Would you let YOUR kids play?

[Plurralbles]

I will follow the guildelines in the corner of every game box, maybe cut it to 15 instead of 17 fr M games depending on maturity level. I will monitor my child and if he's screaming into a multiplayer mic, say good bye to the mic. It's not that hard and would stop this generation of parents from being fucking retarded about games if they did the same. But no, they don't. They, and apparently your generation too, are content to say that they'd buy an 8 year old Mass Effect.

 

[Jesus Phish]

I'd play those games with my kid. I see no problem with kids playing M games with a responsible adult playing with them. Otherwise I'd play it first and decide if it's suitable.

I'd probably try keep them off XBL though. Or let them go on it, but mute everyone or tell him to plug the headset in but never ever wear it. Too many people on XBL with no manners/respect etc

 

[Mr.logic]

yes i would my parents trust me to know the content of the game im picking up and understand what i am or not allowed to play. And i need to trust my kids(when i have kids)too make sure too know whats okay for them too play

 

[bassdrum]

I feel as though we'll be more literate in gaming than our parents are/were, and might be more able to make decisions on a case by case basis. I know that a lot of parents just don't really understand how the ESRB system (or the rating system from your part of the world) works, and so don't really make intelligent decisions about what their kids can play. Being gamers ourselves, though, I think that we'll be more able to judge each game based on the content that's in it. Also, I don't plan to to be terribly restrictive on games--I was playing M rated games long before my parents were ready for it, and I think I've turned out alright.

[sub]Granted, I waste my life on the internet, but still... I haven't killed/maimed anyone yet.[/sub]

 

[IrirshTerrorist]

Triple post FTL

I would let my kids play most games but I wouldn't let them talk online much. Simply that everyone online is a dick who overuses the term "******"

Yeah, online is something I wouldn't allow am adult to be exposed to nevermind a child. Playing games (CoD4,5,6) online is like standing in a room of homophobic terrets sufferers as they have a competition to see who has the most high pitched scream.

 

[Dyp100]

I was playing Halo at my cousins when I was 7.

I was smart enough to know it wasn't reality, even my dad didn't believe me and told me every time I saw him everything was false.

Fucking idiot...Anyway, I hope my son or daughter is like me and I plan to treat them similar. (Nothing too bloody until your 11.)

 

[GL2814E]

Nope, I am not going to allow my kids to play anything they aren't in the appropriate age group for or that I haven't vetted as appropriate for the kid. (On an individual basis. What one lad can handle, others may not.)

Besides, I can guarantee my wife will put huge limitations on our kids lest they become video game zombies who are out of shape and do poorly in school.

And before the fanatics begin defending 40+ hours of weekly gaming with froth in their mouths, I too had limits when I was under 18 and they benefitted my education and general social skills greatly. (Though it was before multiplayer gaming really went beyond one console.)

And yes, I believe their are many games that are detrimental to healthy development of children. (Key note being children. Most adults, even the more man-childish of us, can put down gaming and separate ourselves from that fiction. Sometimes, some kids cannot.)

 

[yoda3d2]

I remember playing M games at my uncles and it my parents didn't really care once they found out. so i would let them play anything T and under then M at 12 assuming that there is nothing like mass affect until the time is right.

 

[War Penguin]

No, I wouldn't let my kids play those games at that age group. However, I would ease them into them by starting off with some fun E games, like what Nintendo makes, then some T games when they get only a bit older, like 10 or 11.And if they could handle those, start off with some M games. Not ones with unnecessary amounts of gore, just ones that have reasonable amounts of blood and some curse words thrown in. I'd assume that they would be 14 at the time. However, I wouldn't let them on online play. That's just suicidal, for the kid and the other players.
They'd be online when they're 16 when I explain who ridiculously stupid or racist people can be thanks to anonymity.
... Then I'd explain anonymity.

 

[S-Unleashed]

I'd mostly stick with teen until he/she is 16 and if I did let him/her play M games they would be Metal Gear Solid or Devil May Cry.

 

[Jubilant]

No, they won't steal my playtime

I chuckled... then realized that this would probably be my answer, too... would that be a bad thing? I'd still let them play, but not this whole 'day in-day out' thing that I usually pull sometimes...

 

[fenrizz]

My parents really didnt care about that stuff and chances are i wont either. But if they sit around playing, not moving for 8 hours, and getting fat im kicking their ass outside and on to the football team.

Quoted for truth.

Games never did me no harm, so I don't see why I should deny my kids the same joys that I had growing up.

 

[ProfessorLayton]

I honestly won't care what my kids play because I'll raise them so they know that video games aren't real.

The one thing that makes me mad is the 7 year old kids walking around GameStop holding Manhunt in one hand and Gears of War in the other. They know nothing about those games, they just want to tell their friends that they play M rated games.

 

[TheRealGoochman]

I would not let them play shooters online (mainly due to the..."lack of maturity" that some players tend to have especially with their choice of phrases and level of anger). However I would let them play single player (as long as the game isnt too bad.....I don't think I'd allow Grand Theft Auto or Saints Row till maybe 14/15....but games like Mass Effect, Halo, heck even Bioshock (as long as they dont think the proper way to ask a girl out is to harvest her for Adam)
I will have restrictions when it comes to my kid and video games (I will have to play them myself and see if it is alright for him/her) But I will try to be laid back but at the same time responsible

 

[Dexiro]

I'd probably want my kids to learn that games aren't all about graphics and violence.

I'll buy a PS2 and then he can play the original Spyro games and Kingdom hearts

 

[michiehoward]

Right now my son is five and understands what pretend is, but my son is just starting to get the regular boogie man nightmares and is understanding what it means to get scared, eerie creepy sounds, music, voices, pictures frightened him, blood and guts and guns, nope not at all, its more ambeiance with him, creepiness, as he would say himself "scary danger", i'm not gonna get into what i let him play now, frankly I'm afraid of getting "shouted" down at from non-parents and parents alike

 

[Mr. In-between]

If I had kids, they would be working their way through the NES, SNES/Genesis, and N64 just like I did. That way, they'd see the "graphic violence" in games like Mortal Kombat and Turok: Dinosaur Hunter and be able to distinguish fantasy from reality when they were old enough to waste their lives calling people "faggots" on XBOX live.

What's good enough for me is good enough for them. Also, all kids should have the privilege of playing SMB3 on the NES.

 

[Totenkopf]

I'll test the games first, so I know whether or not I can let them play them.