A hillarious situation I witnessed in Wal Mart today...

crumas2

Currently Offline

2,237

1677 posts since 03/12/07

Recent Badges:

Leaving Limbo 100 posts on the gamrConnect forums.
Watch Your Back! Received 10,000 profile views.
16 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 16 years.
Open For Business Earned 10 badges.
6 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 6 years.
10 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 10 years.

crumas2 on 11 July 2009

That's not funny, that's scary. Sounds like a new episode of The Twilight Zone.

theprof00

Currently Offline

154,498

31184 posts since 02/04/08

Recent Badges:

Watch Your Back! Received 10,000 profile views.
Everything's Falling Into Place Add a total of 100 games to your collection.
Vice Free Managed to avoid being banned for 6 months.
17 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 17 years.
Mighty Heart Logged in on Valentine's Day.
2 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 2 years.

theprof00 on 11 July 2009

I agree kiefer. I think the mom wants wii fit, and is pawning off her own justification as giving him a present.

badgenome

Currently Offline

102,477

27295 posts since 30/06/08

Recent Badges:

So You Came Back For More, Huh? Logged in a second time.
17 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 17 years.
A Badge Within A Badge Earned 20 badges.
11 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 11 years.
15 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 15 years.
10 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 10 years.

badgenome on 11 July 2009

crumas2 said:
That's not funny, that's scary. Sounds like a new episode of The Twilight Zone.

The ones with Forest Whitaker instead of Rod Serling? That shit is scary!

disolitude

Currently Offline

87,040

14997 posts since 13/01/08

Recent Badges:

Hit And Run 15 comments posted on VGChartz news articles.
Watch Your Back! Received 10,000 profile views.
17 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 17 years.
'Ello Princess! Awarded for signing up.
8 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 8 years.
Escape Artist Managed to avoid being banned for 1 month.

disolitude on 11 July 2009

kiefer23 said:

disolitude said:

@MontanaHatchet

You are probably right in saying that the mom may have wanted to protect her son from violent games, as I even heard Call of Duty being mentioned by the kid. But at the same time he can pick up Madworld or House of the Dead for the Wii no?

If parents are looking to protect their kids against M rated games, they need to constantly check what he is playing no matter what system he owns.

While I agree that crying when getting a videogame system is somewhat spoiled...i also believe that when giving a gift to someone, you should give them that which they want. I call this dropped ball on the parents side... The kid was 10-12 years old, they have 3-4 more years tops to be super cool parents cause after the teen angst hits, its all over...

No need to keep checking with the Xbox 360. Every game comes coded with its ESRB or BBFC rating and you can set the parental controls on the Xbox 360 to limit what rating's can be played. So you can set it to ESRB E (Everyone) Or BBFC PG and any games above those ratings will not be allowed to start up. You can even set timers on the parental controls to like 4 hours every week (Which is just fucking harsh to be honest).

Also if you make a under 18 Live account you need your parent's permission and all the privacy settings are enabled by default. You can turn off voice chat all together which is the only reason Live isn't suitable for kids. You can also disable access to all these settings and the previous through a password.

Personally to me it sounds like the mother and heard alot about the Wii from her friends and thought of her own needs more then her Sons. Wii Fit anybody?

Of course he's still getting a free Wii but its still not that he wanted.

And the price arguments mean nothing. You can get a arcade model much cheaper than the Wii.

Yeah, at this point I don't think anyone can argue that it was for the safety of the kid or price aspect. Mother had alterior motives here... Who knows, maybe they have a daughter and she thought that Wii would be used by her as well...

All we know is, another week where Wii outsels the HD twins without any major software release confirmed :)

hatmoza

Currently Offline

89,273

13123 posts since 23/06/09

Recent Badges:

It's a Start Bank a Total of 2,000 VG$.
'Ello Princess! Awarded for signing up.
Back of the Net Score a total of 100 games in your collection.
15 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 15 years.
Killer Scorpion Earned 60 badges.
Right Tool for the Right Tool Score a total of 25 games in your collection.

Currently Playing:

Dance Dance Revolution X (PS2)
Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA 2 (PS2)

hatmoza on 11 July 2009

It's a conspiracy I tell you!

I am the black sheep "of course I'm crazy, but that doesn't mean I'm wrong."-Robert Anton Wilson

flagship

Currently Offline

1,204

1118 posts since 21/09/07

Recent Badges:

1st Birthday Has been a VGChartz member for over 1 year.
3 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 3 years.
6 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 6 years.
13 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 13 years.
11 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 11 years.
Littlest Genocide 1,000 posts on the gamrConnect forums.

flagship on 11 July 2009

Poor kid, being forced into a Wal-Mart like that.

Lord Flashheart

Currently Offline

2,795

2525 posts since 07/05/09

Recent Badges:

So You Came Back For More, Huh? Logged in a second time.
4 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 4 years.
16 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 16 years.
It's a Start Bank a Total of 2,000 VG$.
6 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 6 years.
15 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 15 years.

Lord Flashheart on 11 July 2009

theprof00 said:

reminds me of my mom, who consistently bought me stuff I didn't want.

Like for one Christmas, I wanted a ghostbusters toy (dr venkman), a raphael ninja turtle, GI-JOE for nintendo, and Creepy Crawlers among other things. This is what I got:

A mouser from Ninja Turtles, Egon from ghostbusters (that I already had), a GI-Joe action figure, Bible Adventures for the NES, and a CreepyCrawlers mold set (ALthough I asked for the oven, which is required for the molds to be used)

I never complained, I pretended to be happy and never made a fuss. But at that point, I realized that if I ever wanted to have my own things I would have to buy them myself. I got a job when I was 12, saved up, and moved out at 17. I now live two states away in Boston and tell my mom I don't want anything for my CHristmas or birthday and if she sends me things I give them away.

EDIT: WOW 5$ a day!?! I got 10$ a week!

I think thats mums for you.

When they get you a present it's rarely exactly correct but in the ball park.

Mine remembered I like Star wars so got me Star Trek micro machines (I was 18 at the time, they always see us as their little boys)
I don't know why she got me micro machines as I've never had them but still.

She clearly thought it was the same thing and as I don't really care for presents, do qppreciate them, she was struggling for something to get me for christmas.

Money or beer is fine.

Official member of the Xbox 360 Squad