Insinuates in the title of this article that this is PS4 footage? But absolutely nowhere can I see any reference to the platform being showed! Click bait at its finest, shame on you!
@Quorthon In the UK guns are illegal and we have like 1% as much gun crime as the US, that's an example for you. Also I'm pretty sure if murder wasn't illegal we would be In a much worse position. I'd say what stops laws working are flower holding morons that believe people that live outside of the law should have the same basic rights as people who live within it and make it their mission in life to blame everyone and everything except the criminal themselves. Anyway we are venturing way off topic now. Hope I've answered your question sufficiently.
@Zombie_Barioth I'm from the UK, this website of you want to read it explains the PEGI system. http://www.videostandards.org.uk/VSC/games_raltkings.htmlo basically age ratings 3 and 7 are advisory, 12,16 & 18 are enforceable by law. Meaning it's illegal to sell to anyone under those ages. Unfortunately most retailers turn a blind eye if mom is stood with a small child holding Resident evil 4 saying "is this the one you wanted Tommy"?. I think most of us agree to varying degrees that something needs to change for the sake of the industry. either better education for parents, better labelling, more enforceable laws, or all three.
@Bad-MuthaAdebisi I agree with you in lots of ways, unfortunately the stupidity of some parents has left me jaded. I feel the only way to stop morons from damaging their child is to put in place rules and educate parents about what is and isn't appropriate for a child to experience whist you are responsible for there development. The rules would be there to protect the majority of children who should never see the atrocities of this world until they are an adult and can no longer be protected from it. We shall agree to disagree on this one, must really do some work. Nice having a debate, enjoy your day 😉
@Bad-MuthaAdebisi
You stated earlier " A parent has the right to decide at what age a person under their supervision has access to anything". That surely included GTAV, point one proven. And your views are flawed because surely you wouldn't let your child or agree with anyone letting their child watch Taliban beheadings, pornography or films like Hostel for example. am I wrong? Or Like I first stated, are your views are flawed? And my point about the cowboys and Indians is just an illustration of how a child can act out what they see without truly understanding context, which is why I mentioned GTAV.
@Melucine You're right it's not illegal to play the games. I believe it's like with smoking, alchohol And movies, it's illegal to buy underage. If something is illegal to buy when underage I'm going to assume it's illegal to own if you're underage. I believe there needs to be more education for parenta, maybe adverts during soap operas and xfactor etc. I think we basically have similar views, Just from slightly different standpoints.
@Melucine I have 3 kids myself and am mid thirties, so I can also make educated choices about what my children can and can't watch/play/do. But rules need to be enforced for the morons that buy any film or game that there child asks for, because "all my friends have it mom!". I for one applaud these head teachers for making a stand against idiotic parents that let there child do what they want and then blame everyone else when there child becomes an uncontrolled nightmare.
@Bad-MuthaAdebisi I can't remember acting out terrorist atrocities and using strong even sexually explicit language, during my games of cowboys and Indians, can you? Your argument is flawed in every way and smacks of an ill informed parent that's defending there choice to take the easy option and say yes to everything there children ask for. The next time you See a child pretend to be a dinosaur or a wizard, think what it'll look like if they pretend to be Trevor from GTA V.
@Melucine I can't quote but I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that even up to the age of 12 some children and most up to age 10, couldn't reliably distinguish between reality and make believe. So NO it's not upto parents to do as they wish, these are human beings that are being shown horrific images and allowed to act them out through physical input! nobody can surely think an 8 year old, should be torturing a human being in GTA V, can they?
@Bad-MuthaAdebisi Ratings are on games to prevent the sale to underage people, which is why its even illegal to sell a parent the game if the store knows it's for a child. If people honestly believe that a child should not only see but act out vicariously through gaming the atrocities committed in games like GTA V then I despair for our society. I Was playing Call of duty the other day, with friends all over 25 and a parent came onto the chat to tell us to stop swearing? I pointed out the irony of her request and threatened to report her to Social Services and she vanished, wonder why?
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Insinuates in the title of this article that this is PS4 footage? But absolutely nowhere can I see any reference to the platform being showed! Click bait at its finest, shame on you!
