Poll: Did your parents care what games you played?

DirgeNovak

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I was partly "monitored", but not in the way you might think. I remember that funny bit when my dad go a bit upset when I wanted to buy Spyro 3 when I was 13. He thought it wasn't violent enough for a 13 year-old. And when I got my PS2, he bought me GTA3 because he was tired of seeing me play Jak & Daxter.

My dad is awesome.
 

Shining_Pyrelight

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Not really, they never cared. But not to make them sound bad or anything, I just wasn't interested in violent games until I was about 14.
But even then, they still bought them for me.
 

Slaanax

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I don't remember too many bloody games I would play when I was kid besides wolfenstein 3d. I didn't really start playing games with depiction of violence until I got an X-box. I played mostly strategy games growing up so they weren't gory.
 

Mr Pantomime

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No, but some Neighbors of mine, who parents were very christian, wouldnt allow them to read harry potter or watch pokemon. Mario was cool though.
 

Drakmorg

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They didn't really care about what particular games I played.
My Mom disapproved of my gaming as a habit since she was under the preconception that video games were just toys for children and felt that I should have moved on to a more mature way of spending my time once I reached 13. She wasn't very strict about it though, she just limited my time allowed to play games to a few hours a day, and kept trying to push me towards other hobbies.
Pretty much the only rule my parents had about my games though was that I couldn't play M rated titles until I was 14.
 

Death God

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Yes. She still does it. The most violent game I own is Devil May Cry and she even has issues with that game. She is slowly letting me get more mature games but not TOO mature.
 

ecoho

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Sakash said:
I was always surprised growing up when i heard one of my friends say that they weren't allowed to watch a certain show/movie, or play a certain game because their parents thought it was 'inappropriate'.

My parents were kinda strict on how long i stayed out, where i went, the sort of people i hung out with. But mostly they tried to make sure i respected them, my family and myself. That i knew the worth of a dollar, and just not to become a loser in general.
Which is why they laugh when they hear things like 'videogames make people violent'. They believe the reason why some kids go out of control is because of the parents and only the parents.

But OT: I remember playing and watching the mos violent and horrific stuff growing up (hell my dad sat me down to watch Hellraiser with him when i was 6, and would laugh when i would get scared), but they would always remind me that it wasnt real, it was make-believe and if you think that you could get away with doing the thing they do in movies or games then you really are an idiot.
So even now at 24, even with all the stuff i was exposed to i have to say im very well adjusted

So an fellow escapists have any similar experiences?

my mother just made me do my homework on certen games tell her everything about them till i was 13 after that she knew i had matured enoth to get what ever game i wanted (btw before anyone thinks my mother was strict she watched me go postal in well postal then actualy laughed when i played fable and killed the stupid gaurd who kept bugging me. Not to say she didnt discurige me from playing games like that she did; she just realized that she could ether know what i was playing and know what was going on or not know what i was doing at all.:)
 

ShadowsofHope

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They did when I was under the age of 14. Let up a little around 15.

..They don't now. I'm two years into the adult ages now, there's not much they do about it. *Shrugs*
 

SuperSuperSuperGuy

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My parents kind of cared. However, I was always mature enough to choose games that were appropriate for me, so I never really got in trouble for playing violent games.
 

Varanfan9

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Nope. I got my first rated M game when I was 10 (it was Geist for Game cube) and got plenty of rated T games before I hit 13. I could walk up to my mom and be like "Mom i totally want to get this game called Splatterhouse." and she would be ok with it.
 

Blindswordmaster

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My first M-rated game was Ninja Gaiden Black, and I had to buy that with my own money when I turned 16. Until then I only played T and E games.
 
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Sakash said:
I was always surprised growing up when i heard one of my friends say that they weren't allowed to watch a certain show/movie, or play a certain game because their parents thought it was 'inappropriate'.

My parents were kinda strict on how long i stayed out, where i went, the sort of people i hung out with. But mostly they tried to make sure i respected them, my family and myself. That i knew the worth of a dollar, and just not to become a loser in general.
Which is why they laugh when they hear things like 'videogames make people violent'. They believe the reason why some kids go out of control is because of the parents and only the parents.

But OT: I remember playing and watching the mos violent and horrific stuff growing up (hell my dad sat me down to watch Hellraiser with him when i was 6, and would laugh when i would get scared), but they would always remind me that it wasnt real, it was make-believe and if you think that you could get away with doing the thing they do in movies or games then you really are an idiot.
So even now at 24, even with all the stuff i was exposed to i have to say im very well adjusted

So an fellow escapists have any similar experiences?
very much the same. by age 6 i had watched nightmare on elm street, anaconda, and ticks(suprisingly this one scared me the most), and played resident evil and doom. My parents usually did the same thing where they would laugh when i would near jump out of my pants from getting scared, but they assured me it wasn't real and it was great.

also my uncle, he LOVED letting me watch stuff like that..i remember i peed my pants watching the south park movie in 3rd grade. good times..
 

Wingmna

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Parents conversative and very religious Christians didn't care that I had Duke Nukem 3D (atomic edition) when I was ten.

Now I'm a sex addict.
 

Hemlet

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I remember my parents caring both about the content and how much I played. The difference was that if they were concerned about the content, they wouldn't stop me from playing said game. Instead they'd sit down with me while I played and just talk about things in the game as they happened, and ask me to explain what was happening.

It was actually pretty great. I got to spend some good times with my parents, and by having me explain what was happening in-game they could gauge whether or not it was affecting me negatively.
 

A Weakgeek

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Suilenroc said:
Berethond said:
Suilenroc said:
my mom thought (and still does) that Mature rating means adult.
Which it basically does.
By adult I mean pornographic.
Oh... Now i understand. Damn! Must have been harsh with you.

Mr Pantomime said:
No, but some Neighbors of mine, who parents were very christian, wouldnt allow them to read harry potter or watch pokemon. Mario was cool though.
:O What in the hell...
 

Firia

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For the most part, I was raised by my dad, and he didn't care much. However, the caviot to this story is that when he was watching me play Metal Gear: Snakes Revenge on my NES, he turned the game off, and forbid me from playing it. That was the ONLY game that has ever happened with. I've watched Rated R movies since I was 5, bought my first R movie when I was 11, and basically all my games since I had an allowance (5/wk, which still wasn't much back then).

Metal Gear, I think struck a cord with him. I think he lost friends to the vietnam war, and the game in parts was made to look like Vietnam/Korean war stuff.