Is Bioshock appropriate for me?

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Your mom needs to chill. Is she going to protect you when you leave the house? Is she going to go on your honeymoon to make sure you still practice safe sex? The worlds violent. Playing a video game at your age will not turn you into a mass murderer. While Mass Murderers may play video games is is NOT the reason they are mass murderers.

It's hard to tell if it is appropriate for you just from a forum. But from the sound of your post and the level of your intelligence, it seems like you can handle the game. Now, the problem is that your mother said you cannot play the game. So even if it is appropriate for you, what will you do?

Also, good job on the GPA. You seem to have a promising future. Just don't waste it away. Jump right into college or get a job in the mean time.

The ESRB is stupid they ruin it for everyone. Yes you should play.

ROCK ON!!!!

Your mom does need to chill and really since you're 16 your mom shouldnt care what games you play

The ESRB is stupid they ruin it for everyone. Yes you should play.

ROCK ON!!!!

metalhead164

It's not the M, it's Bioshock's gory and creepy nature. But I know how creepy it is, I don't view it as "just a bit of a blood" or anything. I just think I can handle it.

And thanks to everyone who has posted so far. It helps knowing that I'm not the only one who disagrees with my parents.

I'm in no way trying to insult or piss you off, so don't take this the wrong way. What I infer from the fact that you told us your GPA & that you are graduating at 16 is that you are trying to say that you are a very smart person. A very smart person would know that booksmarts/grades have nothing to do with a person's maturity level. So there's no way we could possibly know if you arre mature enough for this game.

The only reason I put it to you like this is because I have a little brother who is a prodigy. He graduated forom High School at 14, has taught himself Japanese & several instruments with no lessons/instruction of any kind. So although he's very smart,he's not mature by any stretch of the imagination & I won't let him near Bioshock.

I will give you this, at least your mom watched the demo before she made up her mind.

I think you should be able to play it, but some parents want their kids to be more sheltered. Just find a friend that has it and go play there :).

im 15, 16 in october, i was always saying im old enough to do my own things, but now that me and my girlfriend had a child last november, all my perspectives have change, and i know do everything possible to be responsible. loldamedude123

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I'm in no way trying to insult or piss you off, so don't take this the wrong way. What I infer from the fact that you told us your GPA & that you are graduating at 16 is that you are trying to say that you are a very smart person. A very smart person would know that booksmarts/grades have nothing to do with a person's maturity level. So there's no way we could possibly know if you arre mature enough for this game.

The only reason I put it to you like this is because I have a little brother who is a prodigy. He graduated forom High School at 14, has taught himself Japanese & several instruments with no lessons/instruction of any kind. So although he's very smart,he's not mature by any stretch of the imagination & I won't let him near Bioshock.

ColoradoKindBud

Of course GPA isn't the best indicator of maturity. However, it's the best one I can think of for use on the internet. I don't really know how to prove maturity over the internet (it's a lot easier to prove immaturity online lol), but I thought it'd help to show everyone that I'm mature enough to know what's important.

ummmm dont ever think you should tell someone how they should raise their kids so we will not tak about mom, but you sound mature enough for it, have you seen any of the saw movies or played gears of war those are both pretty bloody games if yes then point that out to her, but in the end i believe if you work hard you should be able to play hard tooKurupSoldr

I love playing Gears of War. That's the game I was talking about when I said I play a little too much. She won't let me see Saw, though.

OK, here's the deal. I'm a perfectly normal kid. I have a 4.4 GPA and I'm graduating high school this year at 16. I do play video games a little too much, but I'm not like an addict. There's nothing wrong with me mentally; I'm not crazy, I don't have dark thoughts or any desire to injure anyone. I want to buy Bioshock. However, my mom has decided based on the Bioshock demo that I'm not allowed to play Bioshock under her roof. As far as I know, I'm the only person I know who has limits on video games at my age/maturity level. One of my best friends is allowed to get whatever games she wants, and I'm not even allowed to go to her house just because of my gender. Another perfectly normal kid from one of my three AP classes is buying Bioshock on Tuesday. Should I be allowed to buy Bioshock?hachiman128

Of course you should be able to. 16 and at you level of intellect i think you can handle it. But what be more fun is waiting until you're 17 buying of your own free will and telling your mom "**** you" because when youre 17 hey get whatever video games you want.

How the hell do you get a GPA above 4.0?! NEWAY, Im alot like you... Im 16, my GPAs around 3.8, and Im in all the college classes, but Ive never had any prob with getting games... My parents dont care... Maybe you should show your mom some stuff about how the game has an extremely amazing story.... The ign review video goes into how the plot is comparable to some of the best books ever written...wolverine4262

And my school bumps up the average for honors and AP classes (from which I currently have 21 hours of college credit, but that's not the point). My GPA before bumping it up is 3.93.

