Tuesday, December 13, 2011

10 games you're kids shouldn't play this christmas!

LINKIt's a small wonder how it's so easy for some people to bash a form of entertainment which doesn't exactly blow their skirt up. Especially when those people are the high and mighty US media watchdogs who apparently know you better than you know yourself. Well it looks as though NIMF feels that they would be remiss if they didn't give parents the checklist of games they feel will take your children's innocence this year.I guess in their minds they probably feel awfully patriotic by doing their part to ensure a healthy mentality of future generations, unscathed by the ravages of virutal violence. But in my mind their doing nothing but calling those people's partenting ability into question as well as insulting their intelligence by suggesting that they are oblivious to that very visible M-rating as well as the content pertaining thereto listed next to that rating on the back of the game.I think parents know their own kids a little better than NIMF and are fully capable of assessing what will and will not warp their childrens' fragile minds.That rating is very clearly displayed, NIMF. There is no need to launch a smear campaign against certain games you've singled out to add to your ''do not play'' list.10 games you're kids shouldn't play this christmas!
was the list sarcastic?

How can they say Kane and Lynch is bad but suggest . Hannah Montana: Spotlight World Tour? :S10 games you're kids shouldn't play this christmas!
lmao half the games listed as unsuitable shouldn't be sold to kids anyway as they are 17+ so why the author thought it worth his time making that article is beyond me.
At least there is a list of games to let kids play, instead of parents going out and buying licences garbage for their kids. It is a little obvious to not let kids play M games.
10. Time Shift (gratuitous time manipulation)How is time manipulation bad for children? Surely shooting is theworse feature
Conan (loin cloths) LMAO
those british can be soooooo funny
anyway i thank god i'm 19 and can play these games
good thing i don't have kids too
but when my kids play games they can't play any games like that until they know its not real and you can do things like that in real life with out getting punished for them
This list seems a bit sarcastic really there was an american list of ten games kids should avoid somewhere. It made me laugh one of the games had a discription by the end of the game you will kill even 900 people maybe it was RE4 not sure. My response to making of such lists by government oficials is...stop teaching history both world and american it is a history of war and murder. The war for independance for example now celebrated how many actuall people died then. Leave games alone stop gloryfing real war.
[QUOTE=''Foolz3h'']was the list sarcastic?

