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I haven't taken the time to read every post as I normally would before posting myself, but then again I no longer have the time to do so. I will, however, respond to this thread as it has caught my eye as so few topics these days do.
Buying Mature video games. I remember such a time when getting the elusive M rated video game was more important than booze and women. I talk about ofcourse preteen years. 8-9 years ago when I couldn't even legally buy myself a Teen rated video game I never truly had a problem getting any game I wanted. None of the store clerks really checked what game I was getting, and even if they did I commonly had my parents around when purchasing it because I couldn't exactly wish myself to the store 5 miles down the highway.
This is an interesting topic of discussion. These days we have so many anti-video game supporters it drives me nuts. There are probably more parents against video games than against drunk driving at this point. This is a problem in society. 99% of parents don't care what games we play as children and teens. That 1% make our lives a living hell. They don't let kids get video games because they are too violent. Completely justified, but annoying none the less. Even more annoying, however, are the parents who don't pay attention to their kids gaming habits and then blame their poor parenting on video game systems which they have purchased to make their lives easier and essentially do the parenting for them. These are the ones who become protesters. They don't realize it is infact their own fault, and not the games or television shows we play/watch.
Kids who are teens should be able to get their hands on Mature games if the parents allow it. Any teen who has parents who refuse to get them these games are affraid of what society would think. However, most parents who disallow us the M games are the good parents who are just looking out for us. The people in society who actually make it ok to frown upon these games are the terrible parents who have 20/20 hindsight and now think they must be preachers and warn everyone and to tell true, loving, good parents how to raise children when their own are hellraisers - and what is more is they turn out this way completely unrelated to video games.
If my kid wants to play GTA games for example when he is 13, I would let him. However, I would explain to him what is right and wrong and why this is a video game and not reality. Parents who are lazy would throw a 10 year old in front of the tv with rambo on and not say a word to him/her about what is happening. THAT is the problem. Not the actual entertainment, but the neglection.
Ok - that was my 2 cents. Night.
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