Poll: Did your parents care what games you played?
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Sort of, my mum had a concerned look when she saw the warnings on GTA 3 when I was trying to convince her to get it for me. She bought it, let me play it and I heard nothing more of it.
My parents were more concerned that I was spending too much time playing them than they were about the content.
My parents were more concerned that I was spending too much time playing them than they were about the content.
My parents were the ones that played the games. I played them after. Heck, my first PC game was Starcraft, which, if you remember, had humans exploding, bursting into chunks, and other bloody ways. I knew it was just awesome that a computer could do that. and now in SC2 its even better, but its not why I played it, or why I play it now. Its fun for me. They made sure it was right for me, but they knew I was smarter than other kids my age at the time (8 I think)
I wasn't allowed to play any games with the least bit of violence - I think a big one was Age Of Empires 1 - because "people get killed in it". That was up until I turned 16, when I finally said "fuck it" and did my own thing.
To my parents, games = the devil. The first really violent game I played was Jedi Academy, and that was only able to get away with that at a friend's place. Didn't help that they thought Star Wars was the devil, too.
I'm an adult now, but thankfully, they're a lot more lenient now on my younger siblings.
To my parents, games = the devil. The first really violent game I played was Jedi Academy, and that was only able to get away with that at a friend's place. Didn't help that they thought Star Wars was the devil, too.
I'm an adult now, but thankfully, they're a lot more lenient now on my younger siblings.
Well, since my parents were the primary buyers of video games, yes. In a way. If my Dad wanted a game, he would get it. After he was done, we could have it. As for books, movies, and music, no, they didn't care. If we had a question about something, we asked. I was watching R-Rated movies when I was five. It wasn't a big deal.
I don't really understand censorship. I know my a set for my cousins were not allowed to watch cartoons until they were sixteen because their parents were afraid they would mix reality and fantasy. I'm pretty sure that once you get your first Pokeball and a Pikachu doesn't come out, you know that it's not real. Same for books. It really has no point. You can't pick up a stick and make something levitate. It's fiction for a reason.
I don't really understand censorship. I know my a set for my cousins were not allowed to watch cartoons until they were sixteen because their parents were afraid they would mix reality and fantasy. I'm pretty sure that once you get your first Pokeball and a Pikachu doesn't come out, you know that it's not real. Same for books. It really has no point. You can't pick up a stick and make something levitate. It's fiction for a reason.
Luckily my parents are cool enough that I can play whatever I want. The only real rule, distinguish between reality and virtual.
They did care, but they weren't strict enforcers. By the time I hit 15, they started letting me draw my own lines.
My parents (read: mother) cared more about how much I was playing and less about what I was playing. Although I grew up mostly with the SNES and N64, so... wasn't as much for parents to "worry" about content wise.
They would tell me what to play, when I could play, and how long I could play. And that's not exaggerating, I actually had a blocked off section of the day called "game time" and I could only play then. I also had another section of the day called "free time" in which i wasn't allowed to play. How does that make sense?
yup I was not allowed to buy or rent any game with blood or guns till I was 16
my mom was the only parent I knew who would actually read what was on the back rating box
my mom was the only parent I knew who would actually read what was on the back rating box
Games really weren't as mature back in my time so parental guidance wasn't as neccessary. My mother did show disgust the first time she saw me playing Diablo, but I was in my twenties so...
And as for movies and TV, my mother wasn't too limiting. She hated the fact I liked comedians like Andrew Dice Clay but as long as it wasn't porn, she never complained. First movie I remember her taking me to... Revenge of the Nerds at the drive-in! Baby-sitter cancelled at the last minute yet she had already promised my older sister she'd take her so... I was talking about "bush" to everyone that would listen for months afterwards. She was so embarassed. Good times!
And as for movies and TV, my mother wasn't too limiting. She hated the fact I liked comedians like Andrew Dice Clay but as long as it wasn't porn, she never complained. First movie I remember her taking me to... Revenge of the Nerds at the drive-in! Baby-sitter cancelled at the last minute yet she had already promised my older sister she'd take her so... I was talking about "bush" to everyone that would listen for months afterwards. She was so embarassed. Good times!
I could play any games I want, except GTA, pretty much when I turned 10. And as long as it wasn't overly sexual or scary, I could watch any movie too.
not really... the mainstead of my house when i was younger was perfect dark, and occasionally my mother would tell me that i've been playing for too long, after a few hours...
apart from that, there was only one time where i tried to defend a villian in a movie and after arguing for a while she said "it's all that murdering you do in games! it's thrown off your morality!" but she never really prohibited me from playing the game
apart from that, there was only one time where i tried to defend a villian in a movie and after arguing for a while she said "it's all that murdering you do in games! it's thrown off your morality!" but she never really prohibited me from playing the game
Yeah, I was monitored.
I think it stopped at 15.
They weren't strict about it, but as I'm British, all they had to do was refuse to buy me any 18+ games and I couldn't get access to them, with the whole legal restriction thing.
I think it was caused by me being negatively effected at an early age by playing Age of Empires to death.
I honestly still think they are worried how drawn in I can be by videogames.
I think it stopped at 15.
They weren't strict about it, but as I'm British, all they had to do was refuse to buy me any 18+ games and I couldn't get access to them, with the whole legal restriction thing.
I think it was caused by me being negatively effected at an early age by playing Age of Empires to death.
I honestly still think they are worried how drawn in I can be by videogames.