is it illegal to play a game thats rated over your age?

[15357]

my cousin plays CS and he's only in 4th grade.....

so i was wondering......

cs is rated M right?

 

[bliink]

You can't buy it if you're under age.
I don't know about just playing it though. It'd be near impossible to police.

 

[Burn]

Illegal to sell them to underage people, not to play.

 

[15357]

oh, so my cousin can't buy but can play?

 

[Burn]

Pretty much.

 

[15357]

thanks.

but what about games that are rated adults only? not that anyone would buy it for anyone underage...

 

[Lucid]

...Games that are rated AO are usually pornographic.
Like... Leisure Suit Larry, I guess?

 

[h00dlum]

In sweden the ratings are just there to guide parents. There is no law, so a 7-year old can go and by GTA games without getting into trouble.

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

hahaha no, i'd be a rebel then, and I dont think i'm a rebel. I'm onle 16 and all I play practically is M gamez, OH NOES

Illegal to sell them to underage people, not to play.

not true, there is no standardized law (at least here in the U.S.) that says you can't sell any game you want to minors. It isin't anywhere near as regulated as the movie industry. The ratings simply serve as guidlines to parents or gaurdians.

 

[ray_MAN]

I was playing M when I was 9-10. But, it really doesn't matter. It's just that Senator Joe says that kids get violent, to the point of being homicidal. I that only implies to mentally unstable kids, whose parents don't give a shit about them.

 

[Venmoch]

I thought that most of the ratings were only there as "advice."

However, I do know that in the UK buying a game if you are under the age displayed by the BBFC is illegal.

 

[Hazar]

It's not like you can't buy thoes games over the net though

 

[bryanf445]

well you do need a parent pretty much to order them... but it doesnt matter really about ratings because most stores dont even care when i buy a mature game

 

[ALEXDJ]

has anybody here been carded while buying a game? I know i didn't.

 

[Absinthe]

You can play, but you can't purchase.

It would be like owning DVDs that are rated R when you're 14. The worst that can happen is having your parents give you hell over it, assuming they're uptight about that kind of thing.

 

[Darkknighttt]

my newborn baby cousin plays grand theft auto. jk.