Well, I can't really decide. I mean, sure, we have the rights to do whatever we want to, that includes buying whatever we want, with some age limits. But, if you can give it to 17 year olds legally, then they have the capability to go out and buy weapons and play out what happens in the game, yet, if you give it to say a 3rd grader, they might develop a habit to act out what they see in the video games. I think that it would be okay either way because younger kids can't understand what the video games imply when 17 year olds can. But, I guess that they really shouldn't be making those type of video games because the lack of responsibility of today’s society. That is why we had the Columbine High School shootings, isn't it? Well, I'm really still unsure about what should happen. I guess that we'll just have to find out!

Edited by author 05-16-2003 03:29 PM
I know that violence on TV and games and stuff is 'cool' but I think that all that should be stopped, it just encourages kind to go out and do things like shoot real guns. My brother has like a million comp. games that are all rated T or M and now he wants a bbgun, and my mom just thinks it's because the neighbor got one, but I think its all the shooting that he does on his games. My brother is like really into this weapon thing and it kinda scares me because ya. I saw this one game at a store that was about fighting Iraqis and you like blow up the cities and stuff, that is not what we are doing over there and it ya... Well I agree with that law, but how will the 'inspectors' be able to tell what age the person was that the store sold the games to?? Well.... that's all.

Edited by author 05-16-2003 03:36 PM
I think there should be an age limit. I mean, kids our age I think can handle it better than say, five year olds who play those kinds of games. Like my cousin is seven now, and he started playing Half-Life with his dad like, two years ago...and he's a maniac. Seriously, you don't want to be in the same room with him because it's all guns and detailed ways about how he could kill you if he got mad enough at you. I'm serious, too! It's not a very good thing to be putting into little kid's minds, exactly.

What I want to know is why they aren't restricting games with sexual content from minors as well. And what's up with it only being law enforcement officers? Are they more important than the average Joes that get killed in those games? I think the Constitution said all men were created equal...

I think that a lot of this is up to the parents. I mean, parents need to decide how they want their kids to act, and decide what things are good and bad influences for their kids. They can't decide everything for them, but I think a lot can be done with young kids and teaching them what is okay and what's not, and from then on, they're more likely to do the right thing. That's my take on it.

Edited by author 05-16-2003 06:22 PM
I STRONGLY DISSAGREE! Some of my favorite games are Halo 2. Perfect Dar, and Conker's Bad Fur Day. Those games are all rated M and I would like to get more game like that. It should be up to the parent should get those games and video games don't cause kids to go on killing sprees or anything! I also think the rating system is getting WAY to strick. For example Perfect Dark wasn't much worse then Goldeneye 64. Goldeneye 64 was rated T then Perfect Dark was released about 3 years later and was rated M.

I have known about this bill for awhile my brother (Anders) read about it in his gaming magazine and it told people to call in and bug them about how stupid it is and I agree. Even if it goes into effect kids will just get their parents to buy the games for them. Usually my dad picks the games up for us anyway and we pay him back (his work is near a target). So I disagree with the bill but I don’t think it will actually affect anything. Also, if you see this message look at the one in the heritage project message board and try to answer me. BYE

That's probably a good thing in a way because there are some people who can get influenced by that sort of thing I guess. However, I don't think it would work well because its not like they would know if a minor were playing those games just like nobody knows if 10 year olds are watching PG13 movies. I don't like playing games that involve a lot of violence though.. I'm more into the RPGs and adventure genre... But I would be more than happy to be able to watch TV for once rather than trying to work into my little brother's tight schedule for playing Halo and MechWarrior!

Like Dane said, it wouldn't even make that much of a difference. It's like movies, you can't see R rated movies in the theatre or rent them, yet i've seen too many to count. Why is this? Because that law really doesn't make a difference, and neither would this law.

I totaly agree with Dane no matter what they do it wont change.

No one person can ultimately be held responsible, that's exactly why America is such a great country to live in.

Edited by author 05-19-2003 01:42 PM
I think it is up to the parents. Like when I got Conker's Bad Fur day on sunday (that game is hilarous) all I had to do is to get one of my parents to aprove of it. I think that is the perfect thing to do because the goverment dosn't really know what it right for everyone.

I think if the gov has such a problem with the violent games the they shouldnt allow the games to be sold at all, or ever produced.

:0 Just because a game is violant dosn't mean it is fun! I think they should let them be produced. If there wasn't violant video games we wouldn't have games like Grand Theft Auto, FPSs, Conker, and so on....

Edited by author 05-20-2003 10:32 PM
Wow, people need to learn how to spell. I don't know why I am hear, I was just bored. Games like Halo, Enter The Matrix all have mild violence; blood splat or a kick in the head I think that is ok. But there games like Tao Feng and you can see bones being crushed and stuff like that, those games I think are a little much.(even though I play that game)

I think that there should be no very violent games for minors, especially Richard Minor!

I think that if your parents don't want you to play those games then so be it, but if they do, who cares?