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Game ratings are talked about in every country in the world everyday, each game is checked and checked again and again in every way so the parents can be informed when the game is released of its content.
Some parents worry and dont want their child playing games which could give them a dangerous mind.
Other parents are not to careful and allowed their child to play any game at any time of the day.
The latter is very dangerous in my mind for the children, I remember Tenchu when it was out, within a few days pupils at my school were stealthing each other and slidding there hands across each others necks. Funny for some but it gives the kids ideas, I can see the parents worries when the child copies wrestling moves and could end up being hurt.
I personally enjoy wrestling and like the moves that are entertaining to watch, but however I have seen at school many people get cuts across the head because a chair went to far.
As more and more games are released and we mostly want more gore we might see that parents and the governments start to ban games a bit like films.
If anyone had watched the BITS program with the naughty games on it you would have seen thrill kill. I want that game but I can exactly see why they banned it, in Tenchu it is not that dangerous to slide your hand across someones throat, but with Thrill Kill I really dont wanna see people jumping on each others necks and twisting so they become broken or picking up objects and unleashing a vicous attack.
Games with this frame of mind are brilliant to play for the older gamers, but if this game was released then u can bet that millions of under 12's would have had a copy from the latter group of parents.
Conkers Bad Fur Day is yet another example but this time it is made solely to shut the press and public up.
People complained that Nintendo had soft games, People complained that Nintendo had kids games,
People complained where are Nintendos HardCore games.
Rares answer was to make a game that had a funny little cute squirrel in it which looks soooo harmless that it brings a tear to a mothers eye, and what have they done, make its face glare and turn it evil. It undoes its pants and lashes on enemies. It swears when the player cant make a jump, it continusly disses the player.
Why have RARE done this, because they no it will sell cause it aint NEVER been done before.
Each game should be looked at, Kingpin was extremely clever, it only was ever allowed on the market because the company made it possible to have the choice for what version you could install, I choose the explicit one and hey WHY NOT, I am 15 and I dont get ideas.
'what the **** is wrong with you'
mmm yeah well parents need this rating system because if they didn't have it then many more child killers would be on the rampage everyday.
You want Proof well here is Facts:
Japan never used to have a rating system and under 15's murder was so high it was introduced on Video Games. within the next 3 yeard it dropped by a massive 70%.
This was so interesting that Channel 4 made a big program about it and I recommend anyone to watch the repeat which their will be.
As video games get more aggressive I think we will see that many more games just including a gun in it will have a 15 rating placed on it.
Watch this space parents... and be careful... your child could be getting ideas as you read this topic.
Thanks for reading
er-no
Some parents worry and dont want their child playing games which could give them a dangerous mind.
Other parents are not to careful and allowed their child to play any game at any time of the day.
The latter is very dangerous in my mind for the children, I remember Tenchu when it was out, within a few days pupils at my school were stealthing each other and slidding there hands across each others necks. Funny for some but it gives the kids ideas, I can see the parents worries when the child copies wrestling moves and could end up being hurt.
I personally enjoy wrestling and like the moves that are entertaining to watch, but however I have seen at school many people get cuts across the head because a chair went to far.
As more and more games are released and we mostly want more gore we might see that parents and the governments start to ban games a bit like films.
If anyone had watched the BITS program with the naughty games on it you would have seen thrill kill. I want that game but I can exactly see why they banned it, in Tenchu it is not that dangerous to slide your hand across someones throat, but with Thrill Kill I really dont wanna see people jumping on each others necks and twisting so they become broken or picking up objects and unleashing a vicous attack.
Games with this frame of mind are brilliant to play for the older gamers, but if this game was released then u can bet that millions of under 12's would have had a copy from the latter group of parents.
Conkers Bad Fur Day is yet another example but this time it is made solely to shut the press and public up.
People complained that Nintendo had soft games, People complained that Nintendo had kids games,
People complained where are Nintendos HardCore games.
Rares answer was to make a game that had a funny little cute squirrel in it which looks soooo harmless that it brings a tear to a mothers eye, and what have they done, make its face glare and turn it evil. It undoes its pants and lashes on enemies. It swears when the player cant make a jump, it continusly disses the player.
Why have RARE done this, because they no it will sell cause it aint NEVER been done before.
