KlawedFlaw : Wait, there was a Bebe's Kids MOVIE? That explains why the game sucks, I suppose. Movie game code #1.

On topic, there are no universal rules as to what a kid can take. I believe Stephen King (that guy that writes scary books) allowed his kids to watch an R rated horror movie when they were 3, and they had no problems. But 2 years later, that same kid (now 5) that had no problem with Lot had nightmares after seeing 101 Dalmatians (G-rated Disney film), believing the antagonist was in his closet.

For me personally, a neighbor gave me a demo of an Aliens vs predator game. I was 12, and it was an M rated game. Seeing the evil Aliens eat screaming people or being sliced up by predators after getting caught in a net didn't seem to bother me at all. Yet, in that same year, I got a piece of ad-ware that constantly generated "naughty" pictures whenever they felt like it. To this day I still find all such websites disgusting and I'm grossed out by there mere existence.

So, yes, these things tend to vary.

At that age? Not really. But I think that for some kids, the blood/gore/killing games are just so far and away that it doesn't bother them. Some kids might not be able to understand that, but I bet the majority can deal with it.

I think kids are being shown this stuff at a very young age and I don't agree with it.  I said it depends on the kid because I think some kids are more mature than others.  I was not allowed to play shooter games until I was like 10 years old.

I say they can play what ever they want once they turn 15. I do have one experience. While I was at Shuto Con ( an anime convention in Michigan) there was a game room, I was playing MvC3 and looked over, I saw a kid about 10 playing GTA4 killing people, sitting next to him was his mother who was laughing at the whole thing. I thought that was a bit strange myself 

Kids at that age really shouldn't play those kind of games. I've meet a 7 year old who plays Halo. To me, you have to meet the proper age limit to play the game. (of course I wish I could play M rated games, which I do) But seriously, kids that young, should have never even heard of GTA or CoD, it's just wrong.

   Perhaps I'm a bit biased, just having turned 15 myself, but 12-14 year old kids should be allowed to play games such as Modern Warfare, Battlefield, and others.  I know many people who have consoles, or just use PCs, and nearly all of them play rate 'M' games, and have been for a couple years. I got Halo, my first 'M' game, for Christmas about 2 years ago, and it really didn't change me as a person whatsoever. I didn't go around cursing people out anymore than I already had been, not to say it was something I indulged in on a daily basis.  However, I think to prolong inexposure to violence is actually more harmful than providing it at an earlier age.  I'm not saying that 9 year old kids should be shooting each other with machine guns, but take a moment to open your mind, and listen.  
   Here's an analogy, when I was little, my parents always had a bowl of candy available around the house. Therefore, candy was never a big deal for me and my brother, as it was always there. About once a week we would ask for a small piece of candy, and that was that.  When I had friends over, they gaped at the bowl of candy, and pleaded and nagged to go get candy. My brother and I never understood the big deal.  This is because keeping something for something only makes people want it more, it's just human nature. A 'the grass is always greener on the other side' kind of thing.  It works the same way for violent video games.
   My neighbor has two younger siblings, age 6 and 9, and he's my age.  His parents are very strict with game ratings, two years ago he wasn't even allowed to have T games.  He goes to crazy extents to play these violent video games.  Whenever he's over, he always wants to play Halo, or COD, or something else.  Last month, he even got his friend to buy Black Ops for him at GameStop in exchange for 90 dollars. The lack of it causes him to incorporate it into everything, as a mitigator.  He's one of those kids who was a military nut, calling everything squadron this, and Bravo that.  It's just unhealthy, and it gets him into trouble sometimes.  He would have been better off just playing the games his parents forbade him.
   In conclusion, (quite the little essay this ended up becoming) while it's true there are ages when playing violent games is unnatural, waiting to be 17-18 (Sorry, I don't remember the restriction on 'M' games legally) before playing these games is also bad.  In the words of Andy Samberg, the area's grey in a 1-2-3 way. 

I would say it depends on the kid. If the kid is already a self-centered little brat then no. If the kid is really nice and you let him play and he gets violent then he should be taken off violent video-games. If he stays the same then he's fine.

Yeah it depends on the kid and how he or she behaves. Normally that wouldn't be a game that a mere child would play, but if his or her attitude is a bit different than normal, I suppose it wouldn't be bad at all.

