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Manticore Night
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Posted: 18th Aug 2004 05:12
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I just read on Gamasutra that in California their putting Mature games on separate shelves, 5 feet off the ground. This isn't the best way to stop kids from buying Mature games, they won't be able to reach it, that'll really help . They should be educating parents and children, not putting the games on really tall shelves.
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=4182

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bitJericho
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Posted: 18th Aug 2004 05:15
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5 feet high is not high at all..

They are probably doing it for the same reason why you don't see cigarrette adds on the bottom side of the sales counters anymore, so little children can't see it and won't get it imprinted on their minds

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Ilya
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Posted: 18th Aug 2004 05:19 Edited at: 18th Aug 2004 05:20
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I'm 5 feet high and tall for my age.
(And violent games will NOT make me kill people)
(I have plenty of violent games)

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Ian T
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Posted: 18th Aug 2004 05:24
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Nothing wrong with that. In fact it's a good idea. A lot of mature game covers are not things I'd want 5-year-old kids to see .


Oh how perfect...
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Dazzag
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Posted: 18th Aug 2004 05:28
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No psycho dwarves then?

I heard some of our high street stores are going to stop selling games altogether because of violence. Class. Don't seriously care as most of them are too costly compared to online anyhows. But you have to laugh considering the same shops are still selling some pretty nasty violent movies/ albums. Still, suppose that sort of mindless scaremongering was a previous generation's band of mothers.

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Terabyte
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Posted: 18th Aug 2004 05:30
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I think that's to stop them seeing it.. not stop them buying it...
I'd imagine mature games might have some mature content on the cover?
Or might do in the future.

I guess same way you get "Top Shelf Magazines" you get "Top Shelf Games"

Shame for any perverted midgits wtf

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Dazzag
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Posted: 18th Aug 2004 05:32
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Quote: "Shame for any perverted midgits wtf"
Heh, the whole internet is a top shelf pretty much. They just have to get high stools to see the screen.

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Damokles
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Posted: 18th Aug 2004 07:11
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Too bad Dazzag is right.

Internet has really dark sides and there is no way to get them away.
I'm not speaking about those nasty sites, and the things that are so easy to download.
I know some kids, who were victims of some sick guys on the chat. and I see no way to avoid that (except forbidding internet)

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Killswitch
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Posted: 18th Aug 2004 08:33
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Quote: "victims of some sick guys on the chat"


I'm not sure what you mean with that but if they didn't like what someone was saying then should leave, or if they met him then they shouldn't have. I have no intention of meeting anyone I met on the internet and I think the dangers should be stressed to little kids as early as possible.

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Ian T
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Posted: 18th Aug 2004 08:51
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Parents should monitor their childrens' activity on the net very closely until they know their child is knowledgable enough to avoid people like that. If they have an honest relationship with their child and do that, I can't see how running into perverts could become a major problem. I'd personally be more worried about my hypothetical kids finding web sites with very inappropriate (I'm not just talking about porn) content. I'd want a really good web filter...


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Mattman
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Posted: 18th Aug 2004 08:53
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Dazzag said albums, and I believe he was reffering to music. One of my favorite bands is Joy Division. They were a very dark, gloomy, scary band. Their music actually helped guide me out of depression, especially the fact that their lead singer commited suicide 3 years into the bands career at the high point

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Ian T
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See? That's what you get for listening to that kind of stuff ... I can't think of a single country singer who's commited suicide, period!


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Sir Spaghetti Code
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At least not on purpose. TONS of them have drank themselves to death

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Manticore Night
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Posted: 18th Aug 2004 09:04
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Quote: "I can't think of a single country singer who's commited suicide, period!"
I can think of some that should.

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Sir Spaghetti Code
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Posted: 18th Aug 2004 09:26
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Beautifully stated Manticore! lol

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Ian T
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Posted: 18th Aug 2004 10:02
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Quote: " I can think of some that should."


I don't need to...

Quote: " Beautifully stated Manticore! lol"


Ah, but you haven't tried it .


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Damokles
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Posted: 18th Aug 2004 16:10 Edited at: 18th Aug 2004 16:11
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Quote: "if they didn't like what someone was saying then should leave,"

The problem is here : those pervert guys said nice things to those victims until they really met them.

Quote: "if they met him then they shouldn't have."

Well, some of the victims trusted them everything. So they became their "best friends" and a meeting sounds logical to the victims.
(I'm talking about young kids, but also some older victims, adult ones. No idea why, but personaly I only know female victims)

Quote: "Parents should monitor their childrens' activity on the net very closely until they know their child is knowledgable enough to avoid people like."

Also monitoring their msn-talk ? Then the children would feel controlled and begin to do it secretly.
When can they know their child is knowledgable enough ? There is no way to know it.


Now let's talk about those people who drank to death.


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BatVink
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Posted: 18th Aug 2004 16:56
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It may sound stuffy, but there is too much mature content in most things these days. My kids are 7, 5 and 6 months. If you have young children, you'll know just how impressionable they are, and how attractive packaging and violent content are a bad mix.

If you have kids, you'll probably know how difficult it is to stop your kids seeing the things you don't want them to see. Adverts for programs containing death, murder and sex are sandwiched in between breakfast programs these days.

There's plenty of time to see these things later in life.

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ReD_eYe
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Posted: 18th Aug 2004 19:47
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I'd hate to be Mouse's hypothetical child
Seriously; country music, good web filters and i believe you said something about eating 100% natural foods in another thread Dear god... i think i'm gonna faint

Just kidding, you can adopt me anyday


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Ian T
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Posted: 18th Aug 2004 23:51
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BatVink-> Agreed .

Hell_Eye-> See how much the world needs to be fixed ?


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Dazzag
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Posted: 19th Aug 2004 02:30
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Quote: "I can't think of a single country singer who's commited suicide, period!"
The obvious answer is I can't think of a single country singer full stop. Let alone any that commited suicide. Although if the commercialised s**te that most of us hear once or twice over the years is anything to go by, then they shouldn't commit suicide. Because it would take away the pleasure of rounding them up them shooting them.

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Ian T
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You can't convert me to your evil empire of bad music Hawkins!


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