Monday, July 28, 2008

Parents - Never trust a news story about "scary" games.

Again it has come to my attention that a news team has reported on absurdities regarding kids and gaming.

This time, it was a story saying that children supposedly earned game points for nude pictures of themselves. After digging deeper, this turned out to be as stupid and silly as all the other "news" stories that tries to scare parents. No pedophiles here.

http://kotaku.com/5030079/tv-station-check-with-detective-for-facts-on-pedophile-story

Parents - Beware of stories about sex & child exploitation in news stories. They are 99.99% sure to be false. Like the story about nudity in the role playing game (RPG) named "Mass Effect" for the PC and Xbox 360.

Remember - All games carries a rating, just as movies do. If the game has a big "M", for mature, on it, don't let your 12 year old play it. At least not alone.

I'll write another post about this topic during the week.

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