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9 year old bypasses xbox content filter... by tricking his parents to unlock it

Here's a really easy way to prevent him from playing the game:

Don't buy it for him.

Or if you have it for yourself, keep it where he can't get to it.

Or stick with games you want him to be able to play. Then you don't have to unlock it for some map editor crap.
 
lord_emperor said:
It's too late, he's already been turned into a murderer.
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you win the thread~!

PlasmaBomb said:
I don't see how that applies when the parents bought the game...
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He is referring to the opposite case. aka, they want to allow their 9 year old access to halo, but the ESRB rates halo as PG13.
So you could set an exception allowing your kid to play, say, GTA4, while leaving the parental lock on preventing him from playing any game above GP13 without explicit permission. (say, by having a friend bring it over)
 
taltamir said:
you win the thread~!



He is referring to the opposite case. aka, they want to allow their 9 year old access to halo, but the ESRB rates halo as PG13.
So you could set an exception allowing your kid to play, say, GTA4, while leaving the parental lock on preventing him from playing any game above GP13 without explicit permission. (say, by having a friend bring it over)
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Pretty sure halo is 17 or 18 and over.
 
either the kid borrowed it from a friend, or the parents bought it for themselves.

The thing is, they unlock halo for him under the condition he will only use the map editor and NOT play the game...
and they believe that he does, honestly, do exactly that!
The kid tricked them into enabling the other game because halo simply didn't have enough gore for him. I bet he was playing it all the time.
 
taltamir said:
you win the thread~!



He is referring to the opposite case. aka, they want to allow their 9 year old access to halo, but the ESRB rates halo as PG13.
So you could set an exception allowing your kid to play, say, GTA4, while leaving the parental lock on preventing him from playing any game above GP13 without explicit permission. (say, by having a friend bring it over)
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I was referring to the fact that most of the complaints seem to come from parents who bought their children unsuitable games...
 
Whatever. This is a stupid thread.

I played fucking Diablo when I was 7. That was awesome. Scared the shit out of me though with the butcher... that game had the music going on so well.
 
I'd argue that if the kid's slick enough to do that, then he can almost certainly handle the content in the game.
 
Kadarin said:
I'd argue that if the kid's slick enough to do that, then he can almost certainly handle the content in the game.
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Agreed.

Also, while kids are pretty easy to be influenced by things, they're not nearly as influenced by games/movies as they are by their own friends... Seems silly how many parents try and monitor the games and movies their kids watch but don't pay attention to who they're hanging out with.
 
guyver01 said:
Thread title fail. The 9 year old didn't "bypass" the content filter.

His parents did.
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reading comprehension fail.
taltamir said:
9 year old bypasses xbox content filter... by tricking his parents to unlock it[/i]
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it = the content filter. The kid tricked his parents to remove the filter, thus bypassing it.
 
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I remember playing Redneck Rampage when I was around this kid's age. It's my earliest memory of using a computer.
 
coldmeat said:
I remember playing Redneck Rampage when I was around this kid's age. It's my earliest memory of using a computer.
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when I was 7, doing torah study, we were told we will be skipping a chapter in class, being the good boy that I am I decided to read it at home. It was the story of amnon and tamar, Amnon son of king david lusted after his half sister tamar daughter of david and another woman. He went to her full brother for advice, who suggested amnon play sick, then he will send tamar to tend him and he will seduce her. She refused, saying they are blood relatives... he got mad and raped her, then tossed her out. She went crying to her full brother, who took his sword and slew amnon. Then he ran to the mountains to avoid his father's wrath... until years later they were reunited and all was forgiven...

I though about this story after reading it and concluded rape was wrong, and amnon got his just rewards for it.

When I was 8 I asked my dad "dad, how do snakes reproduce? they have no penis to mate with; all animals must mate to have children", and he responded "its retractable".

I learned about homosexuality, anal, rimjobs, etc from the 6th graders, who would explain to us those things on the bus on the way to school.
 
His parents can't tell the difference between the on-screen appearance of map making in Halo and a full FPS? Or do they mostly let their kid play by himself in a dark room? Seems like being PRESENT with your kids is the best way to influence them.
 
Brainonska511 said:
Where do you live that it is against the law for someone under 17 to buy an M rated game? It's just store policies not to sell M rated games to people < 17.
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I lived in Oregon and Washington when I got carded for it. Although it was at wal-mart both times. I thought it was a legality practice and not just store practice.
 
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