Re: Some UK Schools Are Cracking Down on Children Playing More Mature Games
@Quorthon
In the UK guns are illegal and we have like 1% as much gun crime as the US, that's an example for you. Also I'm pretty sure if murder wasn't illegal we would be In a much worse position. I'd say what stops laws working are flower holding morons that believe people that live outside of the law should have the same basic rights as people who live within it and make it their mission in life to blame everyone and everything except the criminal themselves. Anyway we are venturing way off topic now. Hope I've answered your question sufficiently.
Re: Some UK Schools Are Cracking Down on Children Playing More Mature Games
@Zombie_Barioth
I'm from the UK, this website of you want to read it explains the PEGI system. http://www.videostandards.org.uk/VSC/games_raltkings.htmlo
basically age ratings 3 and 7 are advisory, 12,16 & 18 are enforceable by law. Meaning it's illegal to sell to anyone under those ages. Unfortunately most retailers turn a blind eye if mom is stood with a small child holding Resident evil 4 saying "is this the one you wanted Tommy"?. I think most of us agree to varying degrees that something needs to change for the sake of the industry. either better education for parents, better labelling, more enforceable laws, or all three.
Re: Some UK Schools Are Cracking Down on Children Playing More Mature Games
@Bad-MuthaAdebisi
I agree with you in lots of ways, unfortunately the stupidity of some parents has left me jaded. I feel the only way to stop morons from damaging their child is to put in place rules and educate parents about what is and isn't appropriate for a child to experience whist you are responsible for there development. The rules would be there to protect the majority of children who should never see the atrocities of this world until they are an adult and can no longer be protected from it. We shall agree to disagree on this one, must really do some work. Nice having a debate, enjoy your day 😉
Re: Some UK Schools Are Cracking Down on Children Playing More Mature Games
@Bad-MuthaAdebisi
You stated earlier " A parent has the right to decide at what age a person under their supervision has access to anything". That surely included GTAV, point one proven. And your views are flawed because surely you wouldn't let your child or agree with anyone letting their child watch Taliban beheadings, pornography or films like Hostel for example. am I wrong? Or Like I first stated, are your views are flawed? And my point about the cowboys and Indians is just an illustration of how a child can act out what they see without truly understanding context, which is why I mentioned GTAV.
Re: Some UK Schools Are Cracking Down on Children Playing More Mature Games
@Melucine
You're right it's not illegal to play the games. I believe it's like with smoking, alchohol And movies, it's illegal to buy underage. If something is illegal to buy when underage I'm going to assume it's illegal to own if you're underage. I believe there needs to be more education for parenta, maybe adverts during soap operas and xfactor etc. I think we basically have similar views, Just from slightly different standpoints.
Re: Some UK Schools Are Cracking Down on Children Playing More Mature Games
@Melucine
I have 3 kids myself and am mid thirties, so I can also make educated choices about what my children can and can't watch/play/do. But rules need to be enforced for the morons that buy any film or game that there child asks for, because "all my friends have it mom!". I for one applaud these head teachers for making a stand against idiotic parents that let there child do what they want and then blame everyone else when there child becomes an uncontrolled nightmare.
Re: Some UK Schools Are Cracking Down on Children Playing More Mature Games
@Bad-MuthaAdebisi
I can't remember acting out terrorist atrocities and using strong even sexually explicit language, during my games of cowboys and Indians, can you? Your argument is flawed in every way and smacks of an ill informed parent that's defending there choice to take the easy option and say yes to everything there children ask for. The next time you See a child pretend to be a dinosaur or a wizard, think what it'll look like if they pretend to be Trevor from GTA V.
Re: Some UK Schools Are Cracking Down on Children Playing More Mature Games
@Melucine
I can't quote but I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that even up to the age of 12 some children and most up to age 10, couldn't reliably distinguish between reality and make believe. So NO it's not upto parents to do as they wish, these are human beings that are being shown horrific images and allowed to act them out through physical input! nobody can surely think an 8 year old, should be torturing a human being in GTA V, can they?
Re: Some UK Schools Are Cracking Down on Children Playing More Mature Games
@Bad-MuthaAdebisi
Ratings are on games to prevent the sale to underage people, which is why its even illegal to sell a parent the game if the store knows it's for a child. If people honestly believe that a child should not only see but act out vicariously through gaming the atrocities committed in games like GTA V then I despair for our society. I Was playing Call of duty the other day, with friends all over 25 and a parent came onto the chat to tell us to stop swearing? I pointed out the irony of her request and threatened to report her to Social Services and she vanished, wonder why?