Parents really need to not buy there 8 year olds M rated games!

Ya I now its the parents decision and they know there son/daughter better then any one else, but to be honest it is really stupid to buy a M rated game to anyone that is like 8 or 10(except for Halo). Now by like age 13 and above the child has matured some more, and can handle most M rated games, and pretty much at age 15 they can handle all M rated games. Once again it is all up to the parents and they have the final decision on which games to buy.

I disagree. I was playing Mortal Kombat, Primal Rage, Killer Instinct, Goldeneye, Clayfighters, etc. at around that age. I was born in '87 so around '95-96 I was about 8, and kicking ass at games. That's not too different from many of the gamers who grew up in the late 80's with games and whatnot. If the parent feels like their child is old enough to play the game I have no objection to it. If the kid gets annoying online I just mute him. Problem solved.

i think parents should know how responsible their kids are. if a ten year old kid wants to play an M-rated and is very mature. there is no objection.

and sometimes a brother/sister has an M-rated game that a little kid plays or watches.

overall kids should play what they want (with parent permission)

but that will never happen :lol:

People need to figure out that games aren't reality. Unless your kid has a distorted perception of reality, then there is no need to worry. Obviously buying a 5 year old GTA isn't smart, but really a ten year old understands things to a good enough extent to be good with most movies and games. The only thing I'd be worried about a ten year getting into is porno in the entertainment department.

I agree. Pre-teens are in the top 3 of worst people to encounter online.

Although I think it depends on who the kid is. Personally, I was playing Mortal Kombat and Killer Instinct, and the old GTAs when they were out on SNES and PS1 respectively. And my parents let me play them because I was really smart and mature for my age. Other kids however aren't.

That was a different era of gaming as well. Now they all have headsets and go online and start singing and screaming and shouting out insults that they don't know the meaning of. Even if I'd wanted to do that, I wouldn't have been able to back when I was little.

Ifparents play the game with them, and talk through how it is for fun and not real its ok. I played Doom when I was very small my mom and dad would play with me and sometimes deathmatch. Now im grown up I only go on a murderous killing spree every few months :P . I think the problems develop when the parents just sit children in front of games without supervision to get them out of the way.

No. If my parents only ever bought me games within the age rating it says on the box then I'd have missed out on oh so many awesome games. Miss out on Grand Theft Auto? STFU!

Well, the new generation of kids these days watch more Porn than playing M rated games I'd say.

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The thing I would be most concerned about if I had a child would be online chat.

Why i was playing dnd since i was like 7..Ive not killed or killed myself yet..Kids have been doing this since the days of superman was wrote..That one kid back than jumped off a mountain thought he can fly..Killed himself..Parrents back that flipped out...Saying superman was to blame yada yada..Dnd had dice rolls an such to kill monsters before video games released...It was imagination of killing..Some kids took it seriously an took a axe to his friend or some thing back than..Parrents yet again blamed dnd..Nuts as it sounds..Why should one problem mature into all kids..Only because one kid flips out an does things..Perhaps me think its the parrents themselves who are to blame..Think about it..

No. Parents really need to get off their ass and start being informed about what their kids are and are not mature enough to look at. Using a broad sweeping ratings systems on a target audience/age group that has probably the largest maturity delta of any demographic is irresponsible.

My entertainment was NEVER governed when i was growing up regardless of my age and there is absolutely nothing wrong with me as a result.

Ya I now its the parents decision and they know there son/daughter better then any one else, but to be honest it is really stupid to buy a M rated game to anyone that is like 8 or 10(except for Halo). Now by like age 13 and above the child has matured some more, and can handle most M rated games, and pretty much at age 15 they can handle all M rated games. Once again it is all up to the parents and they have the final decision on which games to buy.

mrmcygan

me and my father played the first alien vs. preditor game when i was about six. im not a phyco path. whats wrong with a little head choping for the little girls and boys.

Let me take my friends little brother as an example here. He usually borrow my friend's Xbox to play games, and is CONSTANTLY(!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) asking for help to do ANYTHING! He's not that good at english yet, and he's basically too young to understand anything that's going on. That's why I agree with TC.

Why is it that Halo is alright for parents to buy their children? It's rate M. Is it because you like it and think its ok for them to play?

