Lets talk about video games!

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Lets talk about video games!
Topic Started: 10 Nov 2008, 12:49 AM (58 Views)
Gabriel Zero	10 Nov 2008, 12:49 AM Post #1
Posts: 13,919 Group: Administrators Member #1 Joined: 18 August 2007 Favorite theme: RPA 2: Standard Country: United States of America	Violent ones, to be exact. (Go Northern Conflict) ANYWAYS. i personally think all these people getting ticked about violent games are wasting their breath. We have ESRB ratings for a reason, to moderate violent games and people underage. These violent games arent really that violent either. They're all realistic, strategic, and mind numbingly fun. Likewise, these games are made to be violent., thats why they have a high ESRB rating. Moral of the story, violent video games are GOOD (I say) They give an outlet for kids and adults alike to have fun, stress they're intincs (Go HALO) and kill some things when they're angry. People who ***** all the time need to just play a game. what do YEW think about violent games?



Sarge	10 Nov 2008, 01:21 AM Post #2
Veteran Posts: 1,760 Group: Members Member #571 Joined: 15 February 2008 Favorite theme: RPA 2: Dark Country: United States of America	You raise a good point here Gabe(GO HALO!) The rating system is there for a reason, and the parents who BS about violent video games usually are either insecure hippies or have bought them for their 12 and under kids. I'm all for violent video games, seeing as they have let me vent some anger which otherwise would have turned out badly. Except for the GTA series, can't stand those games.



Necella	10 Nov 2008, 01:59 AM Post #3
Roleplaying Saint Posts: 2,556 Group: Members Member #94 Joined: 9 September 2007 Favorite theme: RPA 2: Standard Country: United States of America Browser: Firefox 3 Gender: Female	It says rated M for mature for a reason. If your twelve year old child wants to buy a game with that rating, why on earth are you going to listen to them? This bothers me a whole lot because some of them will have the audacity to talk about how their child has changed due to the violence in video games. Um hello? It was your fault to begin with! Dumbass. When I feel pissed off about something, I play a good violent video game to release the anger. It's better than punching walls and I think my knuckles are grateful for that In seriousness though, the parents who think it's okay to buy a video game with a high rating, should consider otherwise. Sure, as a child, I wanted some games even though it was rated M, but my parents NEVER listened to me until I reached a certain age, then it was okay. So in conclusion, yay for violent video games! Don't be a dumbass and let your kid play. Make them play a barbie game or something.



Ladie Luck	10 Nov 2008, 03:24 AM Post #4
Veteran Posts: 2,051 Group: Members Member #375 Joined: 26 October 2007 Country: United States of America Gender: Female	I spent some time working at my local GameStop. It happened to be in an area with a large Spanish speaking population. I don't speak Spanish and from time to time people would allow their children to buy Mature games when I gave them our standard M for Mature speech because they didn't speak English and I didn't speak Spanish so the children would play it off like I was say something unimportant. It shouldn't have been my job to explain the rating system in the first place but it always bothered me when I was responsible for selling Grand Theft Auto to an eight year old because I couldn't communicate with his mother or father. I love violent video games but I think more parents need to pay attention to the rating system for sure. Games rated Mature clearly say 18+ but apparently some people just see video games in general as directed toward children so it doesn't worry them. Then later they come back to GameStop yelling.



Heraldic-Angel	10 Nov 2008, 05:45 PM Post #5
Addict Posts: 566 Group: Members Member #1,543 Joined: 17 October 2008	I'm sorry but video games do not automatically make kids violent. I used to work in the support department for such a company. The bulk of the irate complaints feel into the realm of how the release date for something to pushed back, not that the game is causing violent urges. Sure there were a good number of games the company released that were kid safe, but they also made games about going to war and shooting people. Maybe GameStop and Electronics Boutique get those kinds of violent urges complaints more than the manufacturers, but I dunno. Sure there's some series that kids shouldn't be playing period, but Mario jumping on the mushroom isn't going to make kids want to jump on the heads of other kids. If it does, the kid has much deeper issues.



Wintermute	12 Nov 2008, 11:38 AM Post #6
Regular Posts: 381 Group: Members Member #1,183 Joined: 18 July 2008 Country: Australia	I reckon ye can be influenced by games and such, but not to the extent that you'll blow all your school mates away because it was cool in Max Payne. But yeah, I think they can have a little bit of influence, when I'm bored at work I run around playing guns with bits of timber and teabagging stuff for great lulz. I was allowed to play whatever the hell I wanted when I was a kid and I turned out just fine and parents should probably just look at the rating and tell their kids to get fucked if they want something they don't approve of. We had this one guy who was just old enough to work and he was on his holiday and stuff, anyways, he was excited about GTA IV because he was finally old enough to play a GTA game. I was shocked and amused, his parents wouldn't let him play a game with a MA 15+ or whatever it had rating until he was 15. Australia doesn't have an 18+ rating though, which is sad. If kids can't buy them and parents pay attention, I don't see why we shouldn't. It's not like I'm going to play that new SoF game and then all of a sudden up and decide that I'll get a gun license and take a shotgun in to work because it was good for a laugh on the computer.



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