Age ratings on games: Do parents really know what they are buying?

For a couple of days now there has been a discussion on the forum I’m on about this topic. And its blog time so I’m gonna give you my views on this:

Back in the days of my sega mega drive There was a first person shooter out that i thought looked awesome, this game was known as zero tolerance. This game was pretty much the first FPS game i played *next to wolf 3D and doom* I borrowed it off my dads mate at the time. He did in fact warn me about it being a little scary. But i thought what the hey its only a game. I was about 6 at the time. I shoved the cartridge in and started playing. The game was unlike doom or wolf 3D. It was darker scarier and at that point scared the pants off me.

I never saw that game again.

Then I maned up a little and on the ps1 was playing GTA1 demo i got with my ps1 magazine. I loved it could not stop playing. Now as mum and dad didn’t see me react to this game other than woo this os awesome. they thought nothing more of it. All they saw was pixels killing pixels, running around in 2d cars which made bad noises.

Then moving forward to the PS2 mum and dad one easter got me GTA3! This i thought was fantastic, having played GTA1 they picked up on it and got me the game. It wasn’t until dad saw me playing the game he though. Should you be old enough for this? (I was having my way with a hooker at the time just to get some health). 

My point is here i think some parents are oblivious to the fact games realism has increased meagerly in the last few years. People aren’t killing pixels anymore. There is gore, horror and all sorts in there. and i still think the parents think “oh its just a game, your only killing moving pictures its fine!” Well to be honest your not and people need to take a little more care.

There is word going round that they plan to higher the price of violent video games. To be honest i think the parents need to be more observant and actaully view what they are buying their kids.

They wouldn’t do it with a movie so why video games?

-Garv

The price of games…

At the moment i am a bit stuck. I like may people of my age (ish) am a student, skint as hell living on water biscuits and the like, paying my way through uni for a piece of paper that says. Dude your great you can now have some letters at the end of your name (by the end of ts academic year ill be know as the infamous Rob Bunce FDABA woo!) and a piece of paper just to show you that these letter mean something.

So at the moment i Haven’t got much money in the Bank and what i have got is saved for a rainy day (better be raining the day i graduate :p)

So its no surprise really that i think the price of current Gen games these days are a bit steap. Sure the dreaded evil thing that should never come out of a humans lips known as the economic recession *flinches expecting the government to take him out with a head shot* has brought the price of games down a tiny bit but seriously if a new release comes out and i have to folk out 40 quid of my cash for said game. That’s a good months dinners down he drain. But I’m a game a holic there is not a day that goes past that i havn’t  set my fingers on a joy pad of some kind, you could say i was born with a joy pad in my hand. but hats not a mental image anybody wants really.

So what I’m asking here is, is it just me who thinks that the price of games is ridiculous? New PS1 games back then were about 20 quid brand new, Yeah so games these days have HD and maybe fireworks coming out of the TV every time you win but 40 quid? Seriously?

My dilemma at the moment is deciding between Street Fighter IV, Halo Wars, Gh metallica and both F.E.A.R games. Can only have 1 (or 2 in the case of F.E.A.R.) Its times like this where i should if got a part time job at game to get the staff discount.

New month New games!

Just got prince and persia and Fallout 3 added to my collection this month. Its amazing what birthday treats you get. I wouldof been happy enough with the bass amp and i station. Not that i’m saying take fallout 3 away becuase if you do i may have to kill you :p Its amazing! Where have i been? Locked up undergraound for 200 years? :p

Just to give you a little brief taste of what fallout 3 offers. First person (always my favorite perspective, especaliy in genral everyday life :p) RPG ost apacolypitic zombie killing awesomeness. I love it so. Its very rare for me to find a good RPG. I love RPG games but they haveto engross me and alot haven’t. The only RPG games that have engrossed m to the point of never seeingthe outside again are Fable1+2, golden sun 1, Kingdom hearts 1 (untill i got the why the hell am i playing a disney come kids game which is surprisingly challenging reality check) Crisis Core final fantasy VII and of course fallout 3. I’ve tried FF 3, Blue Dragon, Golden sun 2, Kingdom hearts 2 and some othr i cant think of at the mo but they did not do anything for me.

Haven’t sunk my teeth into PoP yet but you gotta save these things. I’ll tell you more when i play it.

Well expect another update soon i feel another eview comeing on.

Prototype

One of the games i have been following since the first trailers came out early last year is prototype. A game where you play as a guy who has no memory. He has just woken up in Newyork where an outbreak of a virus has broken out turning people into zombie like creatures. You yourself are hunted by the government as you have super human powers which you have no idea how yo got but you know how to use. Therefore the games throws you into the center of a raging 3 way war on the newyork streets as you try and regain your memory. You have to fight, fly, destroy, consume and hunt your way through the story to get some answers. And a little bit of senseless destruction never hurts

The game is based in newyork and is yet another sandbox game that is going to hit the market. How i see this game is a mixture of GTA IV with the huge potential Crack Down had.

I suggest you take a look for yourself:

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/44140.html

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/44142.html

I am looking forward to this summe

Garv!