ElectricBlanketFire
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Well this was a bizarre straw man.
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MSNBC: If your kid plays HALO make sure he doesnt have a problem
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Well this was a bizarre straw man.
tycoonheart
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This is why I only stick with Nintendo games!
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
People are quick to blame bestiality on furries/bronies too. Video games and gun violence is just as valid a correlation.
IdreamofHIME
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They were too obsessed with him dressing up as the Joker, you know with his bright orange hair...just like the Joker who has bright Green hair.
I think your comment can cause severe brain damage to everyone in the area. I'm not saying it does, just that it can. There's no scientific evidence to prove otherwise, or do you have it?
You mean like Mario Kart where the best bonus is turning into a GIANT BULLET?!
Charles Foster Kane
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You totally got my point.
TheOohChild
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i think your kid has problems if he DOESN'T want to play halo 4. that game is a beast
Gabotron ES
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I guess cod is ok then, gotta kill those turrorists!
Escape Goat
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That quote makes sense. If your child is retreating from family/friends and playing in isolation you should be concerned. It doesn't mean Halo is to blame, but it may mean that your child may have issues forming relationships in the real world which is a problem.
Ace Harding
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Phew - I was wondering if I'd be at risk, but I don't play Halo and I don't have a basement.
Zomba13
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I dunno. Having a good supply of plasma grenades would do good when the covenant start invading...
grap3fruitman
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I've read about the studies that went out to try and prove that video games made kids killers and they showed that nothing of the sort happened. I'd have to do some digging to find them because searching pulls up all the sensationalist articles instead but the quickest recommendation I can give you is an episode of Penn and Teller.
StoppedInTracks
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bad parenting:
If you think that is good parenting...
Charles Foster Kane
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I didn't care for any scientific evidence, it was just my opinion, I wasn't generalizing either. Check the post I was replying to, I never stated anything was proven, just speaking my mind like everyone else here.
The Lamonster
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Halo is one of the really tame ones, this is ridiculous.
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spree killers are always cheap fucks.
slightly related, most of my deaths in halo multi are related to my popping out from behind a corner and letting off my charged boltshot wildly far from the target. gives em a fright, but is otherwise ineffective.
BankaiZaraki
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My sister in-law let's her 7 year old son play the Halo's, Call of Duty's and pretty much any Rated M game out there. She says "well he plays it all the time at his babysitter's house(the babysitter also has a 7 year old son) so what am I supposed to do when he gets home? Not let him play those games?" Yeah! Those games are Rated M for a fucking reason. I would never let my son play these games until he hits the age requirement for the specified game. People's logic sometimes just baffles me.
My nephew is 12 and his friends have Call of Duty and Grand theft auto, etc. His best friend Ethan went to the launch day for black ops 2 with his dad. Jesus...
stuminus3
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I'm going to take a crazy stab in the dark and say you don't have a kid, or at least one who is 10+.
so uh...your parents didn't let you play M rated games until you were 17?
Although letting a 7 years old play Halo or Call of Duty is stupid, would you really wait until your son is over 17 years old before letting him play those games? Because that's just as stupid.
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Vilix
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Red Orchestra obviously.
7-8 is pushing it, but what's wrong with 12? That seems like the age where boys would want to play those kind of games.
This completely explains the Fallout universe.
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Vilix
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Libermann is speaking on the House floor now. This should be interesting.
If he played the original Unreal Engine mod, I can understand. Crawl Crawl Crawl get instagibbed. Crawl Crawl Crawl get instagibbed. Rinse and repeat.
"I know you Republicans will never vote for anything we put forward, but damned if you're not going to feel slightly bad about it after I'm done talking!"
(I'm pro-reform, but even I realize there is a huge voting block that will never let it happen)
tycoonheart
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I haven't played Mario Kart since Double Dash, where the best bonus was lightning. Fucking hated the god damned lightning when I got struck.
You're out of luck, wi-fi signal doesn't reach down there. You'll have to resort playing with bots, and that can actually make you go insane.
It's definitely bad parenting. He's waaaay too close to that TV.
Thanks to U-Verse, the modem (with wifi) is actually stuck in the basement where the connection comes in the house from outside. Basically, everything I own is hardwired.
That's right pundits...my ping is mad low son.
He'll borrow them from his friends. If you use the parental controls to keep them from working, he'll go to a friends house to play them. That's what I did.
BankaiZaraki
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I have a 9 month old son. And guess what he does reach that age where he wants to play video games, he can go ahead and play the Lego type games and what not but no way in hell is he ever gonna have/own a Rated M game before he's 17.
Nice try, turtle killer.
I'll buy him GTA V for christmas next year.
BankaiZaraki
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I really don't remember the age where I played my first M rated game so I can't give you a concrete answer to that question.
Yes I would wait til my son is 17. Question-why do you think its stupid of me to wait till my son is of age for the appropriate rated games? M rated is for 17+..so naturally my son is going to wait until then.
AgentP
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They are rated M for a reason. Virtual murder with assault rifles is probably not healthy for a 12 year old. I'd say maybe 20+ when the Prefrontal Cortex is more fully developed.
Not everything is rated evenly, in my opinion, and I guess that is going to be the crux of the argument against you. I don't have children, and won't for the foreseeable future, but I imagine that a lot of it is to do with the intellect and maturity of your son as well. Still, it is your call to make, and I think other people should understand that there is nothing wrong with sticking to the ratings. That is, after all, why they are there.
Just as an aside to blaming video games, I am honestly shocked at what I find when I go to the Toys R Us website and search for "gun". I was 10 when Columbine happened, and I took it on myself to destroy every gun-toy I had at that point. I think, since then, I only every used water pistols to play with. Why does no one ever talk about the gun section in toy shops affecting the really young? I guess its because it is easier to create a moral panic about something like video games.
I have been watching a shitload of cable news since Friday. It just so happens that I had a minor foot operation on Friday and haven't moved from my couch very much. I'm going to buy Far Cry 3 now that the bandages can come off and I can drive. The next 8 hours of me playing Far Cry 3 will bring me back to civilization after absorbing all of the shit I've been watching on cable news.
BankaiZaraki
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I just think in 17 years from now my son will have a vast array of video games to play..he doesn't need to play these kinds of games where he comes and tells me "daddy I just murdered 30+ people in a video game and loved it!"
Pretty much this. These threads always get so salty.
thetrin
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The problem is probably that his shitty parents don't want to actually raise him, and let the TV/video game do it for them. Regulate your kid's gaming, and don't keep the systems in the basement, you idiots.
Sit down with your kid and chat with them often. Ask them how life is going. Take an interest in their life. Get involved. When they want to play games, go watch them play, and ask them about it. Watch them play and not judge. Find out why they like it so much. My parents did it, and I think it's one of the smartest things they ever did.
When you're a parent, your life is secondary, and theirs is primary. What's going on in theirs is more important than what is going on in yours.
Sit down with your kid and chat with them often. Ask them how life is going. Take an interest in their life. Get involved. When they want to play games, go watch them play, and ask them about it. Watch them play and not judge. Find out why they like it so much. My parents did it, and I think it's one of the smartest things they ever did.
When you're a parent, your life is secondary, and theirs is primary. What's going on in theirs is more important than what is going on in yours.
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