Parents Not Informed About Gaming?

Thanks to GamerDad for their opinion piece advancing the claim that parents don't pay enough attention to the videogames their children play. The article argues: "While the mainstream press has reported on the push for games to become adult entertainment, and games makers have tried to create so-called 'mature' games to fill this apparent void, the reality is that many of these M-rated games are being played by children under the age of seventeen." It goes on to put forward the theory: "Parents simply are not informed about gaming... [and] probably believe that even games like Grand Theft Auto III are video games, and therefore they are for kids."

Comments

Its sadder than this.

[Unknown Poltroon]

I play a lot of half life, which if you havnt played it, you run around and shoot people, graphic, blood, the whole 9 yards. On several occasions, i have run into kids on htere who tell us not to swear in the type/chat, because their mom will pull them off the game.

Let me get this straight, your letting your kid machinegun and beat people with a crowbar, but the LANGUAGE is the problem? How fucked up can a parent be?

Re:Its sadder than this.

[schnits0r]

um..please don't swear or else my mommy will ban me from going to slashdot. k, thx, buhbye