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Originally Posted by BigNumbers
Yah, even in MP, sneaking up behind a guy and the noise of putting a knife through his chest and the sound of his rib cage being broken through... pretty gory stuff.
But that's a good point made earlier - I played much worse at that age... So am I being a hypocrite?
I mean, we were the first generation ( late 20s early 30s) to have grown up entirely on semi-realistic video games ... Our parents (generally) didn't understand or appreciate what we were playing, nor monitor us... And we turned out okay?
Interesting question - do as I say, not as I did...
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I knew I wasn't supposed to be playing those games, which is part of it.
Parents acting like it's no big deal I think is a contributor to normalising it. Like, I dunno if I'd let a 12 year old watch Band of Brothers or Saving Private Ryan, but I feel like watching those movies with an adult is more appropriate for a 12 year old than blowing helmets off skulls with well placed sniper rounds without the context of the larger horrors of the first world war.
Maybe I'm just a big ninny muggins though, I like war shooters.