Video Game Violence Leads to Real Life Violence

I let my son play videogames. He'd be considered a weirdo if I didn't, but I draw a line. I don't allow my kid to play anything rated over E and even then I'm sometimes not comfortable with some of the themes in these games, like witchcraft and magic. But just like kids watching TV was a reality that my parents had to deal with, parents these days have to deal with the fact that you're kids are going to be playing video games.

If you're like me you don't much like playing videogames, nor for that matter are you very good at playing video games, so the actual content of the games that your kids are playing is a complete and utter mystery to you. So how do you know which games are good.for your children and which games will lead them down a less than wanted path? Well, I'm here to help.

The ESRB (Electronic System Rating Beuro) has the solution. In the bottom corner of most video games you'll see a letter. This letter is a rating like you'd see in a movie and it tells you who these titles are appropriate for. .I'll start you off with the basics.

E- You can remember "E" by remembering that it officially stands for "everyone". These are the safest games for your children, and you can buy them relatively fear free. The rating can be a little bit misleading though as all of these titles are most definitely not appropriate for just everyone. Some of these seemingly innocous games rated "E" have had things in them like "Fantasy Violence" which besides being violent and making young boys want to fight things can also include things like Witchcraft, Wizadry, Spells and other such Satanic rituals used to dispatch of enemies.

E10+- You can remember E10+ in pretty much the same way that you remember "E" in that it means that it's for "Everyone" but under no circumstances should you EVER let your kids play if they are under 10 years old. E10+ allows for even more violence all the way up to "Mild Violence" which includes people getting into fist fights and shooting at each other, as well as "Comic mischief" which will subject your children to ideas such as vandalism being a fine way to spend a day.

T- T stands for "Teenager". If your child is a teenager you know what sorts of sins are going on through their minds and theres no reason to exaserbate the problem. T games include such disgusting and gross misconduct as "Partial Nudity", "Sexual Themes", "Sexual Violence (Which includes rape)" and "Language (Which sounds educataional but they are referring to the bad kind)." If your child isn't already being exposed to this enough through school, why would you ever want to reinforce these uncouth behaviors by buying a videogame for your child which glorifies them? Even if your child is a teenager, I'd recomend stick far, far away from theses ones.

M- M stands for mature. While maturity is usually marked by a certain stoicism, "Mature" games are anything but. Take all the awful things that are in the teenager category and multiply by a factor of ten. Make no mistake about it, mature games are nothing but pure and unadulturated pornography. If you care about your soul and the souls of others, if you see your child or any other child playing a game with a big, black "M" marked on the case do them a favor and press the eject button on their video game and snap the disk in half. They may cry and be angry with you now, but several years down the line when they realize what maturity truly is they'll thank you.

So to sum up the list if your kid is under ten years of age stick with the "E" rating, but be vigilant for Satanic practices trying to be slipped into your childrens impressionable minds. If your child is over ten you may allow them to purchase games with "E10+" but you'll have to be even more careful as videogame designers allow even more evil into their games when they add the 10+ to the end. Any ranking higher, you must avoid at all costs and if you see your kids try to sneak them into the house I'd say that's grounds enough to search your child's room for drugs.

I've gotten a bit off track here, but the important thing to remember is that video game violence leads to real violence. The Columbine School Shooters played the most violent game of the early 90's, the Devil Worship Gloryfying game Doom, and since then every single act of violence at school when looked into turns out that the kids had been playing violent videogames at the home. We'd be better off if technology never moved forward and the Devil didn't come up with new ways to enchant our children into doing his bidding and shying away from the warm loving rays of hope of God, but the fight for our souls is an eternal battlefield and we must remain deligent in protecting our souls and the souls of others.

Another helpful tip before I finish this admittedly long post, if your kids are going to go hang out with a friend, make sure to call up the parents and find out if their kids are allowed to play videogames. Pretend to not have a problem with videogames and ask something like, "I was about to send my kid over to play with your kid and was wondering if your kid had Grand Theft Auto, and if my kid needed to bring it over." If they say "We already have that game" you know not to let your kid go over to play. I'm going to close this up with a list of other games that you should not allow your kid to play ever and that you could also use in your phone conversations with other suspicous parents.

Doom

Zelda

Lord of the Rings

World of Warcraft

Diablo

Prince of Persia

Assassin's Creed

Contra

Call of Duty

Halo

Medal of Honor

Final Fantasy

These are just to name a few. I would like to make the suggestion that you look up video game titles for yourself as well so that you may add to the list.