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What bizzaro world do you live in where it's uncool to play games?  That's an interesting view of shit.

 

 

Unfortunately, I can relate to that world. My public High School is heavily Christian based and the local church is anti-video game. So if the wrong person finds out that you play video games, they shun and/or bully you a bit. One of my friends tried to have a conversation with me about Bioshock Infinite when it came out and later that night his sidewalk was covered in insulting graffiti about his "morality."

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Unfortunately, I can relate to that world. My public High School is heavily Christian based and the local church is anti-video game. So if the wrong person finds out that you play video games, they shun and/or bully you a bit. One of my friends tried to have a conversation with me about Bioshock Infinite when it came out and later that night his sidewalk was covered in insulting graffiti about his "morality."

 

Kansas sounds like it's still living in the 1800's compared to the city.

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I'm not surprised at all by this, but it's nice to see that someone cares about games affecting your kids mind instead of the money in your wallet. I believe that there should be a law where a parent who is accompanied by a child with the intent of purchasing an M rated game should not be allowed to purchase the game. Even if they say "Oh it's for my older son" for all they know they don't have any other kids and it'll be for the little 7 year old. Then little Timmy will think it's ok to walk into a school and shoot up the place, but that's ok because he can always restart at a checkpoint or reload a save. Then something like a shooting occurs and the media will all point their fingers at the extremely popular and violent game at the time that mindless fucking parents bought for their little shits because they wanted them to be happy.

 

"Boo hoo, I don't understand! Timmy was such a nice and quiet little boy! It must have been that very bad Grande Thief Automobile VII that molded my precious wittle boy into a psycho killer! Bad vidja gaim iz bad! Please don't blame meh! It's not my fault that he wouldn't shut up about it! He made me buy it with my own money! I was too busy working overtime at the office so I let Grande Thief Automobile VII be his parents since I'm never around to care for my fucking kids and teach them right from wrong! Plz dun blayme meh, eye durn nurrr. ettz nurt mur furt"

 

 

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Parents should teach their kids the difference between a fictional video game and real life events. It's really not that hard. I was taught it when I was a kid. As was my little brother. If a kid knows the difference with proper parenting, I really have no problem with a kid playing a M rated game.

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Well said, buddy! I COULDN'T AGREE MORE!

STOP Blaming the Industry and START by playing your role..ala RPG style

with one goal in mind..

: Teach my Children to differentiate right from wrong and most of all from 'REALITY to FANTASY.! --Now that's  :platinum: 

 

 

myes, indeed

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Oh man, talking about the original Mortal Kombat hitting the arcade brings back some memories. I was 8 years old when that happened and the local arcade/pool hall was a shady place where old kids did scary things. Like smoking cigarettes. I remember my older bro coming home and being like, "THERE"S THIS GAME WHERE YOU CAN FUCKING RIP PEOPLE'S HEARTS OUT!!!!" So yea I went down to check it out even tho I wasn't suppose to go there. Just like I did all kinds of shit I wasn't suppose to. And I can understand that. Boys will be boys.

 

But parents handing this to their young children on a silver platter is kinda sad imho. They obviously don't know the extent of what's in this game. If they do that's even worse. The argument that, I did this 15 years ago when GTA3 came out is pretty weaksauce. It even makes this point in the article. GTA5 and GTA3 are not exactly on the same level, neither in the extent of the violence and drugs and sexuality nor the quality of graphics that they are displayed in (same goes for mortal kombat). And no I'm not saying that just because some 8 year old kid plays this game means they are going to go shoot up their school. But it doesn't matter. They shouldn't be playing this period (IMHO). Go do kid shit. You have plenty of time to become a depraved torture porn loving individual like the rest of us in a few more years.

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Parents should teach their kids the difference between a fictional video game and real life events. It's really not that hard. I was taught it when I was a kid. As was my little brother. If a kid knows the difference with proper parenting, I really have no problem with a kid playing a M rated game.

 

Yea, but a 7 year old playing a game for people 17+? If you're a good enough parent and your kid is mentally stable then fine. But there are other M games I'd let my kid play instead of something like GTA that is laced with drugs, swearing, nudity, innuendos etc... Whatever. I think I'm more shocked that there are more people here who disagree with me and who would let a 1st grader play GTA. Just promise me not to act surprised when he picks up some of the cool swears and starts saying that he's got swag when he can't even tie his own shoes properly.

I know this is a strange concept, however, there used to be these places called "Arcades."  For all the youngsters out there, that is where us old fuggers went to play games.  At the time, the first Mortal Kombat was an envelop pusher.  Also, there were no regulations.  You didn't get the guy running the arcade holding kids back from MK.  We all got to rip hearts out and pull heads with spinal columns off torsos, no matter what age.  

 

Yes it was shocking, but you're talking about one of the games that started this whole rating thing in the first place. I highly doubt that the owners of the arcades were educated on their cabinets and knew about the fatalities. I remember the complaints just about the blood that would spurt out from a hit. 

