Would you buy Halo for a 12 year old?

[Anonymous]

Seems a little young to me. Just wondering if this is the norm and I'm being an old fuddy duddy aunt. (Birthday request).

[Anonymous]

Why not?

[Anonymous]

Common Sense Media says 16. There are studies that show heavy gaming with FPS games are emotionally desensitizing.

[Anonymous]

No.

[Anonymous]

No.

[Anonymous]

No.

[Anonymous]

He'll no. But then I wouldn't buy it for anyone under 25 either. That shit is awful.

[Anonymous]

Have any of you actually played Halo? It's very, very mild cartoony type violence. Before you make a decision, ask people who have actually played.

Of course I would allow Halo for a 12 year old. I would let an eight year play it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have any of you actually played Halo? It's very, very mild cartoony type violence. Before you make a decision, ask people who have actually played.

Of course I would allow Halo for a 12 year old. I would let an eight year play it.

I've never played or seen it so I don't want to to think I'm being sarcastic or snarky, but I thought halo had guns and was warfare based?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have any of you actually played Halo? It's very, very mild cartoony type violence. Before you make a decision, ask people who have actually played.

Of course I would allow Halo for a 12 year old. I would let an eight year play it.

I've never played or seen it so I don't want to to think I'm being sarcastic or snarky, but I thought halo had guns and was warfare based?

If this makes any difference, you shoot aliens, not people, in Halo. It is not graphic. The original Halos had the aliens yelling swear words on occasion. Haven't heard the language in the later ones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Common Sense Media says 16. There are studies that show heavy gaming with FPS games are emotionally desensitizing.

No there aren't. Almost every study like that, as well as ones that have linked video games to violence, have been debunked. No study has proven a real world correlation between games and violence or games and reaction to real world brutality. Those that have showed that games have an effect on the user show physiological effects (stress) only.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Common Sense Media says 16. There are studies that show heavy gaming with FPS games are emotionally desensitizing.

No there aren't. Almost every study like that, as well as ones that have linked video games to violence, have been debunked. No study has proven a real world correlation between games and violence or games and reaction to real world brutality. Those that have showed that games have an effect on the user show physiological effects (stress) only.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111012124019.htm

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seems a little young to me. Just wondering if this is the norm and I'm being an old fuddy duddy aunt. (Birthday request).[/quoti
My nephew asked for a M rated game at 12. His parents said okay. I didn't. I gAve a gift card so they could sponsor him buying it.

[Anonymous]

Halo is so cartoony. But the monsters may be a bit scarier and give the younger ones nightmares. If you let your kids watch "How to train your dragon" or any of the LOTR movies, they would be fine with Halo.

My kids play COD with me. They know the difference between real and fake, and understands that in real life, when you die, you don't respawn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have any of you actually played Halo? It's very, very mild cartoony type violence. Before you make a decision, ask people who have actually played.

Of course I would allow Halo for a 12 year old. I would let an eight year play it.

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