sergeriver
Cowboy from Hell
+1,928|6760|Argentina
Phatmatt
Vroom Vroom
+298|6192|Canada

All the games to avoid for children have a "M rating" on that list.
That rating is not meant for children anyway...
jsnipy
...
+3,276|6525|...

It changes nothing.
Spark
liquid fluoride thorium reactor
+874|6678|Canberra, AUS
Who cares?
The paradox is only a conflict between reality and your feeling what reality ought to be.
~ Richard Feynman
GunSlinger OIF II
Banned.
+1,860|6647
those things are great advertisements
RECONDO67
Member
+60|6639|miami FL
another step to make video games responsible for violence in America.
cowami
OY, BITCHTITS!
+1,106|6293|Noo Yawk, Noo Yawk

PDF wrote:

Hannah Montana: Spotlight World Tour
OMG DO WANT

https://i.imgur.com/PfIpcdn.gif
DefCon-17
Maple Syrup Faggot
+362|6159|Vancouver | Canada
Well it's not like anyone pays attention to the ratings these days..
PureFodder
Member
+225|6288
You can tell how informed the people who make these lists are. They never include games like Civ4 and DefCon. The potential to commit unspeakable horror in these games is far greater. I remember the old Masters of Orion games actually had a 'genocide' button, giving you the option to ethnically cleanse planets you just invaded and nobody gave a shit. Shoot and stab a few hundred people and they have a big strop about it.
DefCon-17
Maple Syrup Faggot
+362|6159|Vancouver | Canada

PureFodder wrote:

You can tell how informed the people who make these lists are. They never include games like Civ4 and DefCon. The potential to commit unspeakable horror in these games is far greater. I remember the old Masters of Orion games actually had a 'genocide' button, giving you the option to ethnically cleanse planets you just invaded and nobody gave a shit. Shoot and stab a few hundred people and they have a big strop about it.
DefCon was freaky..

The AC-130 level reminded me of that game.
Defiance
Member
+438|6674

Spark wrote:

Who cares?
This.
konfusion
mostly afk
+480|6553|CH/BR - in UK

There's rating for a reason... why do they continue doing this? If it says M, it means M!

-konfusion
DefCon-17
Maple Syrup Faggot
+362|6159|Vancouver | Canada

konfusion wrote:

There's rating for a reason... why do they continue doing this? If it says M, it means M!

-konfusion
Well they need something to whine and complain about.

Seems like everything targeted at younger audiences always gets the shit.
Kurse
The Black Wizards
+16|6736|California
I'm actually writing a paper this week about how ridiculous it is to point the blame for acts of violence in the real world at games, so this may come in handy.

Last edited by Kurse (2007-12-06 17:14:22)

some_random_panda
Flamesuit essential
+454|6394

mediathingy wrote:

Content
As has been found repeatedly, research reported this year demonstrates that players learn
from and are affected by the content of the games they play. In one study, 375 adolescent
and young adult cancer patients were randomly assigned to play either a commercial video
game or also a game developed to teach about cancer and its treatment (Re-Mission).
Those who played Re-Mission had significantly higher gains in cancer knowledge (Beale,
Kato, Marin-Bowling, Guthrie, & Cole, 2007).
Why am I not surprised that an EDUCATIONAL GAME ABOUT CANCER TEACHES MORE ABOUT CANCER THAN CALL OF DUTY 4?



Idiots.
TrashBlinD
french canadians suck
+135|6645|can

some_random_panda wrote:

mediathingy wrote:

Content
As has been found repeatedly, research reported this year demonstrates that players learn
from and are affected by the content of the games they play. In one study, 375 adolescent
and young adult cancer patients were randomly assigned to play either a commercial video
game or also a game developed to teach about cancer and its treatment (Re-Mission).
Those who played Re-Mission had significantly higher gains in cancer knowledge (Beale,
Kato, Marin-Bowling, Guthrie, & Cole, 2007).
Why am I not surprised that an EDUCATIONAL GAME ABOUT CANCER TEACHES MORE ABOUT CANCER THAN CALL OF DUTY 4?



Idiots.
Hahaha. So true.
Canin
Conservative Roman Catholic
+280|6478|Foothills of S. Carolina

Wait... they say to stay away from buying your kids games that are rated mature (duh!), yet it is ok to buy your kids a game where you battle the devil (what happened to the PC crowd and hell, Lucifer, etc. don't exist? ) in hell to a guitar duel ?  Am I missing something? Apparently so.
Little BaBy JESUS
m8
+394|6152|'straya
lol the list of bad gamez... is basically all the good ones...

the only good game in the good list in guitar hero 3 lol
Sydney
2λчиэλ
+783|6846|Reykjavík, Iceland.
I laugh at stuff like that, I started playing Quake and Duke Nukem at the age of 8, and last time I checked I don't rip peoples head off and shit down their necks (Duke ftw!)

Can't wait for SoF3, I'm sick of games with no blood or gore.
Fenris_GreyClaw
Real Хорошо
+826|6522|Adelaide, South Australia

PBAsydney wrote:

Can't wait for SoF3, I'm sick of games with no blood or gore.
Sydney
2λчиэλ
+783|6846|Reykjavík, Iceland.
What? SoF has to be THE most gory FPS series ever.
Mekstizzle
WALKER
+3,611|6624|London, England
I like your sig PBA, it's like what they do with cars (you know, SPARCO, EIBACH, O.Z RACING etc.. ) but with computer parts.

Anyway, go buy a Nintendo Wii and play Mario you family fags, the game isn't supposed to be for children anyway so if your kid is playing it, you're the shitty parent. It's not the game's fault.
specialistx2324
hahahahahhaa
+244|6692|arica harbour
i laugh at the ESRB ratings. if parents know that some videogames are bad for children, then why do i got to ebgames on a weekly basis to hear little shrimps pushing their parents to buy $300 worth of games. sadly parents have no choice but to buy the games just to shut them up.

either kids are going go cry like a bitch or be silent and get their mario games.

blaming the gaming industry for kids bad grades in school is like blaming the malbaro man for allowing people to get lung cancer. whos fault is that, the people that sell the stuff or the noobs that buy it?  america loves blaming problems on others when they make the choice of buying stuff thats not good for  them.

i laugh at the couple that is trying to sue MCdonalds for their children having cardiovascular disease.
Fenris_GreyClaw
Real Хорошо
+826|6522|Adelaide, South Australia

Fenris_GreyClaw wrote:

PBAsydney wrote:

Can't wait for SoF3, I'm sick of games with no blood or gore.

PBAsydney wrote:

What? SoF has to be THE most gory FPS series ever.
I'm in Australia.

Last edited by Fenris_GreyClaw (2007-12-07 08:12:22)

Spearhead
Gulf coast redneck hippy
+731|6693|Tampa Bay Florida
I usually don't really care when someone says games are bad for kids.  If I had a kid I wouldnt want him to play Manhunt 2 or anything.  But this thing really pisses me of.  Fucking shitheads hardly even know what they're talking about.  No matter what you do, no matter how many reports you make,

STUPID PARENTS = STUPID KIDS.

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