Poll: MW2 and little kids

[ShotgunSmoke]

I played Postal 2 when I was 11.

I'm not a demented mass murderer. It all depends on the individual. If you can't separate games from reality, you shouldn't leave your house at all.

 

[AtticusSP]

I played lots of violent video games as a kid and no one cared. As long as the parents let him I'll live with it.
The only reason anyone cares about this now is because kids are playing online with everyone else annoying them.
Personally, I like having a bunch of kids on XBL. Fun to mess with them and piss them off. Saver all the hatemail.

 

[badgersprite]

Some people are just idiots. If your child appears to be an idiot at a certain time in their life, then do not buy them such video games. If you yourself happen to be an idiot, then please do not use the online feature. Remember, age is just a number, but idiocy is for life!

This has been a public service announcement. =3

(Serious answer: I don't really have any strong opinions on violence in video games, but the thing I find kind of sad about this is that a lot of kids playing MW2 probably won't understand the themes of the game - i.e. the fact that the game is anti-war. I do worry that at a young age they'll interpret it as a glorification of war & violence, rather than appreciate its more complex message. But, then, there are much older people who would do that too, albeit in fewer numbers.)

 

[Gunner 51]

We all know that most of the little kids playing Halo / MW2 aren't going to shoot up their local shopping precinct because their parents teach them right from wrong. But unfortunately, what the parents fail to teach them is the importance of politeness in terms of online gaming.

The kids as a whole just need a talking to rather than a complete banning from XBL. (Or failing that, confiscating their headsets.)

 

[Nunny]

If you are under the age limit expressed on the warning then you should not be playing the game. All you are doing is ruining it for all of us who are of the correct age.....sorry to those who are mature enough to play it but underage, sacrifices have to be made.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

I think most NORMAL children can handle these kinds of games. There are obviously kids with certain mental diseases that easily get influenced by what they read/watch/play, and they shouldn't play these kinds of games. (I know first-hand, as my step-sister has asperger, she's 17 and she still only allowed stuff like sonic games, and no manga/anime)

If anything a game like this will prepare the "kids" for real-life incidents that may happen, and prevent post-traumatic stress (or whatever you call it).

When I was 14, I saw "American Werewolf in London". I was having nightmares for weeks afterwards. PTSD, however, is an acute mental illness that ruins your life. Seeing the Sugababes break up or your friend falling out of a tree does not count.

What part of real life do you imagine consists of running around with an AK teabagging your friends?

Most NORMAL kids should be enjoying being a child without exposing their brains to the shit that adults have to put up with. Most adults would swap places with your low level of responsibility in a heartbeat.

 

[Jirlond]

I dont see how this is a problem as the first MW was littered with mini-racists.

 

[MetallicaRulez0]

I think age restrictions for most things are pretty silly. Different people mature at different rates. Something that is fine for one person at 11 may not be fine for the next guy who's 17. Defining what is "ok" for your kids should be done on a case by case basis. There is no magic age where you're suddenly mature enough to play M rated games.

I myself have been murdering people in the virtual world since I was 9, way back with Doom.

 

[kommunizt kat]

What if you guys were that kid? im just seeing through perspective here but I agree that kids shouldnt be allowed to go online because of all the bad influences such as myself... to me offline play is okay for them...

 

[Dys]

Its easy to say that parents shouldnt get this for their kid but seriously what else is there. Super Mario Bros Wii and..... yep thats it.

Back when us older guys were growing up in the Sega vs Nintendo age there were loads of family friendly games..

Just so its clear im talking about desirable and playable games. I wouldnt want to punish a kid by giving him one of th newer crash bandicoot games to play.

The lack of family oriented games is because children are being allowed to play innapropriate games. Given the choice everyone is going to want to be like the "big kids", and when parents starting caving and letting young children play goldeneye or halo (or whatever) the developers of family oriented games lose their share of the market. Just because there are few alternatives doesn't make it right, I doubt very much it would kill teenagers to spend less time playing videogames (I grew up in a household where gaming was very strictly limited, and it didn't destroy me).

Under twelves shouldn't be playing realistic shooters in my opin ion; they shouldn't be playing any realistic games. I think they should be exposed to abstract Ideas and spatial situations while they're young.

Call Of Duty is NOT realistic.

I think you're rather missing the point.

 

[Discon]

I think most NORMAL children can handle these kinds of games. There are obviously kids with certain mental diseases that easily get influenced by what they read/watch/play, and they shouldn't play these kinds of games. (I know first-hand, as my step-sister has asperger, she's 17 and she still only allowed stuff like sonic games, and no manga/anime)

If anything a game like this will prepare the "kids" for real-life incidents that may happen, and prevent post-traumatic stress (or whatever you call it).

When I was 14, I saw "American Werewolf in London". I was having nightmares for weeks afterwards. PTSD, however, is an acute mental illness that ruins your life. Seeing the Sugababes break up or your friend falling out of a tree does not count.

What part of real life do you imagine consists of running around with an AK teabagging your friends?

Most NORMAL kids should be enjoying being a child without exposing their brains to the shit that adults have to put up with. Most adults would swap places with your low level of responsibility in a heartbeat.

Where did I say that I imagined running around with an AK? What I meant was this:

A bank gets robbed, and a cashier gets shot. There are two kids in the bank, one has played MW2, the other hasn't touched a game in his life. Which one do you think is more likely of getting permanent mental scars?

I KNOW I'm young, but 14-year old "kids" don't usually "run through the field" or play hide and seek all day anymore. "Kids" mature way faster now. Hide and seek started being considered childish about when I was twelve.


Excuse any grammar errors or typos, as English usn't my native tongue and I had to type with one hand as I'm having a nosebleed.

 

[rokkolpo]

when i was 11 my parents refused letting me watch The Lord of The Rings.

so yes mine are. but no others probably are not.

 

[iJosh]

they let 8 year old kids play a 17+ game. That's pretty bad.