Re: Kids and gaming - what do you think?
Right...here I go.
When I was 8, and I have to admit, I was not the gorey person I am now. There was one movie, a bit of Nightmare On Elms Street, the first horror movie I saw....but that was it. Instead, I went outside, there's a forest in my back yard where I played on the creek, and I would jump of the rocks and climb on this huge boulder, instead of ripping a locust head off with a chainsaw gun.
My dad never wanted me to watch those kinds of things, or play them. Sometimes, he wouldn't let me. But I came to realize what he wanted me to have. A great childhood, one that I always remembered, without gore or violence. But for the ones who did, i'm not saying you wouldn't go outside, what i'm saying is that's what I did instead of watching gorey games and movies.
But you know, I hate how channels like Disney Channel are covering up the truth or life. And I feel we're lieing to our children, our teenagers like me (i'm 17), etc. Our world is full of wars, people blowing up eachother, people dieing that shouldn't have to die, guns that shoot at guns, tanks destroying civilizations, innocent people dieing on both of the invisible sides of good and evil, I knew though. But there's a fine line between political subjects such as War, and useless gore and violence such as Saw. All that would tell me is, "If I were in that situation, I would be screwed"
Furthermore, games don't cause people to kill. let alone cause gore and violence outside the game. It's like a gun, in the way that it's the owners fault, not the game. If I played games that are quote on quote "Cause violence"...then why do I hang on my couch all morning instead of shooting people with a gun? *I'm a lazy morning person*
Don't get me wrong, being an adult (Almost..but I consider to be one now in my book
), most of my whole collection of games are M (scratch that, alot are T..but what the hell). Some of those have gore. And I'm totally fine with it. But theres a long age difference between 8..and 17. Not just years, but phases. The movies you watch, your hobbies, puberty, girls, etc. I thought later in time was the right time to start, because I was adjusted to the setting and frame of games, and movies. When I was 8, alot of people liked gore...they thought it was 'cool'. But I never wanted to be 'cool'...I just wanted to do what I felt was right, but most importantly what I wanted to do...not what other people wanted to do.
So for you mothers out there that allow your 8 year old kids to play M games, all power to you! But make sure your kid knows its just a game..they should enjoy it, but not do what it does...it it involves gore.
And for the eight year olds (or younger) on this forum..remember. It's the owner, not the game. Not matter what age. It's how you react to it. And if you do become violent, don't blame the game. There's a rating system for a reason, and that's YOU who makes it a reality. For example, Dick Cheney played Hunting Season and shot his friend...wait, no, that's just him being insane.:getlost:
Kids should have a good childhood, not one where they're mesmorized in violence. If they can handle it, power to them, but they need to realize how short being a kid is. I mean, save the violence for being an adult. Don't worry, kids, you'll get enough violence from channels such as Fox news. Unless they're showing Paris Hilton.
-LHT
(And I still go out to the forest, but now I don't act like i'm spiderman):lol:
