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Originally posted by: Skipper
keep this in mind.

how old are most of you?

the problem here is 11-15 year olds playing M and AO games. The problem is that they might not know any better. I mean if you are 18 or older the idea is that you are mature and responsible enough to be playing games like that.

which of course makes the whole video-games promote violence in children a moot point. Your 12 year old kid SHOULD NOT BE PLAYING GTA. WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU? PARENTS ARE CLEARLY AT FAULT FOR NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE DAMN RATING, OR EVEN WORSE SIMPLY IGNORING IT.

I am completely serious here. Everyone at my little brother's school from like grade 6, possibly 5+ have played this game. If not at their home, at somebody elses. They think that the only way to have fun in a game is if there is something to kill. I am serious, I have tried playing racing games, adventure games, rpgs, etc etc with my brother and his friends and they think its boring. "so who am I supposed to kill?" "what do you mean I can't bblow your car up?". those are actual quotes. SHIT!

Heck, they think watching R rated movies is a moot point. "what's wrong with it?" What are parents teaching kids by bypassing authority. Kids aren't allowed into R movies and they aren't allowed to rent them, so their parents rent it for them. And God help the poor movie clerk who asks the age of the person watching it. I do note that not one politician has said that it's parent's fault. That would undoubtly lose him/her a ton of support.

I agree. My parents were quite, let's say picky, about what I did. At 11 or 12 , I wasn't even aware of Doom or Wolfenstein (the games of that time period). By 16, I had seen both and I think I was a fairly avid Warcraft 2 person.

I work at a library, and I watch as 10 year olds come in, wanting codes for GTA: San Andreas or they enjoy their 50 cent Candyshop. You have no idea how tempted I have been to send notes home with some kids, asking their parents if they have ANY idea what their kids come to the library to do. But then I worry about what the parents might say...