I got my 10 year old sister into RE :)

[Alzaire]

I'm inclined to sorta agree with Trent on this one. I watched all sorts of scary shit with my parents as a kid, and I don't remember most of it because I wasn't old enough to really know what was going on. I was a lot more scared, say, when I was 9/10 watching The Mummy for the first time because of the "scary face" than I was about 6 watching RE or some other film I vaguely remember with some monster on a ship and it had all dead bodies in the lift, fresh skeletons all red with their skin pulled off. I don't remember even being scared by that at all. I think you have to know what something is and have a certain level of awareness before that something can scare you and you can put it into perspective, instead of being like *yawn* dead bodies in a lift.. Where's my Gameboy?, then a few years later when my brain had developed a bit more, "Omg scary Mummy who can fit through keyholes and turn other people into Mummies". I watched all sort of scary films/scary games as a youngster with my parents and I wouldn't change it for a thing. I don't think anything in RE1 scared me because I was too young. RE2 Marvin turning into a zombie scared me a bit but I enjoyed being scared, and Nemesis scared me but again, it was fun. Other than that, it was the jump factor. I enjoyed it all though. I guess everyone is different.

Well, that's your own perspective really. I think it's really relative. Some people won't be effected at any age, yet some will. My mom babysits our neighbor's kids (like 4 and 6 years old). They get scared watching shit that isn't even meant to be scary. Some people are just more sensitive than others at any age.

[Trent]

Oh you doubt?

Well, that's case closed then!

What I said is a hypothesis that emphasizes a point, not a conclusion.

Had you run out of the room scared shitless the first time you did this, would your parents have made you endure it (and others) many times into the future?

What is the significance of this question?

Some people won't be effected at any age, yet some will. My mom babysits our neighbor's kids (like 4 and 6 years old). They get scared watching shit that isn't even meant to be scary. Some people are just more sensitive than others at any age.

Agreed.

[Alexia_Ashford]

What you're talking about sounds to me like a controlled environment though. Had you run out of the room scared shitless the first time you did this, would your parents have made you endure it (and others) many times into the future?

No. I imagine they weren't bothered because I didn't even notice and they didn't like to leave me alone. And yeah, I agree. Some kids are different, personally, it didn't bother me. That's probably why I'm not fussed about kids of an older age than I was when I first played RE, playing RE.

[Bertha]

Well, that's your own perspective really. I think it's really relative. Some people won't be effected at any age, yet some will. My mom babysits our neighbor's kids (like 4 and 6 years old). They get scared watching shit that isn't even meant to be scary. Some people are just more sensitive than others at any age.

Very much this. I watched my brother play the first RE when I was eight....maybe nine. The only things that frightened me were the things that jumped out suddenly. As a kid, I naturally couldn't fortell that a long, narrow hallway with windows and a weird camera angle was going to mean something. These days, you can pretty much guess where things are going to jump out at you. As for 'scary' movies in general...I watched plenty as a kid, and the only ones that really got to me were the ones like It or the Shining. The Shining was probably one of the most terrifying becuase of the realistic feel. Aside from the ghosts, there were no unstoppable killers or fantasy monsters.

On the other hand...I have an extremely sheltered cousin that cried while watching the Labyrinth. I guess David Bowie's package just didn't sit well with her.

[TheMedic]

Very much this. I watched my brother play the first RE when I was eight....maybe nine. The only things that frightened me were the things that jumped out suddenly. As a kid, I naturally couldn't fortell that a long, narrow hallway with windows and a weird camera angle was going to mean something. These days, you can pretty much guess where things are going to jump out at you. As for 'scary' movies in general...I watched plenty as a kid, and the only ones that really got to me were the ones like It or the Shining. The Shining was probably one of the most terrifying becuase of the realistic feel. Aside from the ghosts, there were no unstoppable killers or fantasy monsters.

On the other hand...I have an extremely sheltered cousin that cried while watching the Labyrinth. I guess David Bowie's package just didn't sit well with her.

I also saw IT and the shining when I was 7 or 8. I say movies actually scared me more than video games. IT scared me more than anything really and I still have a phobia of clowns. RE and HOTD never did much to me even though I played them as a child. The only video game that really got to me was Silent Hill and that's because I already had a phobia of mannequins, so when I saw the monster legs it really gave me nightmares.

