>> ^gwiz665:
Alright, reading the comments this time...
Spoco2: Really? I mean, really...? Few things anger me as much as religion, but this witch hunt against video games is really angering up my blood. The TV is just as bad as any videogame a five-year-old could ever play (hmm, probably, apart from manhunt), so you'd have to exclude that from the kid as well.

Um... which we do. Seriously, do you think we ban them from playing violent video games but plonk them down in front of Alien on the tv? Come on... at their age they do not need this sort of violence in their lives. You can spout all you wish as to 'I was never affected' or the like, but as well as just pointing out single cases doesn't prove a point, I'd also like to wager a lot of people who say "I played X Y and Z when I was a kid and I'm ok" were not 4/5 when they were playing those games.

We limit what the kids watch on tv, we limit what they play on the computer, both in time and in content... I have NO anger towards video games, you are obviously over touchy on the subject, did you NOT ACTUALLY READ any of my comments? I played games a lot as a kid, I earn my living from computers, but I didn't even touch a computer until I was 7 and then it was the oh so realistic graphics and gameplay as present on the 48K Spectrum...

>> ^tonyandronda:
Jesus. Where to start? That's My son in the video. You all are basing my parenting skills on the fact that I let my son play CS?! I'm a horrible epic fail for that? Really? He knows it's a game folks. And it's not like it's all he plays. He likes his other mario games on the wii also. He like his toys, his bike, and to go swimming. Kid stuff. He also likes to watch his big brother and I play CS against each other. He does not equate the kills on CS as murders Do any of you? Their just points to him. He's always known and understood this. Stomping on Koopas head in Mario is killing too. Where do you draw the line?


And he doesn't play it often. He'd rather play HL2 and fight off ant lions.
And to to the person saying cops and robbers was like tag. What the hell are you talking about? We used GUNS. We shot each other with cap guns. We played DEAD. We did it all day. And to me this no different. And it's safer.
He reads. He does well in school. He's a great kid and plays well with everyone. He doesn't have a mean streak at all. And being a kid who was a nerd growing up, it really chaps my ass to be called a "competitive jock."
Because I laughed that some guy walked right into my kids line of fire? Because I was proud my 5 year old was winning? Please.
I control what servers he plays at. Only the Christian ones. If anyone curses he leaves and tells me. All of the guys he plays with know who he is. And they look out for him when I'm not in the chair next to him. I do parent my kids. All 5 of them. It isn't easy. But I do the best I can. Thanks for watching. Please don't post hateful comments on the YouTube page. He checks it often, and the mean ones upset him.


There will be no getting through to you I see, at all, you try to say that 'he'd rather play HL2'... as if that's better... dear god that has some violence in that game, zombies being blown apart, screaming while they're on fire etc. etc. The game is A Grade great, but for a 5 year old? Truly, you don't get it.

And saying he won't watch violent movies because the music scares him obviously suggests you've given him the chance too... brilliant.

And you say that you play on Christian web servers, which I think really does say a lot. Has your son seen naked women? Are naked men and women and some bad words off limits while gratuitous violence and fighting is a ok?

Great stuff, really... great stuff.

Sure, everyone has different styles of parenting, but ask yourself why does your son really need to be exposed to this so early? Playing or building things with his dad would be a FAR more constructive and lifelong strengthening exercise for him...

Jesus. Where to start? That's My son in the video. You all are basing my parenting skills on the fact that I let my son play CS?! I'm a horrible epic fail for that? Really? He *knows* it's a game folks. And it's not like it's all he plays. He likes his other mario games on the wii also. He like his toys, his bike, and to go swimming. Kid stuff. He also likes to watch his big brother and I play CS against each other. He does not equate the kills on CS as murders Do any of you? Their just points to him. He's always known and understood this. Stomping on Koopas head in Mario is killing too. Where do you draw the line?

And he doesn't play it often. He'd rather play HL2 and fight off ant lions.

And to to the person saying cops and robbers was like tag. What the hell are you talking about? We used GUNS. We shot each other with cap guns. We played DEAD. We did it all day. And to me this no different. And it's safer.

He reads. He does well in school. He's a great kid and plays well with everyone. He doesn't have a mean streak at all. And being a kid who was a nerd growing up, it really chaps my ass to be called a "competitive jock."
Because I laughed that some guy walked right into my kids line of fire? Because I was proud my 5 year old was winning? Please.

I control what servers he plays at. Only the Christian ones. If anyone curses he leaves and tells me. All of the guys he plays with know who he is. And they look out for him when I'm not in the chair next to him. I do parent my kids. All 5 of them. It isn't easy. But I do the best I can. Thanks for watching. Please don't post hateful comments on the YouTube page. He checks it often, and the mean ones upset him.

Poor ant lion, they ganged up on him-