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Anne Collier, What do you think about toy guns in gaming? Does it make it any worse.
Asked by MasterChief on Nov 27 2007 7:09:44 PM and supported by 16 members MORE!

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As a parent I've never been a huge fan of first-person shooter games for people whose prefrontal cortexes are still in development (i.e., people under 18), so I was not thrilled to hear that not only is the player represented as behind a gun, but now the "gun" is being placed in the player's hand. I understand that realism is always the objective in games and virtual worlds, but this just doesn't seem good in a "real" world that already has too much violence in it. It's depressing, and it makes me wish that there were a rating board for game hardware now - or some sort of disclaimer or other tool that could at least give parents the opportunity to stop and think before they buy a gun-type controller. Maybe Nintendo has something like that in the works. I hope so.

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