I guess it really depends on how sensitive a kid is and what phobias they already have.

[Vector]

I was 7 when I watched my uncle play RE1, and I nearly shat myself when the dogs jumped through the windows in the mansion. Then about 2 years later I got a PS1 and the only game I got with it was Resident Evil 2. I think it was for my 9th or 10th birthday. So, take from that what you will.

[Darkmoon]

I was 7 when I watched my uncle play RE1, and I nearly shat myself when the dogs jumped through the windows in the mansion. Then about 2 years later I got a PS1 and the only game I got with it was Resident Evil 2. I think it was for my 9th or 10th birthday. So, take from that what you will.

That when the cops find the hooker you've head shoted and carved 'She was a zombie' into this conversation will take on a whole new and creepy light?

[let me live]

Good times. I was around her age when I watched my uncle play RE1 (upon first glance, instant fandom.)

The visuals didn't freak me out at all- but the zombie moans, sweet jesus the zombie moans freaked me out so much. Now I'm not the type of person who remembers much from their childhood, but I remember THAT night as clear as day. Funny how things work.

I plan to try to convert my kids- when I decide to have em' and assuming they can handle the content, of course...

[VirusPunk]

I started watching snuff films and pictures when I was 11 (rotten anyone?) and I'm ok.. aside from the rotting corpses decaying in my closet.

[Beanovsky Durst]

As long as kids understand the difference between real life and fiction and how violence relates to that, it should be ok IMO.

[CrimsonElder]

Just because some people are pussys doesnt mean everyone is. I was playing Res at the age of around 10 and I loved it. If I played it when I was older then it wouldnt have scared me as much and I probably wouldnt be as into this series as I am now. If she wants to play the game and enjoys it then let her, My girlfriends 8 year old played Darkside Chronicles with me and watched me on Dead Space 2. She didnt have any nightmares and she loved it. Guess some people just didnt have the balls that an 8 year old girl has LOL!! Man the fuck up.

[Alexia_Ashford]

Just because some people are pussys doesnt mean everyone is. I was playing Res at the age of around 10 and I loved it. If I played it when I was older then it wouldnt have scared me as much and I probably wouldnt be as into this series as I am now. If she wants to play the game and enjoys it then let her, My girlfriends 8 year old played Darkside Chronicles with me and watched me on Dead Space 2. She didnt have any nightmares and she loved it. Guess some people just didnt have the balls that an 8 year old girl has LOL!! Man the fuck up.

How eloquently put. Just because some children would find the likes of Dead Space disturbing doesn't make them "pussies". Resident Evil is one thing, Dead Space is another. I don't think I'd like my children to see Necromorphs with their innards dangling everywhere, a man with the skin on his face being torn off etc, with current-gen graphics. Showing an 8 year old Dead Space 2 seems a tad irresponsible.

[Darkmoon]

Just because some people are pussys doesnt mean everyone is. I was playing Res at the age of around 10 and I loved it. If I played it when I was older then it wouldnt have scared me as much and I probably wouldnt be as into this series as I am now. If she wants to play the game and enjoys it then let her, My girlfriends 8 year old played Darkside Chronicles with me and watched me on Dead Space 2. She didnt have any nightmares and she loved it. Guess some people just didnt have the balls that an 8 year old girl has LOL!! Man the fuck up.

Because I'm sure, with your wonderful atitude shown here, that she'd feel completely comfortable mentioning if she had an issue when your apparent response would be, 'Don't be such a pussy!' Which has always made me wonder. Why is being either a cat or a woman's centre of sexual happiness such a bad thing anyway? It's like calling things gay - one of those words that dates back to where being A MAN, a real MANLY MAN, had to bring beer until he puked and bang chicks all the time, yeah! Oh, and eat lots of red meat.