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The problem with articles/statement like these is that they can often be confused with whether or not a parent should be allowed to buy a copy for their kid, regardless of age. The entire article, if you read it, is more about parents perhaps not knowing what games like GTA V and other Mature rated games entail. The stuff in these games are, contrary to what many people might say, are not what you see on TV. You can go into a strip club and have topless women dance for you, which may or may not be something that a parent wants their kid to see. Nevermind the mindless killing and language...these are things a parent should know about and, because they are games and somewhat out of mainstream culture (debatable), they may not be as aware of what these ratings mean as say movie ratings.

 

I'll just put it out there that when I was a kid I didn't want age restrictions but now I see why they put them on there. I'm still firmly on the side of parents deciding for themselves what to allow their children to watch/play, and I'm never for damn censorship from the government, yet knowledge is never a bad thing. More parents understanding the ratings is a win-win as far as I'm concerned. Some kids can take it, other can't, and I think the parents are more apt to know this than anyone else. Unless they're shit parents of course.

 

Off topic but I find it hilarious when schools go about banning books that contain homosexual content, or even sexual content at all, when those same kids are probably playing games like GTA when they get home. Just give them the damn books already! Probably better for them in the long-run anyway. :shakefist:

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Kansas sounds like it's still living in the 1800's compared to the city.

 

Most places here are pretty modern and accepting, but there are a few areas that have yet to ease into the reality of the internet era. Especially the older Protestant/Catholic church going communities. If you are curious of that sort of thing, look up the Westboro Baptist church and prepare to be disgusted. There are a few of these types of churches where I live.

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My kids have been playing video games since a few months of age. Granted, most of them are educational iPad and iPhone games, but don't underestimate how acutely intelligent and adaptable kids are at that age - they pick skills up in a flash.

 

My 2 year old daughter has no problem navigating the iOS UI and getting into and out of games by herself. She also has an occasional crack at co-op Skylanders with her older brother using her kiddy-sized 360 controller.

 

My 3 year old son is a gun at games like Skylanders and The Wonderful 101 and can handle a Dualshock / 360 / Wii U controller with aplumb. By letting him play video games, my objective is not to use the TV as a babysitter, it's to train his fine motor skills at an age when he's most open to aquiring them, just as I train his gross motor skills by enrolling him in Soccer and Athletics, his vocabulary by reading to him every night and his reading, writing and math skills by playing iPad apps.

 

The key here is to play age-appropriate titles, not to just open up your entire adult games library. As much as I enjoy playing co-op with my son, even at age 3, there's no way I will allow my son to watch me play games like GTA, let alone play them himself, until he's emotionally mature enough to understand the context. I reckon that's around 11 or 12, not aged 7 AND not aged 17. If a kid hits 17 without being exposed to violence of one kind or another, he / she has led a very sheltered life and will more likely be a social retard and closet serial killer than his 'normal' violent game-playing peers.

 

Even at age 2, my kids can easily separate 'reality' from 'imaginary', but that doesn't stop them emulating their favourite game characters by pretending to throw fireballs at each other. That's no different from their same-aged cousins, who aren't gamers, swinging sticks at each other pretending to be Ninja Turtles. If they actually connect with and deliberately hurt each other, there's a deeper issue at play than exposure to TV / games / movies.

 

Media doesn't create violent tendencies, but it can exacerbate an underlying condition. Video games can attenuate kids to real life violence, leading to a lack of empathy, but I'd suggest to a lesser degree than watching horror movies. As others have stated, it's MY responsibility as a parent to moderate and manage my kids exposure to all forms of violent media and to teach the basic morality of right vs wrong. If my kid is weirding out and playing violent video games all day, every day, it's up to me to identify and deal with that issue before it becomes society's problem.

 

Crazy is crazy, gaming has nothing to do with it. I'm a lifelong gamer and I'm the sanest person I know.

 

First thing first.!

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We need more 'Parents' like you, who will and is, literally "Parenting" their Children.  ;) SAH-LUTE!!  :platinum:  :platinum:  :platinum:

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 About 98% of children don't get affected by the games they play, they get affected by the people they hang around with. Plus, its a very rare occasion that someone mimics gta in reality. ive only known it to happen about 5 times

 

After each of the Fast and the Furious movies came out, the media reported major street racing - along with the crashes/deaths and increase of crime. They were a few years that school/underground fighting movies were popular - and that's what we saw happening.  Even after that football movie years ago, kids laid down in the middle of busy streets mimicing the movie stunt.  

Many people are "Monky see, Monkey do". My nephews act out many things they have seen in games as almost all kids I've encountered.

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After each of the Fast and the Furious movies came out, the media reported major street racing - along with the crashes/deaths and increase of crime. They were a few years that school/underground fighting movies were popular - and that's what we saw happening.  Even after that football movie years ago, kids laid down in the middle of busy streets mimicing the movie stunt.  

Many people are "Monky see, Monkey do". My nephews act out many things they have seen in games as almost all kids I've encountered.

Stupid is as stupid does. It's also a parent's job to teach children to think for themselves and to not blindly follow the herd.

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Why need a kid gta...?

Why need a kid a playstation...?

