"Put recommended age on video-games, and the parents who actually take the time to know what their kids are playing and evaluate if it's apropriate for them or not, perhaps with help from the recommended age (but hopefully not by trusting it blindly) are precisely the same that'd probably make a reasonable decision even in the absence of recommended minimum age."
They should put something like that on certain games like Clive Barkers "Jericho", or perhaps don't play this before you go to bed. This issue has also been playing on my mind for some time as I am an addict of xbox 360 games and it hurts to admit, but the question I have to bring to mind would be, why are so many ten year olds playing Gears Of War at 1am? Really what are parents going to benefit from buying games like that for their children and then moaning about the time children spend on their machines. There are recommended ages on games but to be honest the parents aren't helping their children and children just know where to apply pressure to get what they want when they want it.
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"Put recommended age on video-games, and the parents who actually take the time to know what their kids are playing and evaluate if it's apropriate for them or not, perhaps with help from the recommended age (but hopefully not by trusting it blindly) are precisely the same that'd probably make a reasonable decision even in the absence of recommended minimum age." They should put something like that on certain games like Clive Barkers "Jericho", or perhaps don't play this before you go to bed. This issue has also been playing on my mind for some time as I am an addict of xbox 360 games and it hurts to admit, but the question I have to bring to mind would be, why are so many ten year olds playing Gears Of War at 1am? Really what are parents going to benefit from buying games like that for their children and then moaning about the time children spend on their machines. There are recommended ages on games but to be honest the parents aren't helping their children and children just know where to apply pressure to get what they want when they want it.