- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: Mooman1014
the gaming indistry is rapidly going downhill because of people like that. its almost a sick crime. people with little or no common sence let thier kids buy games that they are WAY too young for, and then blame others for the "side-effects", when its really thier fault that they allowed thier kids to play that.
i'm not trying to be prejudice or anything, but this seems most common in kids 12 and under. they're still learning the ways of the world (more so than most teenagers), and sometimes begin to think that some of the stuff in video games is easily replicated/OK to do.
you can kinda guess where it goes from there. i'm almost 15, and i have played several M rated games, but have never even come close to thinking i should do any of this stuff. granted, killing virtual aliens in a mass slaughter is undeniably fun, but when you go around thinking that the old lady walking down the street is a Grunt and you decide to try and get a hold of a gun, you've got problems.
to the point: parents, make sure that you know what your kid is playing. you may not really want to, but watch them play for a few minutes, and take some notes on what you see, including the rating.
You're right, some kids are very impressionable at a young age. I for one played a lot of pong and now I deem it alright to hit things with paddles.