Xbox 360 Fanboy

Had this woman cared so much for the "safety" of her children and their eyes, she'd have taken the initiative to search through the manual of the Xbox or search the web on how to better protect them instead of making the console do the work. Here's a little fun fact: The Xbox has no idea how old you are, especially if you lie.

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People should really use the family settings

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No kidding.

And nothing they could do about it? And here I thought nudity and such using the vision camera was prohibited and got people banned awhile back.

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This annoys me just as much as the whole Fox News thing about Mass Effect.

"Video games are meant to be a haven mostly targeted towards children"

"And while Microsoft, the maker of X-Box, does give ways to deal with offensive players online, Jennifer says the damage to her children from this incident has already been done."

The first statement is blatantly wrong, especially with the 360. The entire article is basically trying to say it's Microsoft's fault, but if you read the second quote...it's the moms fault. The 360 is NOT a babysitter, make sure you know what your kids are doing.

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Pardon my language, but holy shit.
"Video games are meant to be a haven mostly targeted towards children"
No. Just no. The average gamer's age is 30.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_culture#_note-esa

"...on X-Box Live, a video game that allows you to play against people anywhere in the world"
Not a video game--it's a service.

"And while Microsoft, the maker of X-Box, does give ways to deal with offensive players online, Jennifer says the damage to her children from this incident has already been done."
Well now thats her fault for not using pre-installed safety features so this sort of thing wouldn't happen, isn't it?

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Why is it the people think that "Xbox" should be spelt "X-Box" or "XBox?"

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I'm sick of parents blaming their crappy parenting on everything except themselves. It's not just video games either. Did you guys hear about the parents who are trying to ban pen caps from schools, because their child chocked on a pen cap? I swear I'm not even joking. I wish I was.

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I say we just cut out the rampant ignorance from parents (and their subsequent bitching afterwards) and make LIVE 18+? I mean, think about it; what children's games are multiplayer LIVE enabled? Additionally, make 18+ accounts the only ones able to matchmake.

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I'm going to bet this was on Uno, everyone make a note, don't join random games at 2 in the morning.

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Woman deserves her children taken off her, if she cared that much she'd have bloody looked into it.

What next, is she going to take away their computer when she discovers they have access to porn? I bet she doesn't have any protection from that either.

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I think we can all agree, as mature, informed, gamers that the Parental Settings are there for a reason and are clearly outlined in the literature that comes prepackaged with the Xbox 360.

What I can't agree with is the notion of an 18+ Xbox Live. 1) It eliminates the high school student who can easily access swearing, violence, and the like from any movie, TV show, or joke at school. 2) Its too little too late. 3) You can't shelter kids until their 18, that's just ridiculous. What's the difference between 17 and 18? Nothing.

Xbox Live has its issues, to be sure, but Parental Controls is one thing they have right. Its upsetting that people can't figure this out.

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That game called X-Box Live IS pretty nasty guys, you better watch out. I think it should be banned from all people who play video games.

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I emailed the lady that wrote the news article, everyone should do the same, flood her inbox.

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I lol'd

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Wow, the grammar and syntax of that article looked like it was written by a sixth grader.

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Thay banned the kids completely?
Family settings folks.

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Magic Whiskey i am up for that, having just turned 18 myself, although not sure some of my younger friends would be so happy lol.

how about a different system for under 18's. e.g. if you are under 18, you get linked with other under 18's. over 18 and you get linked with other people over 18. that might do a little to save the "X-Box's" reputation. lol

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It's nice to see the author took a whole 5 minutes out of his hectic schedule to research the product/service he was harping on.

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Wouldn't do any good to email the lady who wrote article because our opinion doesn't make a news worthy story like the parent's who's children whom saw someone naked on Xbox. Xbox should be for 18+ anyway and this kinda stuff might make it happen sooner than later. No little kids screaming in my ear during Call of Duty 4. "Yes" let them buy Nintindo's and leave Xbox and AO gaming for us. Then we won't have to worry about a democrat ruining gaming for us.

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Wow, when I was sent a picture of a plumber's crack by a friend of mine, I decided I didn't want to see that and reported him. Then I removed him from my friend's list and blocked communications with him. That solved the problem handily as he was banned for a couple months as some of my Gears friends told me.

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