Even if we lived in a world where video games were free of media slander - is slaughtering children, or other taboo issues like sexual assault really something we as gamers really desire? Maybe I have personal issues or hang-ups but I'd rather not do these things in a game. Even if I'm playing as a bad guy as a matter of aesthetics I'd rather have these actions occur off-screen in some way, as they often are in movies. Movies that show these sorts of things (Hills Have Eyes comes to mind) are disturbing for my tastes - not fun. And that's what it comes down to, having fun - for me, killing kids isn't.