With the Xbox Editon being popular with parents and kids i ask myself what parents would be concerned about killing pigs and cows im not a parent because im in my teens but i wonder if some kids would be like "Daddy why do we have to kill the piggy" but this would only for kids who dont know meat comes from animals yet
theyed probly sit down and explain to them that. if theyre too young to understand things like that they probly shouldnt be playing games like this, ik its e for everyone but they have games for toddlers. but then you always get the one person who has to blow it out of proportion then protest it then its on the news and i just wana punch those people they make me so angry. to avoid ranting simply saying if you have to question the game and being a parent i would say the child should not play the game at this early of an age yet. id advise ages 7 and up
online play is more likely to cause problems for parents than killing pigs. Considering that most video games teach players to kill everything that moves, having a game that doesn't specifically require it is actually a good thing.
theyed probly sit down and explain to them that. if theyre too young to understand things like that they probly shouldnt be playing games like this, ik its e for everyone but they have games for toddlers. but then you always get the one person who has to blow it out of proportion then protest it then its on the news and i just wana punch those people they make me so angry. to avoid ranting simply saying if you have to question the game and being a parent i would say the child should not play the game at this early of an age yet. id advise ages 7 and up
Actually, i would leave that to the parents and kids don't learn violence from video games if they did they obviously have no self control i started playing Halo when i was 6 and i didn't act like a total maniac.
Considering how tons of other games consist of killing not only animals but people, too, I don't think concerned parents will focus on minecraft too much.
To be honest, I was never dumb an naive enough to believe what I was doing in-game could be, or should be replicated. I was playing GTA III when I was 10 years old (Didn't let my parents know about it, since they would flip) and I have yet to even fight someone, let alone beat a hooker and kill her. If a child is actually dumb enough to believe this, the parents failed long ago, and the kid should just be tossed off a cliff. (Just like at the beginning of 300) Lmao. xD
If parents teach their kids the difference between reality and fantasy than there should be no concerns at all. A little common sense goes a long ways in my opinion.
I'm a farm parent. Natural animal deaths and the killing of piggies and cows for food were merely facts of life, and the kids understood that from a very, very young age. Through those early real life and death experiences, they also learned to be compassionate to those who were ill or dying and that it was OK to have some emotional connection to the animals even when you knew ultimately they would have to be killed or would die.
My concern would be that the ONLY exposure some kids get to death is through the grandized and gratuitous deaths that are often portrayed in FPS games. This game does have some of that; but it handles it better than some others. For example, sheep may now be sheared rather than killed and they yield more wool that way than if they are killed. A player can also easily swear off meats and go completely Vegan. Even after the update and the hunger bar kicks in, there will be ample non-meat food sources for a player to survive. In addition, on peaceful mode, killing of any "living" thing will still be completely unnecessary since, even after the update, the hunger bar will not deplete and will not kill the player.
i knew meat came from animals when i was 2 years old... and even if for some reason a kid who played minecraft didnt know that its not like its going around murdering innocent people and every 3 seconds the game goes "**** **** **** **** **** **** **** ****" i mean come on this its not like this is saints row or anything its minecraft for god's sake
It depends to be honest. I feel that parents are letting kids play games like call of duty way to young. I am only 17, but if i played CoD when i was 12 my mom would have slaughtered me. I think for kids that are 12 and younger, i would prefer them playing minecraft anyday seeing as all they do is kill animals and non existing creatures such as zombies and creepers. It also helps them work on creativity and learning that things take time and effort. They will sit there hours a day just leveling mountains and gathering resources and such i feel they would become a little more patient
If parents actually parent their children rather than plopping them in front of the tv or the computer for entertainment, this is a non-issue. Our society is to quick to put the blame on someone or something other than where it actually belongs. As a society we need to do a better job of accepting responsibility for our actions. Children are a product of the environment they are brought up in as much as the parents or parental figures (read adults who they take cues from due to a lack of effective parenting). Just my two cents. But hey, this is a game forum. I loved the game so much on Xbox, i just bought it for my Mac. A little different interface, but loving it just the same.
As a gamer and a parent I play games with my 5 year old daughter. She watches me play some and will join me in others. We have a Wii, 360 and a PS3. I have a large collection spanning across all genres with the exception to sports games. Not a big fan of sports games. My daughter will sit and try to play minecraft with me but her hands just arent nearly big enough to fit around the xbox360 control. I have since updated my PC and she does play it on the pc with my assistance. I allow her to play certain games on her own. She understands the difference between games and real life. She has sat and watched me play Black Ops Zombies and will sit and play a round of Mario Party with me as well. she has even sat and watched me play games like GTA or Saints Row. Go ahead and call me a bad parent if you want. The difference here though is she watches or plays these games WITH me. Seh isn't left alone in her room allowed to play them by herself. If you let games raise your kids for you, you will end up with one messed up kid thinking killing is right and following the rules is wrong. But if you are there and explain to them that this is just a game and real life is NOTHING like a game. I mean if games really made kids act out the way the games played many of us would be running around jumping on turtles eating mushrooms and flowers and throwing fireballs.
My daughter will sit and try to play minecraft with me but her hands just arent nearly big enough to fit around the xbox360 control.
You should look into getting one of these for her. It's about half the size of a regular Xbox 360 controller. They're very well made and have pretty much the exact same design as the regular controller.
You should look into getting one of these for her. It's about half the size of a regular Xbox 360 controller. They're very well made and have pretty much the exact same design as the regular controller.
The kids learn that you have to kill to survive.
If any kind of family would be concerned about that it would probably be ones that actually listen to the retarded ESRB rating
Oh, yeah, that's exactly what you want to tell a kid. Are you trying to raise a bunch of serial killers or something?
Tell us about the hookers you've killed today, then.
My concern would be that the ONLY exposure some kids get to death is through the grandized and gratuitous deaths that are often portrayed in FPS games. This game does have some of that; but it handles it better than some others. For example, sheep may now be sheared rather than killed and they yield more wool that way than if they are killed. A player can also easily swear off meats and go completely Vegan. Even after the update and the hunger bar kicks in, there will be ample non-meat food sources for a player to survive. In addition, on peaceful mode, killing of any "living" thing will still be completely unnecessary since, even after the update, the hunger bar will not deplete and will not kill the player.
"You grab a shrub of wheat and make 2 of them snort it. After that they will bump into each other a few times and out pops the kin :D"
Now it's up to them if their 8 year old can/should handle it.
But then again if they don't know where meat comes from then they won't be playing online.
You should look into getting one of these for her. It's about half the size of a regular Xbox 360 controller. They're very well made and have pretty much the exact same design as the regular controller.
http://www.gamestop.com/xbox-360/accessories/xbox-360-mini-pro-ex-controller/99934
You sir are a gentleman and a scholar. I will go look for one right after work. Now if only they were wireless.