Games rated M

[PirateKing]

Well, I recall a lot of what you said from Yahtzee's Manhunt review but whatever.
I had a hell of a time even convincing my mom to let me buy a T rated game when I was eleven. It was Smash Bro. Melee for gods sake! Come on Mario's not gonna be in a really terrible game!
I bought my first M game when I was fifteen. My mom looked at it intensely before she would let me play it. Blood and gore. Language. Finally my dad convinced her to let me get it. This was MGS: The Twin Snakes. I think we'll all agree that the MGS games are not so bad. Not as bad as Manhunt.

I never had a problem with my parents looking at the content label. They would do that for any game. I don't know how they became so well informed, but other parents could take a lesson from mine. Then we could stop blaming games everytime someone flips a car.

 

[sumanoskae]

I would say that violence and sadism are traits learned from real life experiences and that pent up anger makes one attracted to violent things. plus I know plenty of kids who play GTA and as far as I know none of them are murdering psychos. if you're kid shoots someone after playing GTA 4 then I would wonder how you fucked up so bad as a parent that you're turned into killing machine

 

[shadow skill]

The parents who buy M rated games and then ***** about it are the same ones who would pick up La Blue Girl for their five year old because it's animated...............Morons. I would love to be able to test this in the real world if only to see the shock, disgust and horror on their faces.