What about the BS about GTA making people kill people in real life, I'm always confronted about that when I play it. I said that GTA has sold so many million copies that one loose screw isn't exactly something to worry about but Noooo.
I think more than anything else the older generation (which I'm slowly becoming a part of at the age of 49) is scared to death somebody is going to have a good time. When I was growing up, I was afraid to be doing something fun when my dad walked in because that normally meant I would have to stop what I was doing and go mow the lawn or clean the basement. It's like a lot of parents are subconsciously saying, "By God I was miserable growing up, and you're going to be too!" It's often the kids that are bored to death getting into trouble. What ends up happening so many times is that parents end up losing their kids for good because they felt the need to rule them with an iron fist. My parents have even admitted to me that there were a lot of things they made way too much of. Parents today have to pick their battles wisely. Like the guy said in the article would you rather your kid be out all hours of the night who knows where? Something to ponder folks.
lol my mum comes in at the exact time when sexual stuff comes on...... it's like she's at the door all the time..... but when dad comes in he just sits next to me and we just play multi-player! he's awsome....(he game me alot of 18+ games)
one of my friends was playing shadow of colossus and his mum came home (in a bad mood) after he had beeten the last colossus (looks extremely cool). she whanted to watch tv at just the moment he won. couldn't argue of course so he had to stop before the final cut-scene. he couldn't be bothered to try again so we'l never know what happens (cause i suck at it)!
0__O I am seriously both disturbed and unsurprised by how many people have parents who do or say things on this list. I mean, COME ON! It is called a "RATING SYSTEM," you old geezers! These are not gigantic 10-story tall computers that need to be programmed to figure out the reason there is life, it is a small disc that just needs to be played using a controller! If you want a simple game with only a few controls, you have at least two gaming options from modern day (locoRoco and LittleBigPlanet), or you could go old school, to the days when gaming consoles had to be called "entertainment systems" just to sell in stores.