I postulate that the type of parenting that allows young children to play mature games can cause a sort of stunting of mental maturity growth, which may appear later on as a misplaced fear of adult pastimes such as drinking alcohol and various sexual media.
Originally posted by Nemesis X
How old are you?
Originally posted by Burning thought
I played the Diablo series and a few other 15+ games at the ages of 7/8 roughply. I was certainly very young.
Ooh, forgot Diablo. Okay, there's one exception. I think I got that game when I was like 12 years old.
Originally posted by Nemesis X
How old are you?
What, can't check his profile?
Originally posted by General Kaliero
I postulate that the type of parenting that allows young children to play mature games can cause a sort of stunting of mental maturity growth, which may appear later on as a misplaced fear of adult pastimes such as drinking alcohol and various sexual media.21 years.
Playing mature games at a young age didn't affect me in anyway. Even if I hadn't played mature games at a young age, you'd still see me as the same person today.
Don't know why but I thought you were 19.
Originally posted by Nemesis X
Playing mature games at a young age didn't affect me in anyway. Even if I hadn't played mature games at a young age, you'd still see me as the same person today.Don't know why but I thought you were 19.
And if I were 19, I would have joined KMC at 12... which is under the age limit.
Originally posted by General Kaliero
Considering how important environment and experience at a young age are to future developmental results, you really cannot say that with confidence. The sheer number of variables means that one seemingly minor difference could produce a developmental experience so different that the resulting individual, with the same genetic predispositions, seems an entirely different person.
Psychological fact.
Originally posted by Nemesis X
Playing mature games at a young age didn't affect me in anyway. Even if I hadn't played mature games at a young age, you'd still see me as the same person today.Don't know why but I thought you were 19.
Yeah, I'm just going to go ahead and agree with GK and say - no, you cannot say that you'd be the same person.
Also, I wouldn't be going out with someone who is nearly 5 years younger than I am...
Originally posted by Burning thought
Playing games only increased my mental maturity, not stunted it. I learnt words and used phrases from games like Diablo at young ages and was never brought to believe the world and life was a constant holiday of peace and harmony.
Further, that's not mental maturity, that's simple cynicism.
Mental maturity is the ability to think and conduct yourself in a mature manner.
I feel it's important to note that "mature" and "adult" are not necessarily interchangeable in this matter.
Originally posted by Burning thought
Well surely learning words and phrases that is used in content made for people many years older than me shouldnt stunt my maturity....makes no sense to me...
This is not to say that it is always the result... just to say that at times we can definitely find individuals who encapsulate the process.
Originally posted by Burning thought
You mean personal mature development?Also I cant see how I could have a lack of understanding of real life based on seeing scenes in diablo showing butchery and violence. Unless I became a mass killer or thought that it was correct. So no, thats not what affected me if anything from those games 🙂
Like I pointed out earlier, more likely examples would be a malinformed and even fearful view of certain "mature" activities.
Out of curiosity, anyone here aside from Peach and myself studied psychology?