Comments on: What parents will do when their child wants a mature video game

By: itsjustme

itsjustme — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:20:53 +0000

i don’t, lol my friend tailor is a girl and she plays wow like me . so yeah, there are some female gamers out there.

By: itsjustme

itsjustme — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:04:36 +0000

lol i remember one time my 3 year old nephew jason same to visit, and i was playing left 4 dead 2 and he got out of bed and walked over to me and said with a deep southern accent, (he’s from georgia) “Tannuh, what aw ya’ll doin’?” i replied, “Playing a big boy game, now go back to bed.”, to which he replied “but i wanna play! i wanna shoot stuff!” and i told him to go back to bed and he did. he’s also obsessed with guns and shooting stuff, since he’s georgian and he lives on an army base with his dad, and he’s only 3!!!

By: Harry

Harry — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:55:46 +0000

Thank You I totally agree

By: itsjustme

itsjustme — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:51:49 +0000

what’s she gonna buy him next, crack, whiskey?

By: itsjustme

itsjustme — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:50:40 +0000

lawl sounds like your sister in law is a retard, CALL CHILD SERVICES NOW

By: itsjustme

itsjustme — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:48:52 +0000

not all, lol. i’m 15, the worst m rated game i can play is gears of war, though i could probably play GTA. lol like my big bro has mass effect 2, and he won’t let me play it because he says it’s “inappropriate” lol, even though i’m 15 (wow, 3 years, what a difference *cough sarcasmo*) and he hasn’t played it for weeks

By: Appreciative in Arkansas

Appreciative in Arkansas — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:49:30 +0000

Well garsh! And down here on the plantation, I thought that we was the rednecks! With our fancy electronic “Games” and such… Anyway, thanks for not being the moron who thinks that sitting on your arse watching Jersey Shore on TV is so holier-than-thou…

By: Tracey

Tracey — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:47:26 +0000

My moron sister-in-law lets her four-year-old play GTA San Andreas. My husband had borrowed it and when I babysat the four-year-old his mother said that if he asked he could play it. I said “not in my house. you’ll have to wait until you’re 14 to play this” and hid the game. We spent the rest of the day coloring and playing outside.

This is the same sister-in-law who buys her four-year-old kid lottery tickets and lets him stay up until 2am watching adult-oriented tv shows on comedy central. The kid is a total brat and acts like the whole world is his. I swear, if my son ever acts like that he’ll get the business end of a whuppin’ on his rear.

By: funkymonky

funkymonky — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 07:00:09 +0000

that is, sadly, true

By: Haruhi Suzumiya

Haruhi Suzumiya — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 06:31:01 +0000

GTA- great.
Saints Row- Ripoff. Lame.

By: rawrrrr

rawrrrr — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 03:50:25 +0000

It’s actually true, they showed it on TV too. They even interviewed him and his sister and stuff. His sister said to throw him in jail because she knew if he had the chance he’d do it again. Sad isn’t it?

By: Fjord83

Fjord83 — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:08:59 +0000

Not that I don’t agree with the numbers, but I would like to see some sources on the results.

By: Jex

Jex — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:08:29 +0000

NOT READY FOR ETERNAL DARKNESS? Seriously, wtf?

By: me

me — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:57:21 +0000

Omg.. You americans are so conservative.. My seven year old cousin plays GTA and Saints Row. So what?

By: m76mat

m76mat — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:34:41 +0000

Uhh your so right

By: adrian

adrian — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:50:29 +0000

In Australia, the highest rating for games is MA (15+) which means we don’t get really gory or sexual games (manhunt anyone? They also nerfed the gore in left 4 dead 2)
I am a huge gamer/computer hardware nerd, they should create a R18+ rating for games, just like movies… it’s unfair to us gamers!

By: raadec

raadec — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:15:30 +0000

he should have killed the people nextdoor too and got a Monsterkill—kill—kill…

By: Tami

Tami — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:27:33 +0000

Because all books are non-fictional.
If you want your kids to do something they like, they would read fiction. That would build English skills, like spelling, vocabulary, and grammar. Movies, TV shows, video games, and even the internet generally do the same, depending on what you watch, play, or do. Books are just another medium, and they probably earned nerd points for not being able to turn the pages themselves.

