Obnoxious GamesStop employee's

[mik1]

I understand many adults on the escapist are all for M rated games for "mature audiences"

Though being 16, I feel that maturity isn't defined by age.

I have met children who were exposed early to "mature" content. And the kind of person they are is effected negatively.

Anyway, while buying halo reach the man working at gamestop was determined to not let me purchase the game. I had my mother with me to actually buy it for me. He first said the standard, "This game contains mature content are you sure you want to buy it." And she replied "yeah it's fine". Then he's talked about how all I'll be doing is killing things. Still my mother said it was fine. Then he went on about how people will be swearing at me online. Then he began giving the topics they will be discussing. At which pont my mother interrupted him and said "It's fine." for the final time. He reluctantly said alright, and finally let me purchase the game.

A friend of mine went to buy black ops and the same employee talked his parents out of it. I'm not saying this is a problem if someone's parents don't think they could handle such a game I respect that. Though the same friend went to go buy the new pokemon game. At which point this same employee said "Really, you're buying pokemon?!"

Then my friend allegedly said "You're thirty and you're working at gamestop."

I'm not sure if my friend actually did this as he has a bad case of being unable to differentiate from things he wishes he did and things he actually did.

 

[DanielBrown]

Not sure what you want to discuss...

 

[Trogdor1138]

God forbid an employee actually give a shit about what oblivious parents are getting for their kids.

 

[Folksoul]

Mocking someone for buying an E rated game = pretentious asshole.

While the hypothetical clerk was being too pushy, he can be fired is he doesn't make sure the intended player is actually mature enough for the game. Especially if it is a parent who is actually buying it. If he/she sees graphic gore/violence/sex/excessive bad language and he/she was expecting the family friendly wholesomeness of a Mario game, it will just be another "games are corrupting our children" case. Most parents ignore ERSB labels and think of games as mere toys instead of interactive stories. He was just doing his job. Anything a gamer does that is not socially appropriate is IMMEDIATELY blamed on the latest game he played. Especially if it contained mature content the player was too young to buy themselves.

Just wait until Duke Nukem is released and watch the controversy pot boil. In fact, it's already happening. Just look at Fox news. The game isn't even out yet and they are already predicting the child warping effects the game will have. We need to be absolutely sure the parents know what they are buying or Australian game laws will look lenient compared to what the morality/family values lobbyists will do.

I order my games off Amazon or off the publishers website so I don't have to deal with that crap in the store. Being 21 doesn't hurt either...

 

[Skorpyo]

Funny, the only experiences I've had with GS employees is basically...

 

[emeraldrafael]

People must live near crappy gamestops, I've never had a problem at the ones I go to.

 

[Krion_Vark]

*SNIP*

So some jerk decided to make sure that your mom actually wanted to let you play the game by letting her know what it was about? OH THE HORROR! And if I was the guy behind the counter had just talked the kids parents out of buy Black Ops he could have assumed he was one of those kids on BlOps that doesn't belong on there.

You made mention about how maturity isn't determined by age. And I have to say you are right in that effect. It is determined by experience and I have to say you going on here and complaining that someone actually CARES about their job and wants to make sure that people KNOW what they are buying for their KIDS is worth bitching about you aren't as mature as you believe you are.

 

[Nautical Honors Society]

God forbid an employee actually give a shit about what oblivious parents are getting for their kids.

I assume you are being the devil's advocate. He is 16. Have you ever played Halo? Honestly any mature 14 year old could play Halo without any shocking results.

If the parent is buying the game (a individual who is an adult and the child's guardian) should immediately allow the parent to purchase the game. He has no legal obligation to inform and pester the parent on a decision they have already made.

But that being said if a parent is trying to buy a 12 year old GTA then any caring employee should inform the parent...these scenarios are really situational.

 

[mik1]

God forbid an employee actually give a shit about what oblivious parents are getting for their kids.

if someone's parents don't think they could handle such a game I respect that.

 

[The Apothecarry]

I only disliked the manager at the GameStop I went to. He wasn't mean or rude or anything, but he finally offered me the job I wanted the day before I was moving out to my apartment...an hour and half south of that location.

