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 Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 5:16 am
So, what do you all think about people (especially young people) watching / playing violent / unsuitable films / video games.
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Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2008 6:43 pm
Well, I play a lot of games that involve violence, like RPGs with monster battles and such, but they don't have any blood in them and it's not very realistic. And my mom won't let me play anything that's over "T" rating.
But I disagree with allowing young people play things like Halo and Call of Duty. I mean, Call of Duty has some realistic ideas and it is historical, but people should respect the rating and only play it if they're 17 or older.
As for films, I don't think anyone should be watching movies that involve really brutal killings and bloody effects, like most horror movies nowadays. People who enjoy such movies have issues, or at least I think so.
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Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 7:57 am
COD is 17+ in America? Wow. I play it sometimes and I'm only 13. It's kind of rubish though. My excuse is that it was glitchy, but I was really bad at it. xD
Anyway, I'm allowed to play most 15+s and some 16+s. I've seen people who are, like, 10 or so getting their parents to buy 18+s for them. I have a problem with that, but if there's a game that I have a problem with I don't play it. Like, I have no problems with horror games (horror movies aren't so good though) but if it's got too much blood or you just randomly kill people for no reason, it sucks. And I find the "This game may contain scenes that are considered violent and cruel" when you load Silent Hill games quite funny. Oh, no, not violent at all, all you're doing is shooting weird monsters to death and then kicking them for fun. Or at least, I do. xD
And, slightly off topic, there's this guy at school and he's quite short, and even though he's almost 14, he wasn't allowed to buy a 12+ game on his own. That just makes me laugh.
And, I have some friends that love horror movies. To quote something someone said to me today, "Oh, there was this 18 I watched yesterday and it was so awesome and violent!" I totaly agree with you about them having issues.
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Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 8:31 am
lol, I'm 17 >.< I am legally allowed to play most games. But yeah, I see where you are coming from. I've seen my little cousin playing gears of war. If you haven't played it, it has really good graphics and really "colorful" language. I love watching good R rated movies, though. The only problem is that you have to be careful because a lot of them have nudity or sex scenes. But I loved the movie "Rambo." There was blood and flying body parts everywhere and lots of headshots! Rambo is an artist with a 50cal mounted gun and a knife.... And his friend Schoolboy is a good shot with a 50cal Barrett. Anyways, I got a little off topic there. I don't think that really young kids should be allowed to watch that stuff, I saw "You Don't Mess With The Zohan" on Friday and there was a parent who had his 8- or 9-year-old daughter with him. I didn't think that that was right at all. The theater staff shouldn't have let him do that....
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Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 9:48 pm
Haven923 lol, I'm 17 >.< I am legally allowed to play most games. But yeah, I see where you are coming from. I've seen my little cousin playing gears of war. If you haven't played it, it has really good graphics and really "colorful" language. I love watching good R rated movies, though. The only problem is that you have to be careful because a lot of them have nudity or sex scenes. But I loved the movie "Rambo." There was blood and flying body parts everywhere and lots of headshots! Rambo is an artist with a 50cal mounted gun and a knife.... And his friend Schoolboy is a good shot with a 50cal Barrett. Anyways, I got a little off topic there. I don't think that really young kids should be allowed to watch that stuff, I saw "You Don't Mess With The Zohan" on Friday and there was a parent who had his 8- or 9-year-old daughter with him. I didn't think that that was right at all. The theater staff shouldn't have let him do that.... Sadly enough, my best friends dad took his 9 year old son to Hooters for his birthday........ sweatdrop
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Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 5:05 am
xxPromarkxx Haven923 lol, I'm 17 >.< I am legally allowed to play most games. But yeah, I see where you are coming from. I've seen my little cousin playing gears of war. If you haven't played it, it has really good graphics and really "colorful" language. I love watching good R rated movies, though. The only problem is that you have to be careful because a lot of them have nudity or sex scenes. But I loved the movie "Rambo." There was blood and flying body parts everywhere and lots of headshots! Rambo is an artist with a 50cal mounted gun and a knife.... And his friend Schoolboy is a good shot with a 50cal Barrett. Anyways, I got a little off topic there. I don't think that really young kids should be allowed to watch that stuff, I saw "You Don't Mess With The Zohan" on Friday and there was a parent who had his 8- or 9-year-old daughter with him. I didn't think that that was right at all. The theater staff shouldn't have let him do that.... Sadly enough, my best friends dad took his 9 year old son to Hooters for his birthday........ sweatdrop Seriously? Wow. My friend's little brother has Destroy All Humans and he's 6. He doesn't understand any of the jokes though, it's quite funny. He asked her what the a**l Probe was. xD Is Hooters the same in America as it is over here?