[QUOTE="hachiman128"]OK, here's the deal. I'm a perfectly normal kid. I have a 4.4 GPA and I'm graduating high school this year at 16. I do play video games a little too much, but I'm not like an addict. There's nothing wrong with me mentally; I'm not crazy, I don't have dark thoughts or any desire to injure anyone. I want to buy Bioshock. However, my mom has decided based on the Bioshock demo that I'm not allowed to play Bioshock under her roof. As far as I know, I'm the only person I know who has limits on video games at my age/maturity level. One of my best friends is allowed to get whatever games she wants, and I'm not even allowed to go to her house just because of my gender. Another perfectly normal kid from one of my three AP classes is buying Bioshock on Tuesday. Should I be allowed to buy Bioshock?Fifty_Pence

Of course you should be able to. 16 and at you level of intellect i think you can handle it. But what be more fun is waiting until you're 17 buying of your own free will and telling your mom "**** you" because when youre 17 hey get whatever video games you want.

The guy at Gamestop thought I was 17 and just let me preorder it. I can get it no matter what (I think), I just don't wanna go behind my mom's back because she'd get really ticked.

[QUOTE="ColoradoKindBud"]

I'm in no way trying to insult or piss you off, so don't take this the wrong way. What I infer from the fact that you told us your GPA & that you are graduating at 16 is that you are trying to say that you are a very smart person. A very smart person would know that booksmarts/grades have nothing to do with a person's maturity level. So there's no way we could possibly know if you arre mature enough for this game.

The only reason I put it to you like this is because I have a little brother who is a prodigy. He graduated forom High School at 14, has taught himself Japanese & several instruments with no lessons/instruction of any kind. So although he's very smart,he's not mature by any stretch of the imagination & I won't let him near Bioshock.

hachiman128

Of course GPA isn't the best indicator of maturity. However, it's the best one I can think of for use on the internet. I don't really know how to prove maturity over the internet (it's a lot easier to prove immaturity online lol), but I thought it'd help to show everyone that I'm mature enough to know what's important.

But how does proving to us how mature you are change your mother's decision in any way???

[QUOTE="Fifty_Pence"]

[QUOTE="hachiman128"]OK, here's the deal. I'm a perfectly normal kid. I have a 4.4 GPA and I'm graduating high school this year at 16. I do play video games a little too much, but I'm not like an addict. There's nothing wrong with me mentally; I'm not crazy, I don't have dark thoughts or any desire to injure anyone. I want to buy Bioshock. However, my mom has decided based on the Bioshock demo that I'm not allowed to play Bioshock under her roof. As far as I know, I'm the only person I know who has limits on video games at my age/maturity level. One of my best friends is allowed to get whatever games she wants, and I'm not even allowed to go to her house just because of my gender. Another perfectly normal kid from one of my three AP classes is buying Bioshock on Tuesday. Should I be allowed to buy Bioshock?hachiman128

Of course you should be able to. 16 and at you level of intellect i think you can handle it. But what be more fun is waiting until you're 17 buying of your own free will and telling your mom "**** you" because when youre 17 hey get whatever video games you want.

The guy at Gamestop thought I was 17 and just let me preorder it. I can get it no matter what (I think), I just don't wanna go behind my mom's back because she'd get really ticked.

perhaps you could try the "YOU THINK I WONT ******* DO IT?!?!?!?!" approach with a knife held to your own throat perhaps? If she really loves you then she'll let you get it to keep you from killing yourself. But she prbly knows your not enough of an idiot to slit your own throat to get a video game bei ng as smart as you are.

[QUOTE="hachiman128"][QUOTE="ColoradoKindBud"]

I'm in no way trying to insult or piss you off, so don't take this the wrong way. What I infer from the fact that you told us your GPA & that you are graduating at 16 is that you are trying to say that you are a very smart person. A very smart person would know that booksmarts/grades have nothing to do with a person's maturity level. So there's no way we could possibly know if you arre mature enough for this game.

The only reason I put it to you like this is because I have a little brother who is a prodigy. He graduated forom High School at 14, has taught himself Japanese & several instruments with no lessons/instruction of any kind. So although he's very smart,he's not mature by any stretch of the imagination & I won't let him near Bioshock.

ColoradoKindBud

Of course GPA isn't the best indicator of maturity. However, it's the best one I can think of for use on the internet. I don't really know how to prove maturity over the internet (it's a lot easier to prove immaturity online lol), but I thought it'd help to show everyone that I'm mature enough to know what's important.

But how does proving to us how mature you are change your mother's decision in any way???

I realize that the situation is hopeless and I probably won't play it until I'm college (it's not that far off anyway), but it makes me feel better knowing that 81% of people on here agree with me.

[QUOTE="wolverine4262"]How the hell do you get a GPA above 4.0?! NEWAY, Im alot like you... Im 16, my GPAs around 3.8, and Im in all the college classes, but Ive never had any prob with getting games... My parents dont care... Maybe you should show your mom some stuff about how the game has an extremely amazing story.... The ign review video goes into how the plot is comparable to some of the best books ever written...hachiman128

And my school bumps up the average for honors and AP classes (from which I currently have 21 hours of college credit, but that's not the point). My GPA before bumping it up is 3.93.

become a parent at 15 thats what i am, lol, i am only jokin, dont do it.

