Well, this sure turned out to be an interesting discussion

Originally posted by popcornbird
They have games nowadays in which you have to be a robber, or a criminal, and I really hate those games. Even though they are rated M or even 21 +, I know 12 year olds, 10 year olds that play them.
Ah yes, you're probably thinking of the GTA games... Even though I love those games and have played them for hours (yes, even as a kid) it has never crossed my mind to steal a car or join the yakuza

Originally posted by Sara luvs her Tinky
I think that it violent t.v..../ video games.. do influence children... I mean if they didn't see it off the t.v... / video game where would they learn it..?!?!
If that's how you reason; think yourself back in time... There was crime and murder back then too, even though neither TVs nor video games existed. So how did they learn? However they were taught the ways of crime, people today can be taught.

Originally posted by Sara luvs her Tinky
in the X-BOX magazine it was advertising a bike game.. where if you had a certain code you could see nude pictures of women... AND REALLY... like a kid couldn't get a hold of the game and the codes behind their parents back... and rating it M .. just makes it even more tempting.. and take DOA.. the volleyball game... when kids go into the video game store or read in the gaming magazines about it .. it screams sex.. and I look at violence the same way in videogames....
You're thinking of BMX XXX, one of the lamest and worst games out there... Anways, aside from that fact: What does it matter if kids see nude people? I mean, a lot of people think like you; that if kids see nude people they will grow up to be some evil pervert or something but honestly, I can't agree with that. We're all born the same way, we all look the same in one way or another. What does it matter if a kid sees a pair of boobs? Will that really hurt them? In my personal opinion I am not a pervert at all; and I've seen nude people since I was a little kid. And on the other hand I've known people who's been extremely sheltered as kids (not allowed to watch movied with women in skimpy clothing etc.), and they are the ones that has grown up to be perverts! They've become so obsessed with it in their adulthood because they weren't allowed to see it as a kid. Something natural was made into a big secrecy type of deal and they ended up obsessed with it.

As for DOA, I've already mentioned loving the fighting games but the volleyball version... Well, it's damned obvious that they sell because of sex appeal. It's like a Barbie game for men, getting to collect points on volley to buy even skimpier bikinis. It doesn't bother me though, if people like that junk, then let them! I doubt they will get corrupted or evil because of that.