Father Hacks Zelda For His Daughter, Makes Link A Girl
Maybe Link doesn't need to be a young boy.
How Do You Tell Your Family You're a Tekken Fan?
Commenter Normalaatsra has never told his parents or brother his darkest secret: he loves Tekken. For many people this would not be a problem. So why is Normalaatsra hiding the disc from his family? Find out in today's very special episode of Speak Up on Kotaku.
Two-Thirds of Parents Admit They Don't Bother Checking Video Game Age…
The ESRB has a fairly detailed and complex system
"Just For Kids" Comes to PlayStation 3 Netflix, Still Waiting for "Just…
The menacing black box lurking within your entertainment center just got a bit less menacing, as Netflix adds the bright and colorful "Just for Kids" to the PlayStation 3 version of its streaming video app.
Child Left in GameStop Leads to Neglect Arrest
Attention parents of the world: GameStop is not a babysitting service. That fact was made abundantly clear to 21-year-old Kethia Dagrin-Francois of Florida when police arrested her for child neglect after her five-year-old son was found wandering the parking lot of Boyton Mall.
Why Won’t My Parents Play Video Games With Me?
Why won't my father game with me?
Police Say Christmas Gaming Drove Woman to Attack Children with…
Allegedly enraged over her five-year-old son's playing of a video game he received as a Christmas gift, Jutrina Tillman of Phoenix, Arizona, dragged the young boy into his bedroom and began to strangle him before threatening to kill him and his 13-year-old sister with a butcher knife.
How To Talk to Your Children About Classic Video Games
It's a delicate subject but one that will inevitably come up for any parent, and you've got to be prepared. In this age of bright and shiny high definition games, how can we force our children to play through the games we grew up on first? This is commenter Balmung's question in today's Speak Up on Kotaku. Now eat your …
It's Frightening How Persistent a Child Predator Can Be
In December of 2010, 18-year-old Alex Trowell of Idaho was on his way to visit his 12-year-old World of Warcraft girlfriend in New Mexico. Alerted by the girl's mother, New Mexico police called Trowell and had him turn his car around.
Parents Concerned Over High School Students Play-Acting Call Of Duty
"It's too real and too much like the Columbine tragedy," says one concerned parent regarding a video shot at Rocklin High School in California depicting students pretending to play Call of Duty with imaginary weapons. Oh come on, really?
Playing Video Games With Dad Builds Better Daughters
Do video games make girls healthier and happier? A brand-new study out of Brigham Young University's School of Family Life suggests they do, as long as parents are willing to play along.
How Do You Balance A New Baby And Gaming?
Commenter Jopeter explores the joys of trying to balance gaming with a newborn baby in today's installment of Speak-Up on Kotaku.
Violent Video Games Promote Civic Behaviors
Just because you're shooting other people online doesn't mean you're going to shoot them offline. In fact, according to a recent study conducted by researchers at Texas A&M International University, playing violent video games could promote civic engagement in children.
Resident Evil 5 May Have Exposed Child To Real Evil
A father in the Canadian province of British Columbia contacted the police on Monday after receiving sexually explicit messages from a man his 12-year-old daughter had met playing while Resident Evil 5.
Playing With Your Children Can Save Their Mental Health
Using the television or video game console to babysit your child might be more detrimental than you think. The results of a two decade study show that actively participating in your child's life could save them from severe personality disorder.
Who Should Be Responsible For Keeping Violent Games From Children?
A Gallup survey conducted over the weekend finds that while Americans believe the greatest responsibility for keeping violent games out of children's hands lies with parents, they aren't opposed to the government stepping in to help.
Bumper Stickers For Proud Gamer Parents
Any kid can get on the honor roll, but how many can get through Super Mario Bros. without using a warp pipe? These are the sort of accomplishments any gaming parent would be proud to display on their bumper.
Grand Theft Auto Used To Steer Children Away From Violence? That's New
Grand Theft Auto, often the whipping-boy for the anti-violent video games movement, is being used by a program in Merseyside, England to help stop children becoming desensitized to violence. Welcome to Bizarro world.
Italian Teen Stabs Father Over FIFA 2009
An Italian man giving video game advice to his son Sunday evening was repaid with a 15-inch kitchen knife to the neck.
Survey: 82% Of "Gamer" Parents Are Hip To The ESRB
A survey conducted by The Harrison Group and Activision Publishing has found that a large percentage of parents with gaming children are familiar with the ESRB ratings system.
What Parents Think Their Kids Learn From Video Games
One parent has put Modern Warfare and Halo to educational use for their four-year-old. Another believes Okami teaches values. These are the things the parents among you told us about what games do — or don't do — for children.
Parent: Nintendo DS Would Have Distracted Newton From Discovering…
I just discovered a hullabaloo over at the Orange County Register's Mom Blog that began when blogger/mom Marla Jo Fisher explained why she keeps her household gaming free.
SOE Assures Parents It's Okay To Play Free Realms
In advance of the release of their family-friendly online multiplayer game Free Realms, Sony Online Entertainment has release a booklet explaining the benefits that games like Free Realms offer children.
Wrestling Video Game Blamed For Child's Parachuting Death
Friends of 9-year-old Damori Miles of Brooklyn, New York, claim the boy was imitating moves from WWE SmackDown vs Raw when he jumped off of his apartment rooftop to his death wearing a makeshift parachute.
Microsoft: 75% Of Parents Think Gaming Is Beneficial
Microsoft's second annual Play Smart, Play Safe campaign survey results are in, with UK parents overwhelmingly agreeing that video games have a beneficial effect on their children and families.
Obama Talks Gaming During Congressional Address
Just because President Barack Obama is a verified gamer
Family Gaming Awards Play The Age Card
UK site Game People takes a slightly different approach to video game awards, breaking games down into life stages instead of the more traditional console or genre distinctions.
AOL Schools Parents On Gaming At PlaySavvy
AOL has officially launched PlaySavvy.com, a new website aimed at informing curious parents about the games their children play and generating revenue from ads aimed at this lucrative demographic.