[QUOTE="ColoradoKindBud"][QUOTE="hachiman128"][QUOTE="ColoradoKindBud"]

I'm in no way trying to insult or piss you off, so don't take this the wrong way. What I infer from the fact that you told us your GPA & that you are graduating at 16 is that you are trying to say that you are a very smart person. A very smart person would know that booksmarts/grades have nothing to do with a person's maturity level. So there's no way we could possibly know if you arre mature enough for this game.

The only reason I put it to you like this is because I have a little brother who is a prodigy. He graduated forom High School at 14, has taught himself Japanese & several instruments with no lessons/instruction of any kind. So although he's very smart,he's not mature by any stretch of the imagination & I won't let him near Bioshock.

hachiman128

Of course GPA isn't the best indicator of maturity. However, it's the best one I can think of for use on the internet. I don't really know how to prove maturity over the internet (it's a lot easier to prove immaturity online lol), but I thought it'd help to show everyone that I'm mature enough to know what's important.

But how does proving to us how mature you are change your mother's decision in any way???

I realize that the situation is hopeless and I probably won't play it until I'm college (it's not that far off anyway), but it makes me feel better knowing that 81% of people on here agree with me.

Well, since it makes you feel better, then yes, you sound mature enough to play it IMO. At least your mom took the time to look at the demo & see what the content looked like instead of just saying "no" outright because it's rated M. Most parents wouldn't even take the time to do that.

become a parent at 15 thats what i am, lol, i am only jokin, dont do it.

damedude123

Damn and i thought I had it bad just finding out TODAY from a paternity test that I have a 2 year old daughter.

become a parent at 15 thats what i am, lol, i am only jokin, dont do it.

damedude123

Haha, that'll prove my maturity. All I need is a girlfriend and nine months.

Just buy and hide it from her. Your GPA is 4.4? I thought it only went to 4.0 in high school?Trickshot771

It's bumped up from AP classes. It's 3.93 pre-bump.

Just buy and hide it from her. Your GPA is 4.4? I thought it only went to 4.0 in high school?Trickshot771

Some schools offer honors and AP classes which count 5 and 6 points instead of just 4. I think my school's valadictorian last year had a 5.016 GPA and the runner up had a 5.015 or something. Its pretty insane.

fifty-pence, really? how old r u? im 16 in october, my daughter, sinead is 9 months old. best thing thats ever happened to me.

hope u feel the same.

[QUOTE="damedude123"]

become a parent at 15 thats what i am, lol, i am only jokin, dont do it.

hachiman128

Haha, that'll prove my maturity. All I need is a girlfriend and nine months.

Just buy and hide it from her. Your GPA is 4.4? I thought it only went to 4.0 in high school?Trickshot771

It's bumped up from AP classes. It's 3.93 pre-bump.

Oh, and I'd have to make the purchase via debit card since I'm low on cash. She can see my purchases online.

really? how old r u? im 16 in october, my daughter, sinead is 9 months old. best thing thats ever happened to me.

hope u feel the same.

damedude123

I'm 21 and well I am VERY happy that I have a child. Least my little alexis is sooo adorable. it's weird because I've know her before this and she just called me "Mr. Stephen" but know I'm "daddy"

lol, it was strange wen my girlfriends mum told me just afta she was born "ummm damien......ur a dad" i was in shock. lol.

but im still focusing on skool in the day, and my baby girl in the nite

lol, it was strange wen my girlfriends mum told me just afta she was born "ummm damien......ur a dad" i was in shock. lol.

but im still focusing on skool in the day, and my baby girl in the nite

damedude123

I wouldn't be able to handle that lol. I'd faint.

lol, it was strange wen my girlfriends mum told me just afta she was born "ummm damien......ur a dad" i was in shock. lol.

but im still focusing on skool in the day, and my baby girl in the nite

damedude123

If I had a kid at 16 I certianly wouldn't be happy about it. I would think "that's it, my life is over".

Personally, I think you would be fine to play this game. It's dangerous to shelter a child too much. You're only a couple of years away from being a legal adult. You're long past the years that a movie or videogame would make such a lasting impression on you. I think you're mom's beinga bit too strict.

lol, it was strange wen my girlfriends mum told me just afta she was born "ummm damien......ur a dad" i was in shock. lol.

but im still focusing on skool in the day, and my baby girl in the nite

damedude123

Lol, this morning when i heard the tested results I fainted in my seat, then woke up 20 mins. later and started crying like a baby. Hahaha yeah. It went from shock to happy fast.

[QUOTE="damedude123"]

lol, it was strange wen my girlfriends mum told me just afta she was born "ummm damien......ur a dad" i was in shock. lol.

but im still focusing on skool in the day, and my baby girl in the nite

Trickshot771

If I had a kid at 16 I certianly wouldn't be happy about it. I would think "that's it, my life is over".

your life is because then all you care about is there's.

graduating at 17? hm... anyway... you seem normal-ish... and as such you should most definatly get a friend who is 17 to buy it for you... then play when mommy isn't home... lol... thats what i do... i'm 16... my mom doesn't really care tho.. for me its more or less convincing the retailer to sell it to me... underage my @$$... i'm probably more intelligent than that whole store...

p.s. ... 4.6 semester gpa 4.5 cumulative... so... in your face...