I dunno, just look at the majority of Youtube comments or some of the incredibly immature comments on these forums. Parenting is like teaching; you don't automatically know everything just by having experienced it.buy teh haloz said:This is why I'm happy that this current generation of parents will die out soon, leaving us, the new generation to pass on our values to our kids.
Yes. Do i really have to explain why?IndieRocker said:Do you really need an answer to that questionAvida said:What is it about killing and chainsaws that these kids are attracted to before even playing the game?
Yeah, if you're dumb enough to believe that digitalized killing can incline anyone to violence - ESRB ratings serve no purpose; and if they do, why do we make kids under 18 study über-violent Shakespeare plays that were condemned as morally bereft in their own time? The only thing stopping me from buying an eight year-old GoW is the fact I think the game's lame.No, games do not need toning down. What needs to happen is that the parents have to be told what potential content there is within games, and what the ratings mean. I've heard some parents actually believe that the numbers refer to the difficulty of the games. Someone smack some sense into them!
I have mixed views about this sort of stuff... More towards 'against' than 'for'. Mainly because I had to wait to play this stuff, and subconciously I want other kids to, in spite. Haha.Amnestic said:Do you think? I was playing Silent Hill at the age of 10. That's rated M by the ESRB. I turned out okay, although I am thoroughly afraid of zombie nurses. Non-undead nurses I'm fine with.DirkGently said:Sheeeeeeeee-it. Somebody needs to explain to that lady what Gears of War is about. Kids that young should not be playing body-exploding violence like gears.
At the gamestop near me theres some person that tells whats in it and i saw a little kid get turned down from god of war because the person told the parent there was nudityianuam said:The clerks shouldn't sell the games to the parent if they think that it's going to be used by a minor. It's simple.
Just wait until you have kids of your own. Those parents that you make fun of so much said the same things.buy teh haloz said:This is why I'm happy that this current generation of parents will die out soon, leaving us, the new generation to pass on our values to our kids.
all parents should follow this examplehem dazon 90 said:my parents bought me 18 games back in the day. they just sat down and talked to me about how it wasnt real and was impossible. i turned out good
But here's the thing. Halo isn't really *that* violent. It's aliens and stuff. You never really see humans being killed. If they are, then there really isn't a whole lot of blood.DirkGently said:While I've never played silent hill, at that age I was loving the N64 and Golden Eye, and shortly thereafter, Halo. I turned out fine, but I still think the overdose of gore and ultraviolence isn't what such a young age should be playing. Me? Fine. You? Fine. Whiny, eight year old brat? No, not by a long shot.Amnestic said:Do you think? I was playing Silent Hill at the age of 10. That's rated M by the ESRB. I turned out okay, although I am thoroughly afraid of zombie nurses. Non-undead nurses I'm fine with.DirkGently said:Sheeeeeeeee-it. Somebody needs to explain to that lady what Gears of War is about. Kids that young should not be playing body-exploding violence like gears.