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Pylon
11/22/08

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Why aren't those kids playing Mario Galaxies or Little Big Planet? The video is pretty imbalanced.

Still, M games are certainly being played by kids. I wish game creators would reel in their greed and show some responsibility.

((Parents shouldn't buy these games for their kids? It's not so easy, if your high school kid wants it, of course your elementary school kid is gonna get access to it too))

I think the owness is on the creators.
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Chalkdust
11/22/08

@Pylon: ...so games just shouldn't contain violence or other things not suitable for these kids? That's a bit ridiculous to me. I'm sure there are many who'd agree with you, but we can't just censor/avoid all mature themes because kids exist.
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Chewbenator
11/21/08

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... Some of those kids don't look they should be playing COD4. I look even worse, most like the totally expressionless girl, but freaking out when something scares me.
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Chalkdust
11/22/08

@Chewbenator: Just some of them?
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TheHeartless
11/21/08

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Why did they get kids with juvenile facial seizures? I'm pretty sure from the time I was little, I have always had a pretty good stare for my games. Sometimes I think my mouth falls open a bit, but I don't droop my tongue all over my face or twitch out like those kids do. Similarly, unlike the kid with the headphones who seems to have some sort of mental deficiency, I don't cheer at my games, dance in tune with the Soviet victory theme from COD4, or try to have meaningful conversations with the pixels on-screen.

This little video is harmful to the image of gamers. Also, I find it more than a little upsetting that there are obviously underage kids playing games like GTA and Call of Duty. I can just imagine the ESRB trying to censor this video and NIMF giving it an F on its yearly report card. Oy vey...
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Bialia
11/21/08

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some of you guys are reacting so strongly to this-

"what about movies? what about books? why videogames?"

it's not a negative commentary- it's a funny and interesting assortment of kids faces of concentration with nice lighting.

chill out.
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Darthvinder
11/21/08

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The credits, people!

Andrew Wiggin(s). What kind of sick experiment is this?
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excel_excel
11/21/08

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God I'd never tape myself gaming though.....all I could think about is the faces I'd make.....anyone see that episode of Californication where Charlies caught on camera in his office?...oh god that was fucking too much!
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Kenofthedead
11/21/08

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zombies, all of us.
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Demonbird
11/21/08

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Okay, that kid who was looking all serious, as a single tear streams down his cheek, awesome.

I wonder what he was playing...

Nice video.
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freakout
11/21/08

@Demonbird: Sonic Unleashed.

I think I'm going to have the same reaction.
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excel_excel
11/21/08

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and that girl looked bored playing GTA IV....like most of us really :P
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tzaketh
11/21/08

@excel_excel:

From what I gathered she was driving from point A to point B in some mission, probably for the third time. Yeah, I've had that look on my face while doing that. That's the "I've done this before, are you fucking kidding me? Why do I start at the very beginning!? Oh well, that's how it was in every other mission I've attempted so far. Better get used to it" look.
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excel_excel
11/21/08

@tzaketh: ha exactly! Theres an early mission where you have to follow a car to this warehouse (niko makes a memorable quote during it 'I've heard two car lenghts is the best distance when stalking someone') ohh boy those were some long car rides!
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excel_excel
11/21/08

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"come back here! come back here and let me stab you!"

ok thats the kid. Thats every stereotypical kid on xbox live, put on camera getting all shy, not getting excitied as he would normally playing, yelling faggot at the top of his lungs
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Trogdor: The Burninator
11/21/08

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Oh my goodness, I laughed so hard at 1:56.

It's hilarious to see how fast their expressions change while playing. But hell, I'm sure I'm the same way.
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Demonbird
11/21/08

@GrimCW:

It isn't illegal or anything for them to play those games, you know.
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Demonbird
11/21/08

@Demonbird:

...Why is this here?
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