Every kid is different, and every person is going to react differently.  I'm also in the camp that says that it's the parenting environment that makes kids, not video games.  I got a nephew who's been playing these games long before he was old enough by ESRB standards, and he's fine.

Seriously people, don't blindly follow the rating on the box.  Know your kids.

I don't really think there's anything wrong with letting kids play games like that, as long as they have a firm grip on reality. I just feel that if you teach your kids what's right and wrong, they will learn that games are just a fun escape into fiction. Just like reading a book in a way.

I usually play this games!And I'm 14,but I must say,this games may have senseless violence but they will never beat the classics.I usually just black ops with my friends (especially zombies,they get pissed off if they don't get revived).So yeah it all depends on the kid.

Really letting you play these stupid games is that a good idea? okay to be fair I did play teens games but I understood what  I should do and what not (they were both scary games) and 1 M rated (it was family guy I loved it) when I was 9... I also play black ops (12 FYI) and I don't use mic because I really don't want people to find out about my young age but I find it annoying when 14,15,16,13,12 (irony)and 16 plus 17 years old to be so annoying over mic (and the fact that they cuss every 5-10 seconds) so yeah that is mine respect opinion hoped you enjoyed it

I've Never Played Any Game With An Age Rating That Is Over Seven. My Dad Is A Gamer So He Knows What Games Are Like And He Says I Can Play What I Want When I'm Fourteen. 

If That Kid's Parents Think He Is Mature Enough To Play Those Games He Can. It Just Depends On How He Is.

Generally speaking, it depends upon the child before it does the game.  For instance, I went from a Mickey Mouse game to Duke Nukem, Wolfenstein, and Doom without batting an eye when I was young (all four were on the same computer).  Gore, flashing cash to get a stripper to flash you, and nasty looking enemies never bothered me a bit.  Of course, at a young age I had enough of a grip on logic to know the difference between a game and real life (and I had seen better pictures around a few workplaces where it was nothing but men at the jobsite).  If the kid is jumping off of random things because they want to be like Mario, that's a good sign to keep the more dangerous games away from that one for a bit.  If they play other games and don't react like they think it could be real, then let them play the games with some supervision from you at first.

At the end of the day, you have to figure out where each kid is.  I wasn't just let free with these games.  My dad taught me about the last three, and my mom made sure I knew that the games were just that...games.  They made sure to establish a complete difference between the game world and reality.  I had ample access to guns and was trained in how to use them (my great-grandfather was a gunsmith and hunter, and he trained me in both), yet despite what I played, I've never shot anyone.  I don't even hunt, though that's mainly because I get bored while waiting.  I haven't stabbed anyone, gotten into an endless amount of fights (some fights you just can't avoid, but I don't start them) or rage randomly.

I've had this discussion a few times before (not on here), but my response bears repeating for each time it comes up.  If the more adult games supposedly affect kids in such a detrimental way, then why am I so unaffected?  The worst I ever got from a game was a few nightmares from Alone in the Dark 1 and 2, but that was mainly because I didn't have any idea how to play and kept restarting in a dark area I couldn't escape from and getting killed by demons every couple of minutes.  The helplessness of it got to me more than the content ever did.

I'm 13 and honestly I haven't played a 16/18 rated game because I never bothered with them because I chose to play Nintendo games mostly. Then about 2 years ago I started to play games rated 12/T. I haven't got a 16 or 18 rated game for my 3DS because I think that some of them are absolutely rubbish. Nintendo games make up 60% of my gaming collection.

I think it depends on a number of factors.  For one, like all games you give a child/children, it depends on the child/children's personality(ies). Another large factor also plays into how bad a game actually is. For example, I didn't find Oblivion to be given the M rating that it was given (at least, not on the consoles, since you can easily get mods that makes it an M game on PC), I find it more of a really bad T game.  However, the games you listed should not be given to ANY child of that age.  The highest game I'd give ANY CoD or GTA game to, is a very mature 14 or 15 year old.

when i was like 10 i was playing Duke Nukem 3D, Doom, and Wolfenstein 3D, but its no worse than about 2 weeks ago, i was in the local gamestop and this kid who was like 6 or 7 was walking around with a Max Payne 3 case as though his parents were about to buy it for him. i hate playing Xbox Live on weekends, to many little kids playing games on there, talking about nothing and distracting others

Agreed. I really just started playing M rated games, even then, I don't even know if I'm allowed to play any shooter games yet (which really sucks).