Why is it that Halo is alright for parents to buy their children? It's rate M. Is it because you like it and think its ok for them to play?

colejd

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Why is it that Halo is alright for parents to buy their children? It's rate M. Is it because you like it and think its ok for them to play?

emorainbo

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Why is it that Halo is alright for parents to buy their children? It's rate M. Is it because you like it and think its ok for them to play?

Daavpuke

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Why is it that Halo is alright for parents to buy their children? It's rate M. Is it because you like it and think its ok for them to play?

emorainbo

Its still rated M and just because its a popular game doesn't change that fact.

8 year old kids should not play online and troll MW2! :x

I disagree. I was playing Mortal Kombat, Primal Rage, Killer Instinct, Goldeneye, Clayfighters, etc. at around that age. I was born in '87 so around '95-96 I was about 8, and kicking ass at games. That's not too different from many of the gamers who grew up in the late 80's with games and whatnot. If the parent feels like their child is old enough to play the game I have no objection to it. If the kid gets annoying online I just mute him. Problem solved.

clayron

there's a HUGE difference between 16 bit era mortal kombat and grand theft auto 4.

I disagree. I was playing Mortal Kombat, Primal Rage, Killer Instinct, Goldeneye, Clayfighters, etc. at around that age. I was born in '87 so around '95-96 I was about 8, and kicking ass at games. That's not too different from many of the gamers who grew up in the late 80's with games and whatnot. If the parent feels like their child is old enough to play the game I have no objection to it. If the kid gets annoying online I just mute him. Problem solved.

clayron

I agree. Pre-teens are in the top 3 of worst people to encounter online.

It all depends on the kid, some can and some can't. It is up to the parent to make informed choices...and you know generally parent their children. Unfortunately in most cases this does not happen in the slightest bit...

this is not the problem, the problem is parents buying their kids mics!

i hate getting my feelings hurt when a 10 year old calls me a poopyhead on L4D:cry:

Parents need to be given back the freedom to raise their children. If they want to let an 8 yr old see some pixel gore, fine. If not, fine. I'm also an advocate for beatings, parents need to bring that back, too.

I didn't play a lot of violent games as a kid. Well, at 8 yrs old, there really weren't any, not by today's standard s- only Nintendo was making anything and their most violent game back then was like Ninja Gaiden or Double Dragon or whatever.At the time, the worst stuff was only in movies.

Yeah, I do think 8 years old is a biiiiit young to be playing M rated games. I notice that, at Gamestop, the associates there advise a parent who has an underage kid that the M rated game has blood, violence, etc.

I guess this is why the kids at my old school are so dimwitted and perverted...

But then, game companies themselves are not to blame-it is the parents themselves. I see like 8 year olds buying M rated games at my local Gamestop, yet their parents are willing to buy it for them. GTA is a good game but kids playing it and believing it is a real life simulator just makes it all go over the edge.

I really don't understand the point of this thread.DarkCatalyst

Ya I now its the parents decision and they know there son/daughter better then any one else, but to be honest it is really stupid to buy a M rated game to anyone that is like 8 or 10(except for Halo). Now by like age 13 and above the child has matured some more, and can handle most M rated games, and pretty much at age 15 they can handle all M rated games. Once again it is all up to the parents and they have the final decision on which games to buy.

mrmcygan

I agree fully. :)

I played DooM II sometimes when I was three. I don't know if that was best for me.. although there is no way of knowing.

Well I played gory games from my early teens and am thoroughly corrupted as you can tell from my screen name. I go to rotten.com for amusement. It's the parents' duty to know what their kids are playing. If they want the kids to grow up to be jaded and confrontational, let them play GTA from age 8. If they want them to grow up to be control freaks, put them on a steady diet of Sims. But don't blame the games for affecting your kids' development if you didn't even care about what they were playing while raising them.

Oh and no matter how you want them to turn out, keep them off mah MW2.

I think that it is up to the parent to decide how they should treat their child in this area.

Otherwise, a golden rule should be to never allow your child online with voice chat enabled until they have emerged from the "squeaky whistle" phase.

Well, some 8-year-olds are more mature than others.

Parents need to be given back the freedom to raise their children. If they want to let an 8 yr old see some pixel gore, fine. If not, fine. I'm also an advocate for beatings, parents need to bring that back, too.

I didn't play a lot of violent games as a kid. Well, at 8 yrs old, there really weren't any, not by today's standard s- only Nintendo was making anything and their most violent game back then was like Ninja Gaiden or Double Dragon or whatever.At the time, the worst stuff was only in movies.

meteo_ryte

I completely agree.