my mom HATES violent video games

[ucciolord1]

You're 13. You shouldn't be playing M-rated games. What she did was right as a parent.

Wait until you're 17, then you can play.

Please, remind me never to introduce you to my mom.
OT: I've found it impossible to understand the psyche of a parent. My advice (it's worked for me) is to slowly push for M-rated games. Little by little. Then make the jump by campaigning for a less-violent M game, say, Oblivion. After that, parents will be less wary of the M on the box.
It took me two years to pull that off.

 

[13thforswarn]

Hmmm, insist your a peacekeeper in the game?
I have the same problem as you, my parents don't like violent games (especially my dad, he's been to war so I understand why) but I accepted it a long time ago. Although, I do play violent games due to the fact my friend game me his Steam account. My parents don't know how to use computers so it's easy to Ctrl+Alt+Delete if they come into the room.

 

[Twilight_guy]

You're 13.
1. No one can say how mature they are since they are biased. This is true for everyone.
2. Your Mom controls your life until you are 19, that is just something you have to deal with.
3. The more you protest, the angrier your mom gets and the less likely see is to bend, give her time and let her cool.
4. It's just a game, there will be others, just sit tight.
5. The game is rated M for a reason. It might not be a good reason, but it is one that should be respected unless you'd like to start protesting it. Sorry, but unless you buy it as a greatest hits version 4 years from now, you're going to be too young.
6. Mature people don't complain about their mom not letting them not have a game on an internet forum.

 

[Gxas]

Although a 13-year-old wanting to watch/play something will always give the single-most biased explanation known to man.

I heard that.

Please, remind me never to introduce you to my mom.

And why is that? Because you're afraid that she doesn't think you mature enough to handle these games?

I really don't understand the confusion here (Perhaps if people would read the entirety of my posts in this thread instead of just replying to the first post I made). It is her house. Her rules for him to abide by. If she doesn't want him playing those games, then he's not gonna play them in that house. Sure, he can campaign for the right to play them, but sometimes maturity is shown, not through ability to argue one's point, but to accept the rules laid out by the governing body (mom) and try again in a year or so.

 

[bartholen_v1legacy]

I really don't think anyone cares about this thread anymore, but...

You try to justify playing a game involving shooting innocent civilians at an airport by saying that you are mature for your age? Gee, never heard that before, I have been told that since I was 10. When I was your age (I'm 17 now, 18 in August) I really didn't care about the newest video game hits because I barely knew what they were. I was happy with Pokémon.

And your social life is getting ruined because "all your friends have it"? Seriously, that is the worst possible line you can say if you talk about videogames. "Everybody else has it, why can't I?" And... geez, I don't know what to say here. As it's been already said, stick to the 12+ games for a few years and then come back to this issue.

 

[ucciolord1]

Although a 13-year-old wanting to watch/play something will always give the single-most biased explanation known to man.

I heard that.

Please, remind me never to introduce you to my mom.

And why is that? Because you're afraid that she doesn't think you mature enough to handle these games?

I really don't understand the confusion here (Perhaps if people would read the entirety of my posts in this thread instead of just replying to the first post I made). It is her house. Her rules for him to abide by. If she doesn't want him playing those games, then he's not gonna play them in that house. Sure, he can campaign for the right to play them, but sometimes maturity is shown, not through ability to argue one's point, but to accept the rules laid out by the governing body (mom) and try again in a year or so.

I'm not undermining the validity of your point, in fact I very much agree. It's just that I've spent a long time gradually convincing my parents that indeed I am mature enough to play M-rated games.
Although, at the core of my previous statement, it was really just a joke. No offence meant.

 

[Deofuta]

I am surprised by the amount of people saying that age = maturity.

It doesn't.

Also, try to continue to reason with her, do something and point to your maturity in a subtle way. That's how I had finally managed to obtain Halo at the 'tender' age of 13.

Just don't talk on PSN, things tend to fall out if you sound like mickey mouse

I agree, I define Maturity by how people act, if people act racist or stuff like that, i define them immature
And also my brother (Who has like, 14 or so at the time) got Halo, and I think it's more deserving of the M rating than 3 is (For instance: meleeing corpses = blood spray, but the blood only comes out if you shoot them in 3)
And I do hate people who sound like Mickey.

Indeed, I had to learn to be quiet on the XBL the hard way. Even if you had game contributing information the only response to be expected was just some response to the lack of pubescent progress in my age

In short, before you say ANYTHING! Stop. Think about it. Then say it.

Oh, and don't teabag, you will look like an idiot.

Cheers!

 

[Gxas]

Although a 13-year-old wanting to watch/play something will always give the single-most biased explanation known to man.

I heard that.

Please, remind me never to introduce you to my mom.

And why is that? Because you're afraid that she doesn't think you mature enough to handle these games?

I really don't understand the confusion here (Perhaps if people would read the entirety of my posts in this thread instead of just replying to the first post I made). It is her house. Her rules for him to abide by. If she doesn't want him playing those games, then he's not gonna play them in that house. Sure, he can campaign for the right to play them, but sometimes maturity is shown, not through ability to argue one's point, but to accept the rules laid out by the governing body (mom) and try again in a year or so.

I'm not undermining the validity of your point, in fact I very much agree. It's just that I've spent a long time gradually convincing my parents that indeed I am mature enough to play M-rated games.
Although, at the core of my previous statement, it was really just a joke. No offence meant.

Eh, I figured as much. I'm just getting pissed off at the fact that this thread is still being argued. I mean, if you use a fraction of common sense, you will see that the OP is completely wrong and that the store that sold him the game should be fined for selling an M game to a minor. I never realized just how narrow-minded people can be about this topic.

 

[SultanP]

Tell your mom to sop being an idiot and punishing you for asking questions. That sort of thing does not lead to a healthy mother-child relationship, and would at least cause me to lose any respect for her, even if she was my mother.

 

[ucciolord1]

Although a 13-year-old wanting to watch/play something will always give the single-most biased explanation known to man.

I heard that.

Please, remind me never to introduce you to my mom.

And why is that? Because you're afraid that she doesn't think you mature enough to handle these games?

I really don't understand the confusion here (Perhaps if people would read the entirety of my posts in this thread instead of just replying to the first post I made). It is her house. Her rules for him to abide by. If she doesn't want him playing those games, then he's not gonna play them in that house. Sure, he can campaign for the right to play them, but sometimes maturity is shown, not through ability to argue one's point, but to accept the rules laid out by the governing body (mom) and try again in a year or so.

I'm not undermining the validity of your point, in fact I very much agree. It's just that I've spent a long time gradually convincing my parents that indeed I am mature enough to play M-rated games.
Although, at the core of my previous statement, it was really just a joke. No offence meant.

Eh, I figured as much. I'm just getting pissed off at the fact that this thread is still being argued. I mean, if you use a fraction of common sense, you will see that the OP is completely wrong and that the store that sold him the game should be fined for selling an M game to a minor. I never realized just how narrow-minded people can be about this topic.

However that I don't agree with. This conversation's definitely getting old though. See you around sometime.

 

[HT_Black]

I've got some heavy duty swaying material that worked on my mother and my hyper-conservative grandmother-- whom I do a let's play with every other week-- but for you, I'm just going to perscribe some simple advice:

1: Throw caution to the wind and keep pressing her for an answer. If she can't give you one, just rest safely in the knowledge that she's an ignorant bigot.
2: Raid her room and remove any traces of conservative tabloids from the premises.
3: If that doesn't work, learn to punctuate your posts properly and then ask for the aforementioned diplomatic material.

I come from the school of thought that says you're no worse than anyone else just because you're younger, you see.

 

[Lizmichi]

God I know what you mean. I'm almost 21 and my mother thinks I don't need to play games like L4D2 (because zombies are "ewwwie") and that she thinks I have issues because most of the games on my xmas list were games like that. Anyway to the point sadly there isn't much you can do. I'm not saying you don't have any right to be mad but it also shows how much she pays attention and cares. Granted it's almost too much but M are M for a reason, me saying this not knowing you I'm just going by you're age. If you're mom won't see you're point you're kinda dead locked and stuck. What I do is use Steam because I have my own laptop and money so she'll never know but I'm still missing out on allot of games until she sees I'm 20 not 10. Anyway back to the point. you're still 13 not 17. Ratings, as dumb as some may see them, have a point. If you were my age with the same issue then I'd see you're point better but all I can say is wait. The games will still be on game stop as used games by then and much cheaper.

...You're 20 and your Mom is telling you what games to play. Why does she still have that control over you?

No she thinks she does. I just get the game anyway and it pisses her off.

 

[AWAR]

I believe that you are intellectually mature to play this game, try convincing your mom about this though .
You can try explaining to her that violent video games dont necessarily make an already sane person violent and maybe gather some research info on this.
In the end, its just a game! Not real life! Besides violent-ish games like MW2 help you to let of some steam and relieve stress.
I had been playing much much more violent videogames when i was at your age. My parents would rarely look on what i was exactly playing on my pc and didnt seem to care at all. Someday my mum would ask me what games I like (btw she knows nothing about PCs and video games).I showed her some Half Life 1 gameplay and maybe some Call of Duty 2.Of course she thought that they were extremely violent but she trusted me. My father, he would rarely be at home but sometimes he would stare at my pc screen as I was playing S.T.A.L.K.E.R and Half LIfe 2.He knows quite a bit about PCs but never played any games.After commenting on the game's realistic graphics and incredible atmosphere, he never mentioned anything about violence.
Now over 3 years have passed and im not violent at all (as a matter of fact i used to be more violent before i was playing video games).
FYI both my parents are psychologists, I dont think that it proves anything but they are not completely clueless about human's behaviour e.t.c.

Well i can only wish you good luck!

 

[Midniqht]

Look at it this way - you're better off. Your mom did you and the community a favor by taking it away:

1) M rating doesn't stand for 13 year olds
and
2) No offense, but this is one less kid's voice I'll have to hear on xbox live for awhile.

 

[Liberaliter]

Simple answer - You're 13, games have age ratings for a reason.

 

[TheStickman]

Well my parents know I'm mature enough for rated M games, so I've been playing them since I was 11.

 

[theironbat46]

Alright, dude I have have the same situation. Tell her that violent games don't kill people, people with a bad grasp on reality do.

 

[Undeleted]

You're living under her roof and her rules. Do what she says.

 

[BlueOnBlue]

Hey guys, reading here I'm seeing theres a major assumption that she's saying no because she thinks the game is going to make me a sociopath or something. Which isn't true I actually adressed this in the first post. She has already said that she knows it won't desensitize me or make into a crazy murderer or anything like that. Which is the reason for why I honestly have no idea why she's saying no, infact she has said that she knows that I'm mature enough to play it multiple times.

 

[inpachi]

Solution kill your mom with a giant sword! I SAW IT ON A GAME ONCE!