Odst?

Thanks davido. Not worried about swearing, i'm sure he probably hears worse on the playground. What worries me is his desire to kill/maim/destroy/blow up everything and everyone and the fact that his dad positively encourages it. His 3 year old brother now imitates his every move so i've got two of them at it. I know they're boys and boys play like that but i don't want to the mother of the kid on tv whos just taken a gun to school. I'm sure i'm probably over-reacting cos he's actually a very caring, sensitive boy, but these games are really bringing out the worst in him.

Once again, sorry for de-rail.

wouldnt worry about it kelly halo isn't that violent just don't let him near gear's of war now that is very violent.

[yorkie_chris]

Dunno what this is from, but pretty cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tsBZYlP_Vw

Might be looking for a -360 soon, any ideas? (PC too much messing around for same games I think)

yc do yourself a favour and get a ps3 the game's coming are way better.

Originally Posted by fastdruid

I think tbh it depends on if you're happy with him playing third person shooter but tbh I found the flood creepy and IMO they could give a 7yo nighmares if he got that far.

Would I let my 7yo play it? Ask me in 7.5 years for a definite answer but now I'd say no.

Druid

Thanks Druid. It's a really difficult one. He spends a lot of time at his dads and i've even had my solicitor put in writing, amongst other things, that he shouldnt be playing these games. For a while it was ok but his behaviour has noticeably worsened as a result of now having a 16yr old step brother who he plays these games with. I'll happily cause a fuss to stop it happening (and make myself very unpopular with my boys ), i just wanted to make sure i was justified. Thanks for your opinions guys.

Originally Posted by fastdruid

tbh I found the flood creepy

Tell me about it.
Although like you said boys will be boys.
looking back now only being 18 many of the games i played i never fully understood so didnt think the violence that serious, just lets kill baddies and the ugly aliens only difference is now it looks better than it did.
I shouldnt be to worried

yc get a 360 the PS4's suck IMO if you want to watch films and nothing else get a PS3 but if your after games especially with a real online system get a 360 no difference in graphics and the 360 has the better games not the PS3 and if you get the yellow light of death you have the 1 year warranty and thats it but you buy microsoft and get the RROD you have a 3 year warranty

New Xbox's dont really get RROD...smaller better chips that produce less heat which was the issue with lead free solder becoming birttle and blah blah blah boreds bend connections dont work it goes bang.

Get an arcade if you want....need to buy harddrive seperatly but has hdmi port and normaly comes with 1 or 2 free games (pc world)

[yorkie_chris]

Of course the console anyone has bought is the best

I love the first couple of halos, only real reason for me to buy -360 would be for COD4 and halo series.

GOW is fun aswell.