Mediaman
Shared on Wed, 09/12/2007 - 22:21So I was going to have my friend drop by after church and check out Warhawk. He is interested in the game play. Showed him a few trailers from Gametrailers.com and he really liked it. He said he had his 2 kids so he didn't know if he should stop buy. At first I was like who cares, then it hit me. Even tho his oldest kid is in middle school, letting him see Warhawk is like letting him in a rated R movie.
It would be a whole bunch of "Timmies" cursing and swearing and tea-bagging each other. Not what I need. The dad is going to come over some other time and try it out with out the kids.
It does seem weird tho. By playing online you are going to be cutting a large number of kids out of the list, unless the parents are the ones who fill out the friends list. Then the kids can only play with the people the parents approve of.
The problem with this is the whole point of online is meeting all new people. So much for Timmie meeting someone outside his daily circle of friends this way. Cuts out the educational part of the net.
It would also be cool if you could rate people. I heard 360 has this feature? Might be something I need to look into.
We are in the process of adopting a boy. I am going to have to totally rethink what I can do at home when he gets here. At first I was like Warhawk has no blood, just rag-doll physics...it's fun. Of course it does have a bunch of potty-mouths.
It could be cool to use 360 / PS3 as a parent meter. We could all report when Timmy starts swearing and then report all the parents who are letting their kids play M rated games.
I don't really know how to solve the issue. If you don't want your younger kids exposed to a lot of hardcore stuff, then I don't know if a 360 or a ps3 is an option.
Almost all the cool shooters coming out have tons of swearing, sexuality, and extreme violence.
UT GOTY didn't have blood & dismemberment. I wonder if the golden age of gameing for Jr. High and High Schoolers are over? Has gaming turned into an A.O. hobby? Granted more Timmies play then adults online right now, but that is why the online space can be so bad.
It's all those bad parents letting their kids curse me out online and ruining everything for me.....
It would be a whole bunch of "Timmies" cursing and swearing and tea-bagging each other. Not what I need. The dad is going to come over some other time and try it out with out the kids.
It does seem weird tho. By playing online you are going to be cutting a large number of kids out of the list, unless the parents are the ones who fill out the friends list. Then the kids can only play with the people the parents approve of.
The problem with this is the whole point of online is meeting all new people. So much for Timmie meeting someone outside his daily circle of friends this way. Cuts out the educational part of the net.
It would also be cool if you could rate people. I heard 360 has this feature? Might be something I need to look into.
We are in the process of adopting a boy. I am going to have to totally rethink what I can do at home when he gets here. At first I was like Warhawk has no blood, just rag-doll physics...it's fun. Of course it does have a bunch of potty-mouths.
It could be cool to use 360 / PS3 as a parent meter. We could all report when Timmy starts swearing and then report all the parents who are letting their kids play M rated games.
I don't really know how to solve the issue. If you don't want your younger kids exposed to a lot of hardcore stuff, then I don't know if a 360 or a ps3 is an option.
Almost all the cool shooters coming out have tons of swearing, sexuality, and extreme violence.
UT GOTY didn't have blood & dismemberment. I wonder if the golden age of gameing for Jr. High and High Schoolers are over? Has gaming turned into an A.O. hobby? Granted more Timmies play then adults online right now, but that is why the online space can be so bad.
It's all those bad parents letting their kids curse me out online and ruining everything for me.....
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Submitted by gigatrix on Thu, 09/13/2007 - 10:56