I play Video Games now 5 years and I am 20 years old.

I can not understand why parents give there kids a shooter. I doesn't need video games as I was 7 years old. I was outside in the garden or was reading a book.

A kid doesn't need a video game, go in the garden and tell your kid what its give in the garden or go in a forest or...

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I'm with Parker on this.  I have four mini mes.  Just teach them a thing or two and explain why they can't play such games.  It's not hard.  My oldest two like playing games like Sly, Spyro, or Ratchet and Clank.  

 

Agreed. There are tons of good games that are perfectly suitable for children. No need to feed them blood gore and swearing when they can work on their fine motor skills with those games. Personally, I'll wait till my little one is about 12 before letting her decide for herself what to buy and play. That doesn't mean I would not let her play an M rated game before that age; she'd just have to ask me first and I would decide depending on the game. Same counts for my son who isn't even born yet. xD

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Exactly.  I'm not going to tell someone how to parent their kids, but when it comes down to why "kid" did something wrong "oh it's because of them damn games"...WHAT!?  No, it's because you're too wrapped up in your "adult" life to know what's going on in your child's.  It's up to the parents to monitor (notice I didn't say shelter) what their kids are up to.

 

 

What bizzaro world do you live in where it's uncool to play games?  That's an interesting view of shit.

 

I'm not stating that games are uncool but I am trying to get across the point that its not video games that do this to kids. When do you ever see an unpopular child go and act violent in the real world. Now compare that to the children that are popular and imagine how then there is not correlation in time spent on video games and real world violence but in fact a correlation between popularity and violence. People act violent and act immoral mainly because they ant to be accepted within the popular community

After each of the Fast and the Furious movies came out, the media reported major street racing - along with the crashes/deaths and increase of crime. They were a few years that school/underground fighting movies were popular - and that's what we saw happening.  Even after that football movie years ago, kids laid down in the middle of busy streets mimicing the movie stunt.  

Many people are "Monky see, Monkey do". My nephews act out many things they have seen in games as almost all kids I've encountered.

Im not really one for that method. In my opinion, most children act 'cool' and do bad things, even ones who don't play video games. Its all down to pressure to be accepted in my opinion. Ive been playing gta for over half of my life and I am one of the most unviolent people you could come across. And I know many others like that as well. I do see a trend in popularity and violence though. with the popular kids always having fights outside school. I do feel this is only up until 16 in the uk as sixth form sort of turns the people who were unpopular in compulsory education into the popular.

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When you were 2. Right. Get a girl, get her pregnant, do some parenting (even if-you-kill-that-hooker-you-can-get-your-money-back style if you want to) and see how your child does at any controller at the age of two. Re-think your statement after that.

 

I already am a female, why would I need to have my own child to be able to know that I was playing games when I was 2?

It's not hard. Do you know the kind of games and controllers that were around back then? It was easy enough to play simple games on a C64 and a Master System. You seem to be seriously underestimating the abilities of a person that age.

 

Please, maybe think about what you're saying before you pretend to know something.

And if you're going to slag me off some more then no, I wasn't left in front of the TV with that as my babysitter all day. I actually had a very happy childhood with a very involved parent who actually paid attention to the ratings and played a little of the games my brother donated before letting me play.

If your 2 year old can't handle a Master System controller, I suggest you take it to the doctor.

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Equally. How would you know the parent was buying it for their kid. It would be strange to say

"You cannot buy the game, you're buying it for the child with you"

 

I've been to liquor stores with my dad when I was younger and he was questioned every time if I was gonna drink. I'm pretty sure that they would refuse to sell it to him if he said yes. It's pretty rude when an employee is telling a customer about the ratings and the customer just says "yup", "mhm" the whole time. 

I could think of worse things that could be stuck there... :giggle:

 

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I already am a female, why would I need to have my own child to be able to know that I was playing games when I was 2?

It's not hard. Do you know the kind of games and controllers that were around back then? It was easy enough to play simple games on a C64 and a Master System. You seem to be seriously underestimating the abilities of a person that age.

 

Please, maybe think about what you're saying before you pretend to know something.

And if you're going to slag me off some more then no, I wasn't left in front of the TV with that as my babysitter all day. I actually had a very happy childhood with a very involved parent who actually paid attention to the ratings and played a little of the games my brother donated before letting me play.

If your 2 year old can't handle a Master System controller, I suggest you take it to the doctor.

 

Well maybe it's the difference between doing something in a game and actually playing a game. I started gaming on the C64, and most games on this system are hard as fuck, even the supposedly easy ones. Can't say much about the master system, but I agree that the (much smaller) controller was probably easier to handle. My daughter started 'playing' when she was three. She can do a couple of things in games, even though it's still impossible for her to reach all the buttons she needs with her small hands. She's doing good at LBPK, even though she never finished a race in time. She came close though. So if you want to call this gaming then she started gaming at the age of 3. All the is doing is messing around with the game, improving her fine motor skills as she does. xD I guess with a smaller controller you could do the same as a two-year-old :hmm:

 

P.S.: Oh, and sorry for assuming you were male. :|

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