that bending the rules by maybe a year or two is ok, and by the time they are about fourteen then they should have pretty sound judgment and be able to play m rated games. but anyone younger then nine shouldnt play 10+ games, but maybe this is influenced by the fact that i hate kids so very very much. i cant stand those whiny yourmom-y little things playing halo.
also, i know shadow the hedgehog is an old game, but its the only one that i know has an e10 rating, so dont ask, and i also thought it sucked.
An 8 year old was buying GOW2?
Great, and easy kill online.
Seriously though, something needs to be done.
Great, and easy kill online.
Seriously though, something needs to be done.
Turn off the news! Its telling your kids about the war in Iraq and other such naughty bad things.
But atleast they can't control a soldier on the news.
Pow Pow Pow, lets get the chainsaw out of the shed and re-enact a scene from gears of war!
Parents choice
And parents are mainly bad parents. Which is why the kids are bad.
Wave goodbye to society, it will only get slowly worse. And I doubt that computer games are the main cause, if one at all.
But atleast they can't control a soldier on the news.
Pow Pow Pow, lets get the chainsaw out of the shed and re-enact a scene from gears of war!
Parents choice
And parents are mainly bad parents. Which is why the kids are bad.
Wave goodbye to society, it will only get slowly worse. And I doubt that computer games are the main cause, if one at all.
I really feel sorry for any 8 year old that successfully convinces their parents to buy Gears 2 for them. Kids are really impressionable at that age and when he grows up all he's going to know is horrible dialogue by half-interested voice actors and plotlines that even Michael Bay would roll his eyes at.
At the Gamestop nearest to me there is a girl there that will tell the parent whats actually in the game and she stopped a parent from buying her kid "God of War".
It's all fine and well for individuals to say that they personally weren't negatively affected by there experiences, thumbs up to you for being a good member of society. But it's an awfully subjective arguement that can't be validly applied to all children. You're saying that your past experience makes the whole age thing a bag of hot air, while this case tells us that it's more than a good idea to restrict sales.
Some countries ban the general possesion and sale of firearms. Not because the majority of the populus will rob convenience stores and go on murder sprees, but because there is that dangerous minority who are a risk. One system has apply to everyone.
Police said that the motive was robbery, however he killed his friend. Who in their right mind would do that?
Rockstar said that the game was aimed at mature audiences. Well, perhaps 14 isn't the right age to be presented with 18-rated games.
Rockstar said that the game was aimed at mature audiences. Well, perhaps 14 isn't the right age to be presented with 18-rated games.
Some countries ban the general possesion and sale of firearms. Not because the majority of the populus will rob convenience stores and go on murder sprees, but because there is that dangerous minority who are a risk. One system has apply to everyone.
I think if a kid wants an 18 game, probably one of the tamer ones he's gonna pick up is gears of War 2. There's some blood, gore and swearing, but the gore is no more scary than Itchy and Scratchy, and the swearing is equivelant to many things on past 9pm which they're bound to have seen anyway. the ony reason this is truelly annoying is that we have to put up with him on Xbox Live. As you can probably tell, I feel we should be more liberal with gaming classifications and censorship. I grew up watching the occasional 18 film (I remember Alien 3 from when I was 8) and playing Loaded on the Saturn, which was an 18 game, when I was 10. As far as I can see, there's nothing wtrong with me. This in my view means that anyone can play an 18 game and not get their head mixed up all full of guns tits and naughty words. If this happens, its their own fault, or their parents fault. Or the teachers. Or the government. Or God. Or Jack Bauer.
A better way to end your life would be to kill her and and have wal-mart security or the cops kill you.......Just saying
The percentage of people who are going to commit gun crimes is higher than the percent of people who are going to commit crimes over R rated games by a very very great degree
Games are for kids. Cutting people up with chainsaws and having their guts spluttered onto your screen is just like Lego for today's generation of kids. Where have you been for the last 10 years?
Not the volume of crimes, the proportion.
Facts on gun crime
USA: 12.8% of people possess a firearm (population of 301 million, 2.61 per household). 100 firearm related manslaughers/murders per million. That's just deaths.
Now what's the proportion of young children playing M/18 rated games (just in case you're about to forget again) that go on to commit violent crimes?
EDIT: And not more, an unacceptable level.
Facts on gun crime
USA: 12.8% of people possess a firearm (population of 301 million, 2.61 per household). 100 firearm related manslaughers/murders per million. That's just deaths.
Now what's the proportion of young children playing M/18 rated games (just in case you're about to forget again) that go on to commit violent crimes?
EDIT: And not more, an unacceptable level.