Buying M games

I heard somewhere that its only ebgames and gamestop that require you to be 17 to buy M games. Is this true and does it mean if I'm 16 I can just buy halo 3 at circuit city or best buy?MvSkMh

most stores check now

People under 18 shouldn't be playing games rated M. It's dangerous for minors to see images like the ones in violent videogames, it's dangerous for their development and the fact that the mercy is in the power of your hands can really effect some one and confuse them with their role in reality. If your 16 then you don't need to be playing M games, it's not right.FireKicks

M is such a broad term if you ask me. Halo isno more offensive than Fire Fly or Star Wars, but games like Grand Theft Auto really earn ther M rating.

As for buying M games you need to be 17 at most places. I never played many M games when I was younger since I knew my father would destory my consloes if he ever found out.

I'm 16 and I have never gotten checekd for ID. At EB I usually go in, ask the clerk for the game and thats it. My parents don't care either, they've watched me play tons of counter-strike and other games like that.

M is such a broad term if you ask me. Halo isno more offensive than Fire Fly or Star Wars, but games like Grand Theft Auto really earn ther M rating.

As for buying M games you need to be 17 at most places. I never played many M games when I was younger since I knew my father would destory my consloes if he ever found out.

Giff1988

You really beat me to it. M is far too broad. Halo games are barely M if at all. To give it the same rating as GTA, Manhunt, or The Suffering is very inaccurate.

People under 18 shouldn't be playing games rated M. It's dangerous for minors to see images like the ones in violent videogames, it's dangerous for their development and the fact that the mercy is in the power of your hands can really effect some one and confuse them with their role in reality. If your 16 then you don't need to be playing M games, it's not right.FireKicks

who let jack thompson in?

People under 18 shouldn't be playing games rated M. It's dangerous for minors to see images like the ones in violent videogames, it's dangerous for their development and the fact that the mercy is in the power of your hands can really effect some one and confuse them with their role in reality. If your 16 then you don't need to be playing M games, it's not right.FireKicks

I'm 16 and i play M-rated games all the time (I find them to be more fun than most T- and E- rated games) and you don't see me on TV shooting the hell out of everything. I, like most people, can tell the difference between real life and video games.

[QUOTE="FireKicks"]People under 18 shouldn't be playing games rated M. It's dangerous for minors to see images like the ones in violent videogames, it's dangerous for their development and the fact that the mercy is in the power of your hands can really effect some one and confuse them with their role in reality. If your 16 then you don't need to be playing M games, it's not right.drewdelapoots

who let jack thompson in?

[QUOTE="FireKicks"]People under 18 shouldn't be playing games rated M. It's dangerous for minors to see images like the ones in violent videogames, it's dangerous for their development and the fact that the mercy is in the power of your hands can really effect some one and confuse them with their role in reality. If your 16 then you don't need to be playing M games, it's not right.RogueRazgriz1

I'm 16 and i play M-rated games all the time (I find them to be more fun than most T- and E- rated games) and you don't see me on TV shooting the hell out of everything. I, like most people, can tell the difference between real life and video games.

I believe he/she was being sarcastic :|

yeah no kidding. Putting ratings on video games is absurb.

"dangerous to their development, confusing what is reality"Serious?? I recall playing a known, very popular and violent game a decade ago called Mortal Kombat. WOW, I can't believe it but I made it through college with straight A's and have a successful career in the semiconductor industry. My mind isn't so warped from the years of playing violent games that I'm even considering going back to school to study law. I suppose that means I was just one of the lucky few to play a video game without developing a mental disorder and going on a rampage because I'am capable of differentiating reality from fiction. Every case that went to court to blame video game industries for violence due to ones actions failed.

"if your 16 then you don't need be playing M games, it's not right" Hey guess what?? That rating actually means nothing due to experience changing during online play. Laymen's term...anybody can drop the f-bomb in any game that has player interaction. BTW if it's not right at the age of 16....two years from being an independent adult... to view the slightest mature content, then you should also blindfold your children. Don't let them watch television or read anything. Date or hang out with a friend because, oh they might be a bad influence. Just keep them under house arrest until 18.

I have better idea instead of this Kim Jong-il mentality....how about let kids be kids and not turn into a socialistic mamby pamby country. It was such a great period in my youth when I could ride a bike without a helmet and play a ball game where their actually was a winning and losing team. How ironic that under 18 individuals aren't allowed to commit such evil doings for playing a video game, but yet they actually have higher interests at that teen age with members of the opposite chromosome.

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[QUOTE="FireKicks"]People under 18 shouldn't be playing games rated M. It's dangerous for minors to see images like the ones in violent videogames, it's dangerous for their development and the fact that the mercy is in the power of your hands can really effect some one and confuse them with their role in reality. If your 16 then you don't need to be playing M games, it's not right.Shrapnel99

I'm 16 and i play M-rated games all the time (I find them to be more fun than most T- and E- rated games) and you don't see me on TV shooting the hell out of everything. I, like most people, can tell the difference between real life and video games.