By: QWERTYCommander

QWERTYCommander — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 09:04:35 +0000

I successfully bought an M game at Target. I was 13. My mom saw it (after I bought it) and she dragged me to the return counter with the game kept at a firm grip. What was she worried about? “Mild sexual Content”. She asked to see gameplay of it before she let me buy it again. What did I learn?

If you successfully buy an M game while underage, be sure to hide it from your parents!

By: aguywhoknowsaguywhoknowsaguythathasalolcat

aguywhoknowsaguywhoknowsaguythathasalolcat — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 03:51:55 +0000

there are kids in my class that play GTA 4 in 5th grade.either they dont have responcible parents or they dont have any parents

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:02:27 +0000

Did he shoot them both within three seconds of each other? Because I want to know whether I should shout DOUBLE KILL or not.

By: Fletcher

Fletcher — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:02:36 +0000

VP isn’t a bad game. unless you hate things like simcity, then you most likely just wont like it.

By: aj

aj — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:47:11 +0000

My mom will be sitting next to me playing GTA IV and laugh hysterically when i kill a hooker… you know why? we know its JUST A GOD DAMN GAME lol

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:10:46 +0000

my mom does all 4.

By: Jdog

Jdog — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:53:28 +0000

SO true I just got F.E.A.R 2 she looked at the ratings and said ok and after the first curse word she said ‘OMG TURN THAT CRAP OFF’!!

By: Someguyz12

Someguyz12 — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:59:45 +0000

Man, isn’t that the truth.

By: MrsGLaDOSfanlulz

MrsGLaDOSfanlulz — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 14:30:19 +0000

12 year old Andrew has that game WTF?? I wouldt let them if i was in charge.

By: scott

scott — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:27:12 +0000

Im in the same boat. My parents allowed me to watch R rated movies when I was young, they even recorded some R rated movies that were on HBO and stuff for me whenever I was young, like Robocop and such.

It all really depends on how you raise the kid, and if you think they are mature enough to play or watch such things. If you got a hellraiser for a kid, yeah, it makes sense not to allow them to play such games. If you got a kid that knows right from wrong, and understands its only a game/movie/etc., then allowing them to watch or play such things are ok.

By: scott

scott — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:17:46 +0000

what griffin says.

No matter what you do, you put signs for that up, and parents wont read them. And even if they do read them, some of them are so whipped by their kids, they will buy the game anyway.

By: aylagriffin

aylagriffin — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:12:19 +0000

Probably not a bad thing either.

By: aylagriffin

aylagriffin — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:07:05 +0000

The only problem is: People don’t read signs.

By: Livvy

Livvy — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:06:24 +0000

there is another, probably much smaller slice for ‘Argue with each other about the appropriatness of said video game.” Another graph could be made for ‘How often Mom/Dad win arguments about the appropriatness of said video game in relation to age of the child.’ The first nine years of the child’s life, mom always wins. Between the ages of 10 and 13, Dad wins about half the time. After 13, Dad wins most of the time.

By: C'est Moi

C'est Moi — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:35:06 +0000

If I was your brother, I think I’d strangle you. Mind you, I am neither twelve nor male. Messing up the game progress is a terrible thing to do. Imagine you’ve been working on a painting for a month, then your brother came and smeared paint all over it, making it unsalvageable. Would you think that’s funny?

By: C'est Moi

C'est Moi — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:31:48 +0000

. . . ever hear of the term “learning”? Reading will benefit a child in the long run much more than video games will.

By: C'esy Moi

C'esy Moi — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:29:05 +0000

I think the test would be an excellent idea.

By: Unknown

Unknown — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:27:41 +0000

I don’t care if you think I am weird for liking my brother’s games! I don’t actually PLAY them!!! I just mess up the progress or screw up the profile. LOL! I am not goth if that is what you are coming to. XD I am just a regular teenager that always gets tortured by her 12 year old brother… THAT is the reason why I like to mess up my bro’s games! I am not goth or emo. I just don’t like pink. (the color and the person) XP

By: Jam Jar

Jam Jar — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:22:20 +0000

YOU LIKE GEARS OF WAR??!!!???!!! Isn’t that against girl code?

