my mom HATES violent video games

[Gxas]

If your mom won't let you play, she'll never listen to you. Parents tend to think "I know better than my child just because I do" so good luck

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.

M is for Mature, not adult. If he can tell its not real and won't try to reinact the game in real life then he should be able to play. I've played M games since I was 6, yet I'm one of the least violent people I know

so true. So many people belive that just becuase your not over 17 your not mature enough.

Wrong, I think that, if your parents say that you cannot play a game that is rated 17+, then their word is law so long as you're living in their house. Period. It has nothing to do with him being under 17 to me. Now, if he were 21 and his mom said no, then there would be a problem.

 

[Lizmichi]

If your mom won't let you play, she'll never listen to you. Parents tend to think "I know better than my child just because I do" so good luck

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.

M is for Mature, not adult. If he can tell its not real and won't try to reinact the game in real life then he should be able to play. I've played M games since I was 6, yet I'm one of the least violent people I know

so true. So many people belive that just becuase your not over 17 your not mature enough.

Wrong, I think that, if your parents say that you cannot play a game that is rated 17+, then their word is law so long as you're living in their house. Period. It has nothing to do with him being under 17 to me. Now, if he were 21 and his mom said no, then there would be a problem.

Not to butt in but... great I'm fucked....

 

[lacktheknack]

Wait for it. That little black letter is there for a reason.

 

[lacktheknack]

Info on me:
iq:134 extremely mature for my age

I can tell by the hoffific grammar of your post that this is bullshit

"Hoffific"? No period?

I like irony.

 

[Pingieking]

If your mom won't let you play, she'll never listen to you. Parents tend to think "I know better than my child just because I do" so good luck

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.

M is for Mature, not adult. If he can tell its not real and won't try to reinact the game in real life then he should be able to play. I've played M games since I was 6, yet I'm one of the least violent people I know

True, but I'm pretty sure that he can't legally purchase the game. The law doesn't care about your mental state, only your biological age. Unfair, but the world is unfair.

That doesn't work with most parents because they tend to not make sense. For example.
"Why aren't I allowed to do this?"
"Because I said so'
"What? That's not even an argument!"
"My house, my rules. Go study or something."

So true, and so hilarious. I love how excluded kids are from society, and how controlled their lives are. At least my mother always had some good arguments to back up everything she does. Well, except the not-going-to-the-doctors thing. But she does admit that she's just paranoid.

 

[Nigh Invulnerable]

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.

And thus ends the discussion on this thread.

I'm not sure how you got a M rated game, OP, since you're only 13, but it doesn't matter if it was with "my own money" or not, the game is intended for people older than you and there are fines for businesses that sell to underage people. Play anything you like that's rated T or whatnot and just wait a while. By the time you're actually 17, most of the appeal that M rated games have to you now will have dwindled. Gore and boobies are far less exciting once you're basically done with puberty.

 

[likalaruku]

I've been watching gorey horror movies & drinking coffee since I was 8. If I ever become a mom, I can't see myself restraining kids from doing what I did at the ages I did them in. If your'e mature enough to compare shooting an NPC to hitting a cartoon with a mallet, what harm can violent games do? If anything, I see it as an outlet for anger that prevents real-world violence. If I had decent video games as a child, I wouldn't have been such a violent gradeschooler.

 

[Double A]

Does she let you watch R rated movies like the Matrix and Three Kings?

If no, just play rated-T and Zelda games for another year or two and ask again.

If yes, then... well either bring it up or not. She may stop letting you watch R rated movies, but then she may just let you have M games. Or she just won't see the similarities, like my cousin's parents.

 

[Jekken6]

Your mom is being a little bit unreasonable. BUT, you should get her to get you better games. Like Demon's Souls.

 

[Nalesnik]

It seems to me like your mom is a pretty smart and reasonable lady.
My suggestion is to listen to her, and be glad you have her as a mom.

 

[Nillz]

If your mom won't let you play, she'll never listen to you. Parents tend to think "I know better than my child just because I do" so good luck

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.

M is for Mature, not adult. If he can tell its not real and won't try to reinact the game in real life then he should be able to play. I've played M games since I was 6, yet I'm one of the least violent people I know

so true. So many people belive that just becuase your not over 17 your not mature enough.

Wrong, I think that, if your parents say that you cannot play a game that is rated 17+, then their word is law so long as you're living in their house. Period. It has nothing to do with him being under 17 to me. Now, if he were 21 and his mom said no, then there would be a problem.

I totally agree ^^^

 

[qazmatoz]

You're better off not playing MW2 anyway. Shit like that's only gonna ruin that high IQ of yours anyway.

 

[Z of the Na'vi]

You're thirteen, act like it. Next time she threatens to take the PS3 away, turn red, run over to where-ever it is, unplug it all from the TV, and throw it forcefully at her feet.

Start crying and say:

"Dad wouldn't have made me done this!" If she freaks out, start freaking out harder, if she screams, scream back. The women so much has proven that she doesn't care about logic or argument, she probably doing what Dr.Phil tells her to do.

Start wearing black and let your gardes suffer, and when they ask you why, say:

"Because my mom started confiscating my property." Then cut yourself with a knife on the top of your arm.

You're an awful person, you know that?

OT: If your mom won't let you play the games, then there is really nothing we can do about it...

It tends to vary from family to family

 

[nicholaxxx]

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.

