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Yeah, I'm not worried my kids will become serial killers or something, but I am a little worried about them "playing" Mortal Kombat in real life w/ their friends. I had friends who practiced "professional wrestling" moves, and I'm worried someone could get hurt reenacting what they saw in the games. My kids reeenact DND/FF-style things w/ friends, and fortunately that's pretty harmless.

By the time I was about 12 or so, I stopped doing that kind of reenactment, so I think that's a decent time to let kids start playing those games. I've played a ton of violent video games (lots of Halo, GTA, etc), and I'm pretty chill and would never hurt a fly. Video games don't cause misbehavior, but they certainly attract deviants who would likely hurt others anyway.

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