By: Unknown

Unknown — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:20:59 +0000

My brother got in so much trouble after he asked me to drive him to Game Stop and buy him a game. Too bad I didn’t know it was Gears of War! I got in some trouble too for driving him there but my brother got grounded for 3 weeks! Finally I can use his games!! LOL!! Before I get a video game or movie, I look for it on youtube or on the internet and look for the reviews and comments. It helps! I almost got Viva Pinata but I asked one of my bro’s friends and he said it was stupid. I am a girl that can drive FYI.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:26:15 +0000

Hrm… I never really had any of those happen to me. My parents were incredibly lax when it came to me buying video games (and I turned out fine… well, relatively fine); the only issue would be whether or not I could I coax them to drive to the store and buy it for me, haha.

To be quite frank, I was never intensely affected by M games.

Except for Doom.

Jesus Christ Doom scared the crap out of me.

By: Cole

Cole — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:59:02 +0000

What’s the difference? Except for biographies, they’re both fictional (or non-fictional) stories meant to entertain you and take you away from your real life. Only in video games you have options and can play the same game through several times and make it a different story each time, using your own imagination. You challenge yourself strategically and develop your hand-eye coordination. A lot of games take about as long to get through as a book too, or much longer.

By: Kristian

Kristian — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:04:07 +0000

….You bastard!

By: SickleYield

SickleYield — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:00:17 +0000

Duh.

A good chunk of us childless adult gamers are plenty annoyed at the folks with kids who want to remove OUR access to games. It’s not like WE’RE the ones responsible for the ten-year-old playing GTA4.

By: Snickers

Snickers — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:20:03 +0000

How about getting the kid to read a book instead of play video games?

By: Johanna

Johanna — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:48:51 +0000

This reminds me of a parent that freaked out on me when I worked at Blockbuster over Mononoke Hime. He demanded his money back because it was too violent for a cartoon. He didn’t understand when I explained that is was Anime, and its a whole different ballpark from Disney or Looney Tunes. I also had to show him where the rating on the box was. It’s sad when you have to babysit the parents.

By: McFate

McFate — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:43:28 +0000

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/12/boy_killed_mom_and_shot_dad_ov.html

By: Destin

Destin — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:48:28 +0000

Lol, fail.

By: The L

The L — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:03:46 +0000

Amen! I don’t have kids yet, but when I do, all my heavy-metal CD’s, R-rated movies, and mature video games are going in a locked safe until they’re old enough for such things. If I decide to get cable, I’m using the parental controls.

IMO, kids need to feel, at least for a while, that the world is a generally nice and happy place. Sheltering can be taken too far, but it should be done to some extent, just to keep from scarring your kids.

By: The L

The L — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:58:18 +0000

…And for the censored versions of songs that kids aren’t likely to listen to in the first place. “Waif Me,” anyone?

By: The L

The L — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:56:48 +0000

That’s because “video games are for kids, so how bad could it be?” A lot of parents don’t realize that almost half of gamers are adults, and that video games, like movies, range from totally innocuous to “this has explicit sex and is gory enough to give an ADULT nightmares for a week.”

There need to be huge signs pointing out that game ratings are just like movie ratings, and have analogous content. For example, using US ratings:

E = G-rated movie
E10 = PG-rated movie
T = PG-13 movie
M = R-rated movie
AO = NC-17/X (if you get this for your 8-year-old, you have serious mental issues)

I mean, yes, there are signs about game ratings, but from what I’ve seen, they’re usually small and don’t include the tie-in to more familiar movie ratings.

By: jluve82

jluve82 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:52:20 +0000

Who says that just because you child plays violent video games, you’re a bad parent? It depends on the child and their ability to tell the difference between real life and a video game. If the parent is doing their job properly, they should have nothing to worry about.