kain_kusanagi said:
I'm not excusing them of responsibility. I'm just asking you to put your feet in their shoes. They have kids they want to protect. They would have to take a class to understand all the subtleties of videos games. I'm just saying that you have to understand that these people are not like us. They haven't spent that last 30 years consuming all information about video games. They know as much about video games as I know about quantum mechanics and I can tell you right now that I wouldn't be able to hold a conversation with Steven Hawking.
You know what, I think I probably know more about quantum mechanics then these people know about video games because the discovery channel has documentaries about science stuff all the time but they don't teach the difference between Legend of Zelda and Manhunt. To these people video games are toys and they try to do their best, but they have a hard time reconciling that the same shelf at Walmart contains both Gears of War and Once Upon a Monster.
I'm sure there is a subject that you have as little interest in as these people have in video games. I look at them as the same as people who want to ban guns. They don't know what they are talking about, but I don't blame them for it. I understand where they are coming from even though I don't agree with views.
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Really? I mean parents nowdays, especially those who have younger kids, probably have a good idea about video games. I mean, my sister has three kids, age 7-10, and my sister and I grew up playing games together. Granted, not all parents are that young, but I think you have to factor in that most parents with younger kids did not grow up in the 1950s.....and games have become progressively popular ever since the 1980s.
Furthermore, its not really that difficult to know what your kids are playing. I don't know how strict stores are about enforcing the policy, but I know my parents always knew if I played a violent games.....because they had to tell the sales clerk I could buy it.
Also, its not like parents have to be experts on video games to understand all the subleties (how complicated is it really?)....the same way you aren't going to completely understand quantum mechanics by watching a documentary, which, lets be honest here, is way more complicated than anything a video game can throw at you...I know I never took classes on video games, and I sure know my nieces and nephew never did, and they seem to understand video games just fine.
I don't think my mom ever played games seriously....she played Space Invaders and Castlevania...that's about it, but she took the time to actually see what I was playing. Its not really asking that much of a parent, especially if they're truly concerned about what they're children are playing.