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Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 10:49 am
Hooters is an offense to women. Sorry, I'm a bit overly sensitive to stuff like that.
Unfortunately, if there's someone under the age of 17 with an adult, they can go see R-rated movies. The theater staff can't really do anything about that. Parents should be more responsible with what they buy their kids, because there are quite a few ten-year-olds I know of with a copy of Halo 3 that they could not have bought on their own.
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Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 11:58 am
Ha, I don't know what Hooters is first hand. My youth group leader's work went, and he was telling us we shouldn't just miss something like that and say "oh, wish I could've gone" but to say it's wrong and why it's wrong.
Back on topic, my parents have bought me games that are too old for me, it's their judgement, not the government's. If there's something I don't like, I don't play. The government can't tell me what I can and can't do. I'm so glad ratings aren't legally binding, they just stop people getting any decent games without an adult. Or someone that looks old, lol.
I've watched some films that are 18+s some places (anyone brittish, the blue rating is irish, the red one (or green or yellow, but in my opinion most PG or U rated games aren't that good) is english / scottish / welsh. I think) but, then again, EVERYTHING is 18+ in Ireland. No offense to anyone on the Irish rating board. Most of my games have little blue circles with 18+ on them.
Slightly off topic, there's a game that's like, uber cartoon-y, and the only violence is a bit of karate, no blood. In Australia it's an M15+. What is going on?
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Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:28 pm
"Hooters" is a nickname for boobs. Now, imagine a bar called Hooters...
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 9:17 am
It seems like Europeans are a bit more strict with ratings than the ESRB is in America.
I'm a huge fan of the Phoenix Wright series of games(lawyers ftw), all rated 13+ in the States, and I guess the third one almost wasn't going to be released in Europe because the rating was too high or something.
The government shouldn't be able to tell people that they can or cannot play certain games, but I mean come on. It's not a good example when six year olds are going around bludgeoning people with the butt of a rifle.
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:04 am
[.Mikomi.] It seems like Europeans are a bit more strict with ratings than the ESRB is in America. Hahahaha. Most M rated games are 15+ or less. T is a weird rating, 'cause there's a game that's 7+ here. T in America. And 18+ over here. T in America. They're The Incredibles and Project Zero 1. Fatal Frame to you guys. Which is comming to the Wii soon. *tries to find a uk rating company that's rated it 15+ or less*
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Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 11:18 am
On the topic of Halo and COD, I don't play them, not becuase of language or blood, but I'm terrible at FPS's.
Honestly, if the kids know not to do it in real life, let them at it. It's better for them to take out aggresion against the Swarm, or the Covenant, or even pixilated humans instead of real things.
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Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 4:17 pm
Venat the Undying On the topic of Halo and COD, I don't play them, not becuase of language or blood, but I'm terrible at FPS's.
I play them because I don't suck at them. Well, I don't play Halo because of the rude people online. stare I love Call of Duty, though. 3nodding Venat the Undying Honestly, if the kids know not to do it in real life, let them at it. It's better for them to take out aggresion against the Swarm, or the Covenant, or even pixilated humans instead of real things.
The problem is that these kids get desensitized by the games and think it's okay to be violent in real life just like in the games. Kids are impressionable; even I was at one point.
It really depends on the maturity of the kid. I played Metal Gear Solid when I was 13, and Halo when I was about 10 or 11. Other than me falling in love with the Metal Gear franchise, the games didn't really affect me. I'd already been playing Goldeneye on my N64 when I was 8 or 9, anyway. I play a bunch of violent games, but there are certain games that I just will not play because of the gore (Gears of War, Team Fortress 2, etc.). But if you can handle it, go ahead. If you can't, don't play it. Same goes for violent music.
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Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:45 am
:/
I don't think gore is a problem. Yeah, it makes you feel sick, but it's inside all of us, right?
The problem is people playing stuff where you have to randomly kill people for no reason, although I find that writing that kind of character makes me iritable and more likely to punch someone. So, I guess writing can be just as bad as playing violent (or gory) video games and watching bad films. I don't think there are any games I wouldn't play becasue of gore. Maybe films... but not games.
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Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:57 am
There's a lot of stuff inside of us that I would rather not see.
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