If I hadn't had to move out, he'd probably be much higher on my list of "People I Don't Really Know That I Like." I did see him again when I went to pick up Reach and he was completely cool. He thought it was great that I was studying game design. I'd totally work for him if he changed locations.

 

[Berethond]

I've never met any obnoxious GameStop employees. The ones at my local are quite nice. But that's because I only ever visit the shop during super slow times, when they're really happy to see people.

 

[Ghengis John]

I understand many adults on the escapist are all for M rated games for "mature audiences"

Though being 16, I feel that maturity isn't defined by age.

I have met children who were exposed early to "mature" content. And the kind of person they are is effected negatively.

*SNIP*

So some jerk decided to make sure that your mom actually wanted to let you play the game by letting her know what it was about? OH THE HORROR! And if I was the guy behind the counter had just talked the kids parents out of buy Black Ops he could have assumed he was one of those kids on BlOps that doesn't belong on there.

You made mention about how maturity isn't determined by age. And I have to say you are right in that effect. It is determined by experience and I have to say you going on here and complaining that someone actually CARES about their job and wants to make sure that people KNOW what they are buying for their KIDS is worth bitching about you aren't as mature as you believe you are.

Like this guy said. As for this guy, ho-hum so he's doing his job. How terrible of him. You yourself can admit that exposing kids to mature content early can have negative effects on the kind of people they become. Give this guy some credit. Also, cut the guy some slack. We can't all be astronauts and rock stars kiddo.

 

[LiberalSquirrel]

I've never had a problem with GameStop employees. Mind, I'm sure some of it can be attributed to the bizarre "oh god, girl in a video game store, must blindly worship" phenomenon. But even past that, I've never had a problem. Most of the people at the few GameStops I go to are friendly and polite. I even had a decent chat with one of them about BlazBlue when I was buying Continuum Shift.

Also, it seems to me that he was perfectly right in telling you what he did about Halo. It's rated Mature, you're 16, and you had your mother there- it seems about right to me that he state what all could possibly be involved in the game. He might have even thought you were younger than you were. Because... well... you had your mum there.

 

[gphjr14]

Haven't had a bad experience yet with gamestop employees. Even though their trade prices are shit, though that just opened me up to selling my own games online.

 

[Eldarion]

God forbid an employee actually give a shit about what oblivious parents are getting for their kids.

The employee has no right say anything about what the parent decides is appropriate for their kids.

 

[aashell13]

well, you're right that maturity isn't defined solely by age, but it is the easiest metric by which to gauge it. that's why you have minimum age limits on things. In the case of minors it's the parent's job to determine what their kids are getting into is appropriate for the kid's maturity level. One of the advantages of a system like the ESRB has is that it gives the parents the flexibility to make those decisions on an individual basis, as opposed to having strict legal cutoffs for games of certain ratings.

specifically regarding the gamestop employee: it is his job to make sure your mother understands what she's getting. there are no shortage of people who ignore that little white stamp on the box and then get upset when they see their kid blowing bloody holes in things in full HD, so the clerks have to be thorough. As to belittling your buddy for wanting to buy a pokemon game, yes, that's dumb. no two ways about it, it just isn't his business.

I thought about telling you similar stories from when I was buying Halo 2 and KOTOR back in the day, but I won't make myself feel too old lol

 

[dyre]

God forbid an employee actually give a shit about what oblivious parents are getting for their kids.

The employee has no right say anything about what the parent decides is appropriate for their kids.

Because your parents can totally make educated decisions on games they've never played, right?

 

[Eldarion]

God forbid an employee actually give a shit about what oblivious parents are getting for their kids.

The employee has no right say anything about what the parent decides is appropriate for their kids.

Because your parents can totally make educated decisions on games they've never played, right?

Seeing as how I have the internet and all the information is out there, ummmm yes.

 

[Eldarion]

strange double post, no idea how that happened.

 

[Shock and Awe]

I have actually never had a problem with Gamestop employees, the ones around here are actually quite nice and I have had nice conversations with them.