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Seriously, searching “the oc” + “not for children” gets you to my blog. So I’d like to reiterate it to make parents feel satisfied.

The OC is not for children. Not only that, it’s a lousy show. Don’t let them watch it.If they’re under 15, they should be watching cartoons–or just not watching television at all, but reading or playing with friends or even playing video games. Playing video games, where you get to make choices and see the concequences of them, is far more educational than watching television and letting people tell you what to think.

Don’t be stringent on your kids and not let them watch television at all, but give them some good shows. Discovery and History Channel. Disney and Nickelodeon, even though their programming is lousy nowadays.

And no M games, unless you plan on playing with them. Don’t let them play Halo. Sit them down and play Medal of Honor Co-operative, and talk to them about the history of the World Wars. Play Age of Empires with them and explain what the campaign of Atilla the Hun means.

You’re right. The OC is not for children.

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This was an interesting post that has nothing to do with the news, and yet all to do with it.

I am a firm supporter of AO and M-rated games. And I am also a supporter of protecting children from the harm these games could cause them.

But here’s a clue: it’s not the game’s fault.

My siblings don’t watch The OC and Nip and Tuck. My little brother did not watch 300. Just saying.

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A parody video of the report on Mass Effect was released by Leading Ready Run, and I thought it would be nice of me to post it for you all.

Luckily, the scandal is over, FOX News have been called bigots and Cooper Lawrence has personally admitted she had had no prior research or knowledge of the game, and was very sorry for having agreed to go on air and crack at it. She had no idea what the sex scenes in the game were actually like when she was on the show, and for that I give a Tip of the Hat to her and a Wag of the finger to FOX News. I suddenly respect Cooper Lawrence infinitely more. It takes guts to admit your mistakes.

Note: Jack Thompson never admits his mistakes.

But he did defend Mass Effect, which was utterly mindblowing. He may simply be jealous because the spotlight’s not on him anymore. Just go to jail, Jack.

Source: http://loadingreadyrun.com/videos/view/302/max_effect

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Give this a read.

Apparently, Mass Effect (which is an M-rated Star-Wars-like RPG shooter game where you basically race across the galaxy in order to stop the destruction of all universal life as we know it) has now been compared to a virtual sex game (totally NSFW). While I understand the shock upon learning that there is sex in an M-rated video game (God forbid, since we all know R-rated movies don’t have any sex in them and kids can totally watch them) I’m a little unconvinced as to the validity of the analysis of the situation. I mean, I’ve been playing Mass Effect for over 10 hours now starting Sunday night, and I haven’t run into any sex whatsoever…

And it’s not like this article is all wrong. See, I agree perfectly with the idea that parents should be focused on what their kids are doing. Absolutely. My parents didn’t let me watch Titanic, and I’m glad–I didn’t even like the movie when I watched it once I was “old enough.” Same goes for video games–you think something in the home is any less dangerous than outside? Just because your kid can’t get into a movie theater to see an R-rated movie doesn’t mean he can’t just pop in your Tarantino DVDs back at home. Do you want your kid watching Tarantino?

That’s why game companies have added things like Parental Control on their consoles. You can actually set up a console so M rated games and T rated games won’t play without your consent.

The thing that bothers me is 1) how incorrect, and disgustingly warped the review of Mass Effect is and how misinformed it leaves the reader and 2) why are people pointing the fingers at game companies and the game industry in general? I mean, we don’t make games like Mass Effect for kids, any more than Tarantino makes Reservoir Dogs for kids.

I’m going to go ahead and apply for an interview with the writers, though I know I probably won’t get it. It’s just… it blows my mind to see how people come to such extremist conclusions on the most basic and tentative steps. Maybe we really need to listen to the critics and ask them what exactly is the reason they’re so adamant. Maybe they need to listen to us. I don’t know. It’s a really messed up world out there.

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