People put tooooo much thought into this whole "Mature" rating for games. Ever since the whole thing happened with GTA: Vice City about the Hatian remakr in the game which was meant to be funny and not racial, there's been alot of effort to stop M rated games, but no one sees anything about stopping movies that are worse, having blood, killing, and gore in them. Then you got parents who shelter their kids soooo much that they might as well send them to school with a breast in their mouths. True, the ratings are there for a reason, but violent games does not lead to violence....and if it ever did, the fault lies in the parents for not watching what thier kids do. Ive seen parents, mostly mothers, return a game that they just bought for their kids that was M rated...honestly, do you think these kids havent heard all the curse words out there in school? When I was in 1st grade I cursed like it kept me alive. A video game that cures or has killing in it has nothing to do with the outcome of your child and what they do. Even companies like Gamestop have a policy that will get their workers fired if an M rated game is sold to anyone who is under 18....some stupid managers even card grown men with facial hair and who are obviously over 30. There's too much emphasis with the whole M rated thing and it's killing the whole enjoyment in video games; to play and have fun while you play. To all the parents, politicians and gamestops, thanks for trying to kill the fun kids and adluts have in there video games, but no luck with it so far,huh? You have a loooooong fight ahead if you think you can stop violence in video games. How about this, try stopping REAL violence instead. Do something that makes more sense than trying to stop stealing a car in Grand Theft Auto and driving it over pedestrians....IT A ****ING VIDEO GAME!!!!!!! And to everyone against M rated games, to Hillary Clinton for leading the charge, and to store like Gamestop, kiss my a$$ and get a backbone. With real issues in the world, your just wasting everyone's time with video game talk. Let the kids and adults who play have their fun and get off your a$$es and fight against something real. And to anyone who reads this and agrees, sorry it was sooo long, but it gets me soo mad how they can make a big deal over nothing. Like i said, they might as well send their kids off to school with a breast in their mouth while they shelter them from curse words and violence till their kids grow up sterile.

lindakilker I am going to use you as an example: internet+ proper writing= X X= people don't care if they make a stupid mistake.. we're humans.. we're no machine and us younger generation have to write 10 page essays and we REALLY want to get away from it.. p.s i think they should band... WTF am i saying?!

rediculous!

COD4 is the BEST game in year......for all platforms. It may be the best FPS for the decade. And, no it does not promote violence, it promotes patrotic behavior !! 'nuff said

The problem is not the game, but the parents who don't take the time to teach kids who cannot tell reality from fiction what is right from wrong. I've played video games all my life, but never did I go out and do those things. Video game makers do have a responsibility as far as rating the games for appropriate audiences, but to go as far as blaming them for the actions individuals take is ridiculous. Parents are the ones that need to be more responsible in the upbringing of their children. So many homes without fathers, parents working more then one and even sometimes two jobs, and parents who just pay little attention to their children. Wake up America!

lolz, no offense to kwestzgp but just because you say that teens are addicted to video games does not mean its true. Most of the people I know put down the games when they have work to do, or if their friends call them to hang out. You dont see in the news too often about teens or people shooting, or killing any one becaus they took their video games away. If your gogin to make this type of statements actaully back it up with evidence, and statistics to prove you point, and if you can't prove it than dont make any generalazations.

now that i've read this, we should all talk about " top 7 MOVIES kids should avoid". todays society doesn't understand video games because when they were little kids they didn't have the same technology that we have today. so all these 40 year olds saying to parents to avoid them? yeah right. u people haven't experienced playing them at a young age so you have NO IDEA what effects it has on people today. you could interview kids who play them but u won't because u know there going to tell you the truth, that violent video games dont make them do stupid things, like kill a person. the only truth to the matter of video games is that people get hooked. ok, fine, but people get hooked on tv, music, food. just about anything.

I think the simple question of, "Would you buy this game for your kids?" is just not specific enough. Whether I would buy this game for my child or not would have to depend on his or her age as well as maturity level. For example, I wouldn't buy it for a five-year-old. However, I'd probably reconsider purchasing it for an older teenager with a solid ability to differentiate fantasy from reality, and right from wrong.

to: ajpm1990 If you spent 1-3 hrs. a day practicing basic english language skills you might not have as many spelling, grammar and syntax errors in your tirades. Just a thought.

YOU KNOW AS I SIT HERE AND READ ALL OF THE COMMENTS ABOUT HOW TELEVISION AND VIDEO GAMES ARE BAD FOR OUR CHILDREN AND A LOT OF IT IS . BUT IF YOU CONSIDER WHO IS THE PARENT AND WHO IS THE CHILD YOU MIGHT TAKE A LONG LOOK IN A MIRROR AND BE ABLE TO SEE WHO THE REAL PROBLEM IS AND IF IT IS NOT TOO LATE FOR THE CHILD YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM.