When the ESRB ratings are ignored, a kid and GTA

"The people that love playing these games are the same people who enjoy Steven Segal movies, bad taste period. GTA as attracted people who... blah blah blah and some other crap the_importer said"

So that means that the intelligence of people who buy GTA are pretty smart considering that they don't go out and kill, kill, kill.

Your logic is flawed and simple. "Bad taste" is an opinion and non-objective. A lot of people like GTA because of the fun gameplay, and the fact it helps relieve stress at the end of a hard day, just like other games that contain violence. I sure as hell wouldn't go out and bash someone's head in or run someone over when I'm pissed, but I would pickup my controller (or PSP) and play channel my anger into the character I portray, while following a good storyline and enjoying the in-depth environment that the game surrounds you in.

I guess people who think "GTA = bad taste" are those who can't take a joke, or actually realize what the game's intentional demographic is. See? That's your logic right there. Flawed and simple.

This reminds me of a story in my local rental place, where a parent was looking for Killzone and asking whether it was appropriate for his 10 year old kid. At the counter, he asked the cashier what M for mature means when it's clearly marked 17+, which I henceforth told him, and THEN said, 'yeah, but it's not the HIGHEST rating, right?'

It's not just the GTA games, it's the games where you hear bullets ripping through viscera.

i would love it if the parent then sees the child play the game and freaks out.

i mean theres a frikin hitman and prostitute on the cover, its rated M, grow a f***ing brain.. (a lot of parents actualy do this, let the kid buy it and then their are like wtf)

Problem with games like GTA is not that their games with violence, it's because they're not games, their violence simulation. Most FPS games feel less violent than GTA.

The people that love playing these games are the same people who enjoy Steven Segal movies, bad taste period. GTA as attracted people who didn't play game for years and people that never played games, just like the DS. The only difference between the DS and GTA is the intelligence of the gamers that bought these products -_-

It's good to see some parents are thinking for themselves instead of automatically accepting the ESRB standard as directly applying to their own individual kid.

xD
wow that made me crackle up