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Yes, someone seriously needs to sit down with the parents who let their children play the likes of Medal of Honor, Call of Duty, Grand Thief Auto, Battlefield, and more to explain why these games have an age restriction. More, for even other reasons that should me of concern.

Edited: Thomaslee on 27th May, 2017 - 11:55pm

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No kidding, ages past, when I was still unlucky enough to be working retail, I had a middle aged woman come through my register with grand theft auto.

It was a slow day, and she had a large enough order to take time, so I ended up mentioning it. Turns out the thing was a gift for her 12 year old son.

I mentioned the M rating, her response? "That just means there's swearing in it right?"

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Another indictment of the times we live in. First, she didn't care enough to find what M, uh, for mature which she wasn't, stand for. Second, even if it was for bad language why would she want her 12 year old to have it? She wasn't mature enough herself, no matter her age, to have kids. We require a license to drive a car but any Tom, Dick, or Jane can have a child.

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I fully agree on that. However, there are those who don't. Besides, some games, like Dungeons & Dragons, can be beneficial to the learning curve. It is these games that I feel beings like us should put more focus in. Even if they are a table top game. They still teach and/or train us to be better in the three Rs, Reading, Writing and Arithmetic. Games that make us learn while being fun and entertaining would benefit every being. But that's from my point of view.

Edited: allencory on 1st Jun, 2017 - 1:31pm

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Allen,

Oh, I agree that games can also be used to teach, and more than just the three Rs. Games can teach social skills, analytical skills, and others. Even video games, which probably can't teach the social skills much do teach other things. And it often isn't learning from the content, but learning with what you do with the content, like in the case of teaching analysis skills.

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That I can agree with. Heck a friend of mine learned to drive while playing Grand Theft Auto: SA. He is one of the best drivers I know of now.