{"id":3940,"date":"2010-02-16T23:07:10","date_gmt":"2010-02-17T05:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamingwithchildren.com\/?p=3940"},"modified":"2010-02-16T23:07:10","modified_gmt":"2010-02-17T05:07:10","slug":"god-of-war-and-darksiders-for-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/16\/god-of-war-and-darksiders-for-14\/","title":{"rendered":"God of War and Darksiders for 14?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"kratos\"John writes: My son is PLEADING me to play games such as God of War, and one\u00a0that I think is called Nightsiders. He is 14 and has never gotten\u00a0below an A in his life! (His mother doesn’t approve) but I have let\u00a0him watch movies like The Matrix and Underworld. With these\u00a0conditions, is it an appropiate gaming experience?<\/em><\/p>\n

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First of all I believe you’re talking about Darksiders and you mention the God of War series (2 PS2 games, 1 PSP game and a PS3 game on the way). You can check the ESRB for the descriptors and an explanation but here’s my take. \u00a0Both are bloody but in an arcade\/nonrealistic kind of way. God of War is infamous for its interactive sex scenes – Kratos finds two naked women (their breasts are shown) and joins them (this is optional) then the camera discretely pulls away and you use the sticks and buttons on the gamepad to match the movements the game throws at you. \u00a0If you miss one, you’ll hear a sigh of dissatisfaction and you’ll have to start over. If you, pardon the pun, nail them, Kratos gets a health or experience boost, I can’t recall which.<\/p>\n

Darksiders I haven’t played but the ESRB says there are brutal death animations, it’s possible to cut limbs off and some of the demons are female and their clothing is suggestive. \u00a0Go to YouTube if you want to see either game in action. \u00a0I’d say both are tamer than The Matrix and Underworld. Particularly Underworld which I remember being pretty bloody. \u00a0If that doesn’t convince Mom, then you’re on your own but there are certainly worse games a 14-year old can play. \u00a0If it matters, my wife, a feminist, thinks the God of War sex thing is hilarious and I’m pretty sure my son will be able to play these kinds of games at 14.<\/p>\n

I don’t recommend sneaking the games past Mom. \u00a0Make the decision together and use the research tools at your disposal. \u00a0Good luck!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

John writes: My son is PLEADING me to play games such as God of War, and one\u00a0that I think is called Nightsiders. He is 14 and has never gotten\u00a0below an A in his life! (His mother doesn’t approve) but I have let\u00a0him watch movies like The Matrix and Underworld. With these\u00a0conditions, is it an appropiate […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-askgamerdad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3940\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}