If you're 20, your mother shouldn't have any say in what you should be buying, regardless of what she preceives you as. ESPECIALLY if you have your own source of income. You're an adult and the law says you can buy an M rated game, hell, even an AO rated game if you so chose, there really isn't anything your mother can do about it, you paid for it, you're old enough to legally have it, she can shut face about it.
(My apologies if that sounded a bit too...blunt.)

OT: I agree with (mostly) everyone here, if you're thirteen and your mother doesn't want you playing certain games, that's HER decision. Quite frankly, it doesn't matter how mature you are, or what your IQ is. You could be the most mature man in the world and have an IQ of 320 and you would still have to wait untill either you come of age, or your mother lets you buy games that are rated 17+, which ever comes first...

Regardless of what others may say, I have don't have much sympathy for your current situation.

-snip for room's sake-

You're an awful person, you know that?

OT: If your mom won't let you play the games, then there is really nothing we can do about it...

It tends to vary from family to family

so does it make me an awful person for laughing at it? just a little?

sorry, I just find it quite funny considering I've never been or met someone who's EVER acted like that. It's so outrageous to me that it's incredibly funny.

 

[Pimppeter2]

Respect your mom's opinion. Arguing with her will only further the conflict. She's letting you play games like Uncharted anyways, surely you could live without MW2?

Show her that it doesn't really matter that much to you, and sooner or later she'll give it back to you when she noticed how mature you are about this, not letting a game run your life.


Ohh wait. This is the internet. How about "Punch her in the face and flee"?

 

[TailsRodrigez]

Info on me:
13 years old, iq:134 extremely mature for my age, father has died, report card usually consists of all A's and possibly one to two B's maximum, not violent at all, very compassionate and understanding, follows rules, has never had more then one detention in a school year (usually from my cellphone being on in class or a teacher that just plain trying to find ways to get me in trouble.)

yea, and therefore you not suppose to play this, you playing this gives anti-gamers a reason to complain.

 

[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.

If you're 20, your mother shouldn't have any say in what you should be buying, regardless of what she preceives you as. ESPECIALLY if you have your own source of income. You're an adult and the law says you can buy an M rated game, hell, even an AO rated game if you so chose, there really isn't anything your mother can do about it, you paid for it, you're old enough to legally have it, she can shut face about it.
(My apologies if that sounded a bit too...blunt.)

OT: I agree with (mostly) everyone here, if you're thirteen and your mother doesn't want you playing certain games, that's HER decision. Quite frankly, it doesn't matter how mature you are, or what your IQ is. You could be the most mature man in the world and have an IQ of 320 and you would still have to wait untill either you come of age, or your mother lets you buy games that are rated 17+, which ever comes first...

Regardless of what others may say, I have don't have much sympathy for your current situation.

Oh trust me I'm buying L4D soon as well as Mass Effect. Ive already got Dragon Age, SR2 and No More Heroes from under her nose. I'm figuring out how to tell her off and that I'm 20 now and not into Pokemon snap anymore. I don't care what she says I'm old enough to play them. I've had sex, I've seen porn and I listen to Green Day. I'm not messed up so I just do that shit behind her back and she doesn't care.

 

[Daedalus1942]

hi guys I have a problem, my mom completely hates violent video games especially if they are rated M. I'll explain when my mom got me a ps3 for christmas i got mw2 two days later (buying it with my own money i might add) and she was fine with that next day she shows up while im playing and requests to see the game so i proceed to show her, not even after watching for 5 seconds she says no, and tells me to take the game out and give it to her then she goes and returns the game. the next day I ask her why she did that and she says she doesn't want to talk about it and threatens to take the ps3 away entirely if i ask again. about two weeks later i spend some time thinking of a few things i could try to use to justify me being allowed to get the game (by this time she has allowed me to get uncharted 2 which has amazing single player and very good mp but it's just not mw2) so i go to her and we have a good 2 hour long conversation on why the game is violent. At the end of it she says she will look into it and research the game. I ask her about it 4 days later and shes shut tight about it again threatning to take away the ps3 and by this point i had already disproven her claims that the game would make me violent or desensitized so when i ask her why she just says you know why. so that night i compiled some videos off youtube one showing some clips one from a t rated fps, battlefield: bad company and then one from a mp match in mw2 and i didn't tell her which was which and she said she would buy me the one that was mw2 but not bad company after i told her what the next two clips where and picked two very similar clips to the first two the only difference now she knows which is which, not even 20 seconds into the mw2 clips (which at this point the only thing that has happend is the person walked around a bit shot a bit and missed then got killed) she says it's too horryfying to watch. I've also tried getting her with the bandwagon "it's ruining my social life because everyone has it and I don't" thing but it didn't work either. any suggestions guys?

Info on me:
13 years old, iq:134 extremely mature for my age, father has died, report card usually consists of all A's and possibly one to two B's maximum, not violent at all, very compassionate and understanding, follows rules, has never had more then one detention in a school year (usually from my cellphone being on in class or a teacher that just plain trying to find ways to get me in trouble.)

In her defense, you're not at the age you should be allowed to play those types of rated games let alone understand them. I mean congrats that you're mature enough to understand them and the difference between a game and reality, but as it stands.. you really don't have much of a leg to stand on. Wait two years and try again is my advice.
-edit- also, you're not missing out on much... Modern Warfare 2 was crap, apart from the single player.
Mass effect 2 and Dragon Age: Origins (and Awakening soon) on the other hand... well let's just say you have my sympathies.