Ill let them play whatever they want, but I will be sitting right beside them while they play. Its not the games, it parents who dont take the time to distinguish reality and games for the child. However he will not have a microphone online untill he is either a beast at a game, or voice has changed.

under twelve.....Dead Space and GTA.

I'm 16 and won't even touch Dead Space again....

Well, apart from the child and baby monsters it's really not that disturbing. It's more of an action game, really. But if i had kids i wouldn't let them near Dead Space until atleast 16.

I would make them play trough Silent Hill 3 at 14, though. I haven't been afraid of anything since then, and i played it when i was over 20

Well, you can always adopt. :shrug: Nothing facepalm-y about that.

My kids wouldn't even touch XBL till at least the age of 14.

I have good parents. They just never cared what I played. I think that's due to the lack of knowledge that they both had about video games.
However, since I've played them my entire life I'll be able to deem what is worthy.


I played whatever I wanted. Since I wanted to. I never even had someone tell me the difference between reality and video games.
I of course always knew what was acceptable and what wasn't in real life anyway. So I may take that approach with my kids, but give them that talk, and maybe supervise whenever they are playing games of a more mature nature.

That is until they are 15.


I never cared about sports, or being too social. So if they want to have 2 or 3 close friends, play guitar and video games, than that is fine.

That right there is part of the problem. Parents don't take the extra time to teach what is real and what is fake.

If you do that in the future, the lack of computer access will probably make your child some sort of socially maladjusted creature with limited intellect.

I don't have kids, but do have younger relatives that drop by.
A vanilla version of oblivion or a bethesda FO I'd not worry too much about them seeing a tiny bit of as I saved and quit.
Most games I'd not let the youngest play tbh,
Those in their teens that showed judgement that they knew the difference between reality violence and computer violence I'd let free reign on my pc.
However I don't like sadistic or gore filled games, shooters, fantasy, sci fi, and rpg's are fine.
Pure violence and torture stuff I'm not interested in, and get bored with the shock factor they aim for.

If I had kids...


Silent Hill series. If there young, try to keep them away from the survival horror genre.
All in all, I will probably play the game first myself and decide wether they could/should/would play it.
If its someone else kids.....whatevs......I was at my friends house playing with a 6 year old neighbor we played Resident Evil, Left for Dead, RDR, etc.

That entirely depends on the kids maturity level regardless of their age and if I feel they are ready to handle such material.

Take myself for example. My mother taught me that video games and movies were all made up, special effects, programming, blah blah from a very, very young age. I remember watching horror movies when I was something like 4 or 5 and I got my first copy of Mortal Kombat for my snes when I was 3. I loved that game... it still amazes me how I was able to completely dominate that game at 3 years old but now I have a hard time even making it to Shang Tsung. Let alone beating him. Then when GTA III came out I was 7 I think? I asked me mother if I could get it and she obviously said no. But then I constructed a well put together argument and restrictions to place upon myself and asked again. My mother was impressed with how I handled the situation and got it for me without making me do the restrictions because even though I wasn't old enough by ESRB guide lines, she felt I was mature enough to handle such content. Just like I was mature enough to handle other stuff. Ever since then she never said no due to a games content.

Now I'm 18 and you don't see me going on murderous rampages. Why? Because I understand and understood then that Video Games are entertainment. Just like movies and books. It might look cool to jump a car off of a building and doing a bunch of flips in a game but I'm not about to try it in real life.

It's all on the parents to decide. If the parents do not teach a child these things and they play/watch something like that it's not the game/movies fault.