Needless to say, I'm not comfortable with Dead Space 2. Shooting the head off a baby and watching it roll around because otherwise it will reduce my torso to a mangled waste of meat? Distressing. I'm 27. Feel free to call me a pussy, but don't be shocked when I point at laugh and show your post to all my friends. Both of them will laugh too. Also, I'd qualify myself as a man for the following reasons;

1 - I care for my children and refuse to let them be abused.
2 - My first response when I found out my wife was pregnant wasn't 'Shit aborition/runaway!' like so many meat eating, chick banging, beer drinking dudes. I took actual responsiblity for my actions.
3 - I'm so powerfully manly and in control I feel no need to be sexist, slap my wife around or, indeed, even drink beer.
4 - A fucking huge cock.

So I find it difficult to 'man up' while playing video games. I can Hulk Up, if you like, but it looks kind of silly.

Even if this girl is totally fine with someone trying to stab you with a screw driver, that still has the eye of the last person he met skewed on it (how did he even get there without getting eaten? Were the Necromorphs too scared of how crazy he was to touch him?) then you need to remember that not everyone is the same. Most games don't stick an age rating on them for no good reason. There are proven, scientific studies that show exposing young kids to this level of violence and blood shed (and sex in some games) just isn't healthy for them. Even those that don't experience night terrors and the like have other issues, mostly involving how they socially interact with others. Let's just say it doesn't improve there social skills.

[CrimsonElder]

Because I'm sure, with your wonderful atitude shown here, that she'd feel completely comfortable mentioning if she had an issue when your apparent response would be, 'Don't be such a pussy!' Which has always made me wonder. Why is being either a cat or a woman's centre of sexual happiness such a bad thing anyway? It's like calling things gay - one of those words that dates back to where being A MAN, a real MANLY MAN, had to bring beer until he puked and bang chicks all the time, yeah! Oh, and eat lots of red meat.

Needless to say, I'm not comfortable with Dead Space 2. Shooting the head off a baby and watching it roll around because otherwise it will reduce my torso to a mangled waste of meat? Distressing. I'm 27. Feel free to call me a pussy, but don't be shocked when I point at laugh and show your post to all my friends. Both of them will laugh too. Also, I'd qualify myself as a man for the following reasons;

1 - I care for my children and refuse to let them be abused.
2 - My first response when I found out my wife was pregnant wasn't 'Shit aborition/runaway!' like so many meat eating, chick banging, beer drinking dudes. I took actual responsiblity for my actions.
3 - I'm so powerfully manly and in control I feel no need to be sexist, slap my wife around or, indeed, even drink beer.
4 - A fucking huge cock.

So I find it difficult to 'man up' while playing video games. I can Hulk Up, if you like, but it looks kind of silly.

Even if this girl is totally fine with someone trying to stab you with a screw driver, that still has the eye of the last person he met skewed on it (how did he even get there without getting eaten? Were the Necromorphs too scared of how crazy he was to touch him?) then you need to remember that not everyone is the same. Most games don't stick an age rating on them for no good reason. There are proven, scientific studies that show exposing young kids to this level of violence and blood shed (and sex in some games) just isn't healthy for them. Even those that don't experience night terrors and the like have other issues, mostly involving how they socially interact with others. Let's just say it doesn't improve there social skills.

Lol laugh away all you want. I am helping raise an 8 year old who is a good looking kid, very good at school, the most popular girl in her class and despite being a tad bit spoiled she is a lovley little girl. Call me a bad parent all you like but what qualifys you to make that call? Just because I let her watch me play a video game doesnt mean shit.

I never laid a figure on her, I constantly play games with her and keep her entertained. She loves having me around only though I've known her just over a year. When I have to leave the house she is hugging at my leg asking me not to go. I was dating my girlfriend for one week when I found out she was a single parent and no I didnt run for the hills I stuck around got to know her child and am now in a serious relationship. So you really dont know what you are talking about there.

Lol at your massive cock comment. From personal knowledge though people with a big one dont go around blurting it out and having a big one isnt everything. Specially if your girlfriend is petite its actually a flaw. I've never slapped around my girlfriend what so ever you dont even know me at all, I've never hit a girl in my life and I never will so what the fuck you saying stupid shit like that for? You shouldnt be saying shit like that to people. How would you feel if I accuse you of slapping your loved ones round cause lets face it we all know you got a temper.

[Guest]

Finally, this thread is about penises.