How can they say Kane and Lynch is bad but suggest . Hannah Montana: Spotlight World Tour? :S[/QUOTE]Bad games not to buy for your kidslist:1. Hannah Montana (cos she's a slut)Won't these people just f*** off?!?!?
[QUOTE=''jtim6007''] 10. Time Shift (gratuitous time manipulation)How is time manipulation bad for children? Surely shooting is theworse feature[/QUOTE]Yeah... That one almost seems like a joke. If the TimeShift people are reading this, here's hoping they put that right on the box. ''Time manipulation so gratuitous that it's the game they don't want you to play!!!''The other thing though... I don't think the kid who wants Call of Duty 4 is going to be happy with Hannah Montana. Also, many games on both of those lists suck and should not be given as gifts regardless of age. And finally...Why is Super Mario Bros. 3 on there??? Sure, that would make sense in 1990, but that game is 17 years old! Not to mention they already had Super Mario All-Stars if you missed it then, and even a GBA version! Please, don't buy your kids this game for $5 on the Wii for Christmas, just get it because you care. If you child can ask for games for Christmas but hasn't played SMB3, you have failed as a parent.
id love to see kids playing eternal darkness
btw the list was provided by that Media Institute and the comments next to each title were added by the journalist, which is why the list is pretty funny. not very good, loin cloths, gratuitous time manipulation... lol. Those were good.The bottom of the article is the best part:Apart from a couple of notable exceptions this selection has the added bonus of putting children off videogames for the rest of their natural lives.
Damn kids and their Guitar Hero games. When I was a kid I had to learn a real guitar.
He listed Guitar Heroes III in the turkey-nap safe games. Someone please tell him there's hellspawn heavy metal music in guitar heroes.
Well... that's a thoroughly useless list. For the most part, they're concurring with the ESRB, while not nearly covering the breadth of titles the rating system does. If you're going to recommend ten games, though, shouldn't you recommend ten games that are good? Mario and Sonic at the Olympics? Please.
[QUOTE=''1005'']lmao half the games listed as unsuitable shouldn't be sold to kids anyway as they are 17+ so why the author thought it worth his time making that article is beyond me.[/QUOTE]Read the whole post again...maybe then you'll see why I made it. I never said that kids should be playing those games; I said that there is no reason to single those games out by saying that ''they shouldn't be played.'' Parents are fully capable of deciding what is and is not suitable for their kids.Parents know their own kids. I'm sure some parents bought those games for their kids this Christmas knowing that they are mature enough to enjoy them without being upset by them. And at the same time some parents did not buy them whether they saw that top 10 list or not.
[QUOTE=''MatthewX''][QUOTE=''1005'']lmao half the games listed as unsuitable shouldn't be sold to kids anyway as they are 17+ so why the author thought it worth his time making that article is beyond me.[/QUOTE]Read the whole post again...maybe then you'll see why I made it. I never said that kids should be playing those games; I said that there is no reason to single those games out games by saying that ''they shouldn't be played.'' Parents are fully capable of deciding what is and is not suitable for their kids.[/QUOTE] ...That's assuming the parents know what they're talking about, which in many cases, they don't.
[QUOTE=''1005'']lmao half the games listed as unsuitable shouldn't be sold to kids anyway as they are 17+ so why the author thought it worth his time making that article is beyond me.[/QUOTE] Because parents are obviously too lazy to look at the ESRB rating and/or so stupid that they buy it for their kid anyway.
[QUOTE=''Oilers99''][QUOTE=''MatthewX''] [QUOTE=''1005'']lmao half the games listed as unsuitable shouldn't be sold to kids anyway as they are 17+ so why the author thought it worth his time making that article is beyond me.[/QUOTE]Read the whole post again...maybe then you'll see why I made it. I never said that kids should be playing those games; I said that there is no reason to single those games out games by saying that ''they shouldn't be played.'' Parents are fully capable of deciding what is and is not suitable for their kids.[/QUOTE] ...That's assuming the parents know what they're talking about, which in many cases, they don't.[/QUOTE]That's a good point. But still...they shouldn't just say ''you're kids shouldn't be playing these games.'' Because how are the parents who did buy those games for kids gonna feel? They're essentially telling the parents: ''if you bought these games for you're kids you are bad, bad parent!''Or they're telling the parents:''we know that you are too stupid to acknowledge that M-rating and the list of content next to that rating so here is a little easy- to-read list for ya.'' *pats them on head*
[QUOTE=''MatthewX''][QUOTE=''Oilers99'']...That's assuming the parents know what they're talking about, which in many cases, they don't.[/QUOTE]That's a good point. But still...they shouldn't just say ''you're kids shouldn't be playing these games.'' Because how are the parents who did buy those games for kids gonna feel? They're essentially telling the parents: ''if you bought these games for you're kids you are bad, bad parent!''Or they're telling the parents:''we know that you are too stupid to acknowledge that M-rating and the list of content next to that rating so here is a little easy- to-read list for ya.'' *pats them on head*[/QUOTE]I'm not sure any parent who buys Manhunt 2 for their eight year old child is going to win any Parent of the Year awards. As a parent, if you're not aware of what the content of a game is when you buy it for them, you're irresponsible. So I don't have a problem of them being called out for buying games on that list. The ESRB is absolutely a better resource overall, though. They're a dangerous organization in terms of their ability to censor games, but as far as keeping not-for-kids content in the domain of parental discretion, they're pretty solid. And I definitely don't like the implication that anything not on the list of ten games to avoid is A-okay, or that you shouldn't buy anything not on the list of suitable games. It's kind of insulting to an industry as big as this that they pick exactly twenty games.
[QUOTE=''Oilers99''] I'm not sure any parent who buys Manhunt 2 for their eight year old child is going to win any Parent of the Year awards. As a parent, if you're not aware of what the content of a game is when you buy it for them, you're irresponsible. So I don't have a problem of them being called out for buying games on that list. The ESRB is absolutely a better resource overall, though. They're a dangerous organization in terms of their ability to censor games, but as far as keeping not-for-kids content in the domain of parental discretion, they're pretty solid. And I definitely don't like the implication that anything not on the list of ten games to avoid is A-okay, or that you shouldn't buy anything not on the list of suitable games. It's kind of insulting to an industry as big as this that they pick exactly twenty games. [/QUOTE]All excellent points...you shame me.But still...I'm sure there are plenty of 8-year-olds who have played Manhunt 2 and thoroughly enjoyed it without crying in a corner in the fetal position and smearing lipstick all over their face.

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