I believe he/she was being sarcastic :|

lol you never know...When I was 9yo I had devout Mormon neighbors and their kids would leave to watch Cartoon Network at my house because they weren't allowed to watch cable

People under 18 shouldn't be playing games rated M. It's dangerous for minors to see images like the ones in violent videogames, it's dangerous for their development and the fact that the mercy is in the power of your hands can really effect some one and confuse them with their role in reality. If your 16 then you don't need to be playing M games, it's not right.FireKicks

People under 18 shouldn't be playing games rated M. It's dangerous for minors to see images like the ones in violent videogames, it's dangerous for their development and the fact that the mercy is in the power of your hands can really effect some one and confuse them with their role in reality. If your 16 then you don't need to be playing M games, it's not right.FireKicks

let me know when you get off your soapbox.

I got carded at Best Buy when I bought Bioshock and I was paying with a credit card. Look jerkoff, if I have my own credit card, I think I'm old enough to play an M rated game.

I say it depends who you are talking to,if its someone cool and you dont look like a 12 yr old kid then they prob wont ask you for your age if its one of those dip **** workers then they prob will askMemoryitis

Theres nothing cool about not doing your job correctly

I'm 17 years old now. So it's no big deal for me. But when I was 16, I do believe it was kind of lame to be able to drive the the store, but then get turned down like a young kid or whatever. Getting my parents to go to the store with me was a bit lame.

That said, I found that FYE never checks for ID. Even now. I'm not sure if you were younger, maybe they will, but not if you look atleast like, 15.

Still, if you are trying to get around your parents finding out, then you are defintely not as cool as you think.

People under 18 shouldn't be playing games rated M. It's dangerous for minors to see images like the ones in violent videogames, it's dangerous for their development and the fact that the mercy is in the power of your hands can really effect some one and confuse them with their role in reality. If your 16 then you don't need to be playing M games, it's not right.FireKicks

Unless this is sarcasm, go away.

[QUOTE="FireKicks"]People under 18 shouldn't be playing games rated M. It's dangerous for minors to see images like the ones in violent videogames, it's dangerous for their development and the fact that the mercy is in the power of your hands can really effect some one and confuse them with their role in reality. If your 16 then you don't need to be playing M games, it's not right.LUK3isH3RE

Unless this is sarcasm, go away.

Why should he go away because he believes in the law?

hahaha just haha im 15 i can play & buy anything i want i why shouldent i be able to do that wen i can buy alcahol cigarets and even get into night clubs..Olgeir

lol alcohol cigarets night clubs!? your a bad 15 yearold buddy... reminds me of myself =D

hahaha just haha im 15 i can play & buy anything i want i why shouldent i be able to do that wen i can buy alcahol cigarets and even get into night clubs..Olgeir

I'm sorry but your badgrammer iskind of messing up yourpost. I'm guessing you ment tosay something more along the lines of this "I'm 15 and I can do anything I want, why can't I buy M rated games when I can get into night clubs, or evenbuy cigarettes and alcohol." Also I doubt you can do that stuff and be 15 and if you can what kind of neighborhood do you live in.

[QUOTE="Olgeir"]hahaha just haha im 15 i can play & buy anything i want i why shouldent i be able to do that wen i can buy alcahol cigarets and even get into night clubs..eatspie

I'm sorry but your badgrammer iskind of messing up yourpost. I'm guessing you ment tosay something more along the lines of this "I'm 15 and I can do anything I want, why can't I buy M rated games when I can get into night clubs, or evenbuy cigarettes and alcohol." Also I doubt you can do that stuff and be 15 and if you can what kind of neighborhood do you live in.

thx for currecting me but ye not a bad neighborhood actually, but it's not an uncommon thing were i live

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[QUOTE="Olgeir"]hahaha just haha im 15 i can play & buy anything i want i why shouldent i be able to do that wen i can buy alcahol cigarets and even get into night clubs..Olgeir

I'm sorry but your badgrammer iskind of messing up yourpost. I'm guessing you ment tosay something more along the lines of this "I'm 15 and I can do anything I want, why can't I buy M rated games when I can get into night clubs, or evenbuy cigarettes and alcohol." Also I doubt you can do that stuff and be 15 and if you can what kind of neighborhood do you live in.

thx for currecting me but ye not a bad neighborhood actually, but it's not an uncommon thing were i live

When I was a kid I wasn't even allowed to watch R rated movies my parents were extremly strict.

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[QUOTE="Olgeir"]hahaha just haha im 15 i can play & buy anything i want i why shouldent i be able to do that wen i can buy alcahol cigarets and even get into night clubs..eatspie

I'm sorry but your badgrammer iskind of messing up yourpost. I'm guessing you ment tosay something more along the lines of this "I'm 15 and I can do anything I want, why can't I buy M rated games when I can get into night clubs, or evenbuy cigarettes and alcohol." Also I doubt you can do that stuff and be 15 and if you can what kind of neighborhood do you live in.

thx for currecting me but ye not a bad neighborhood actually, but it's not an uncommon thing were i live

When I was a kid I wasn't even allowed to watch R rated movies my parents were extremly strict.

ohh even though my parents know that i to those things doesn't mean they like it specially not my father due to that he is an former alcoholic