[QUOTE="ikensee"] I personally commend your parents. I think people should respect the rating system. It's there for a reason. Some people on this thread said that it's the kids responsibility to know it's not real, and that it's not the video games fault. I do not have any scientific eveidence, but I know that when you are a teenager you have all these hormones stirring up in your body and the brain is probably adjusting to the changes, which can make younger people more vulnerable to what they see. Let your brain acclimate to the new conditions for a while, and then when you're 17 get the game or whatever will be equivilant to GTA in that time.
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Ok so when some one becomes a teen they become someone totally different because of "hormones".....................ok know wonder you dont have any evidence to back it up.when i became a teen i was the same person that like videogames its just that i started liking girls also i dindt start thinking games were "real" because of hormones i can tell you that, i think you argument is some what flawed.
I believe your argument is flawed.
With all the school shootings and suicides over the years, certain content doesn't belong in the hands of certain people. Studies have shown that video games not only provide people with a way to relieve stress and anger, but it also teaches them, mainly young adults like yourself, how to vent your anger. Mis guided youth can take a fictional concept and easily apply it to real situations.
Children do it all the time with the bible. It's where hate for homosexuals and other differences come from. That's why we have a rating system. It's unfortunate that that's all we have. We need legislation to control it, and we need parents, like this guys parents, to be more active in what their kids are playing.
This way, the industry isn't censored, and parents can't blame the industry when their kid does something harmful to society. As a gamer, you should see that not all of the content available to us is good for everyone. You may not want to shoot your school mates, but someone else might. When that someone else does, where is the blame going to go?
As gamers, all of us, we have a responsibility to support the industry so that it doesn't become a blind vice like cigarettes and alchohol. This way, we can preserve the future of gaming, and reap the benefiets from the potential of unlimited growth. As the industry gets older, so do we gamers. Eventually, you young ones will understand why you shouldn't be playing GTA and GOW when you're 12 years old.
My parents had a couple over from their church (I'm an Atheist, but they're devout christians) and they had a 9 year old kid. He knew I had an xbox 360, and asked if he could play some games. I told him the only game I'd let him play was Forza Motorsport. He called me a **** ran downstairs and cried to his parents that I wouldn't let him play. When I explained, they told me they let him play anything he wants. I told them that they're part of a growing problem. Then the kid cursed at me (his mother slapped him) and threatened to chainsaw me like how he chainsaws the guys in GOW.
Younger gamers need to bepatient.
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