Each game should be looked at, Kingpin was extremely clever, it only was ever allowed on the market because the company made it possible to have the choice for what version you could install, I choose the explicit one and hey WHY NOT, I am 15 and I dont get ideas.
'what the **** is wrong with you'
mmm yeah well parents need this rating system because if they didn't have it then many more child killers would be on the rampage everyday.
You want Proof well here is Facts:
Japan never used to have a rating system and under 15's murder was so high it was introduced on Video Games. within the next 3 yeard it dropped by a massive 70%.
This was so interesting that Channel 4 made a big program about it and I recommend anyone to watch the repeat which their will be.
As video games get more aggressive I think we will see that many more games just including a gun in it will have a 15 rating placed on it.
Watch this space parents... and be careful... your child could be getting ideas as you read this topic.
Thanks for reading
er-no
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I am looking for help, as I am not sure where to start. My friend has an above the knee amputation, and is struggling with the leg provided. She can hack out in company and is trying to school her horse. Ideally she would like to comptet in show jumping and/or dressage competitions and would like to hear from any other rides with an amputation above the knee.
If there are any specialist 'legs' available or other equiplent that would be useful to help her or any adaption that you have found useful we would love to hear from you.
We live on the south coast near Dover in Kent and would be looking for any trainers who would be sympathetic to her situation.
If anyone could help I would be very grateful.
Thank you
Moodymare
If there are any specialist 'legs' available or other equiplent that would be useful to help her or any adaption that you have found useful we would love to hear from you.
We live on the south coast near Dover in Kent and would be looking for any trainers who would be sympathetic to her situation.
If anyone could help I would be very grateful.
Thank you
Moodymare
I find it amazing how many parents don't seem to care in the slightest about what games their children play. One of my friends at school, by the age of 9, was allowed to play games rated as 18s. Although I don't always agree with age ratings, I think that if they are there, they ought to be abided by, at least in part!
I really don't think they do a very good job of rating games, I mean although I am a werstling fan, I still think wrestling games should be rated 15+ because there is more chance of a 10 year old slamming his sister than getting a gun out and shooting her in the head! Like some thing from Res. Evil or Bond
I don't mean to be crude but I think they need to sort things out with regards to the rating system, especially now we have more consoles and games on the way!
The Game
I don't mean to be crude but I think they need to sort things out with regards to the rating system, especially now we have more consoles and games on the way!
The Game
meka that made me cry.
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well done man...
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well done man...
As a parent, I'm very protective about what my daughter sees.
For instance I won't play TWINE in front of her, because the loud explosions scare her. She does enjoy watching Donkey Kong 64 though, so I don't see the harm in letting her watch me play that.
Currently Malibu is 17 months old. She is too young to understand that what she sees on screen is not real.
When she grows up I will do my best to teach her right from wrong, and let her know that games are not real, and videos are not real.
I won't stop her from playing games, though I'd want to know what was in them first, and if I felt that it wasn't suitable, she wouldn't play it.
The same goes for movies. I'd only let her see a film that she wasn't old enough to see, according to the rating, if I'd seen it first, and thought that she'd understand it.
The ratings are there to help parents, and as a guide. If these parents take no interest in what their children do, then they're more likely to grow up with problems.
md
For instance I won't play TWINE in front of her, because the loud explosions scare her. She does enjoy watching Donkey Kong 64 though, so I don't see the harm in letting her watch me play that.
Currently Malibu is 17 months old. She is too young to understand that what she sees on screen is not real.
When she grows up I will do my best to teach her right from wrong, and let her know that games are not real, and videos are not real.
I won't stop her from playing games, though I'd want to know what was in them first, and if I felt that it wasn't suitable, she wouldn't play it.
The same goes for movies. I'd only let her see a film that she wasn't old enough to see, according to the rating, if I'd seen it first, and thought that she'd understand it.
The ratings are there to help parents, and as a guide. If these parents take no interest in what their children do, then they're more likely to grow up with problems.
md
i agree with you but i think that the age raters are apsalutely barmy. eg. perfect dark is quite vilent because you shoot people and when you do blood goes evrywhere but they gave it an 18rateing. This is rediculouse because there are meny more games on the market which are still more violent and have a 15 cert. eg Resident Evil series
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