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MySims Agents (Wii)
Age 8+
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MySims Agents (Wii)

Why We Recommend It

Cool secret-agent sim challenges kids to solve entwined mysteries. Nifty spy gadgets help players outwit adversaries.

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Wet (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
Parents Need to Know...

this Tarantino-like, third-person shooter game is certainly not for young eyes (or ears). While not pushing the envelope, it's pretty close to it, as it is full of violence, gore, sex, alcohol, drugs, and profanity. Between it's ... read more

No Kids
Wet
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Fat Princess (PlayStation 3)
Parents Need to Know...

that this online medieval shooter/brawler uses obesity as a play mechanic. In this humorous world of war-mongering Kings, their daughters eat cursed cake which creates an insatiable hunger for the sweet confection to the point that they ... read more

Age 13+
Fat Princess
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Battlefield Heroes (Windows)
Parents Need to Know...

that this is a free downloadable third-person shooter for Windows PCs. The only obstacle placed before children trying to access the game is an “age gate” -- a dialogue box that simply asks players to enter their birth date (which can ... read more

Age 13+
Battlefield Heroes
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Wanted: Weapons of Fate (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
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this is a bloody action shooter. Players use handguns and knives to shoot enemies or slit throats. The deaths involve lots of blood splattering on the screen. The plot is also littered with profane language. read more

No Kids
Wanted: Weapons of Fate
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Resistance: Retribution (PSP)
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this is violent third-person shooter meant for adults only. The protagonist uses a large arsenal of weapons to kill enemies, including assault rifles, rocket launchers, grenades and shotguns. Foes spew blood after getting shot, while one ... read more

No Kids
Resistance: Retribution
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Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
Parents Need to Know...

that Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard is a parody game, and that even though the game talks about previous Matt Hazard titles, there are none. The game is a self-referential spin on the video game genre which tosses in clichés from ... read more

Age 14+
Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard
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Re-Mission (Mac/Windows)
Parents Need to Know...

that Re-Mission was developed by HopeLab, a non-profit organization with the goal of improving the lives of young people with chronic illnesses. The game, which stars a cell-blasting nanomachine, was developed in conjunction with medical ... read more

Age 10+
Re-Mission
5
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Gears of War 2 (Xbox 360)
Parents Need to Know...

that this is a bloody, violent shooter. Players use a standard array of weapons from assault rifles to shotguns and grenades. Bodies are blown to bits, with flesh flying across the screen. On head shots, you'll sometimes see heads blown ... read more

No Kids
Gears of War 2
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SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Confrontation
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that this is a violent, military-themed shooter that can only be played online. Players use guns and explosives to kill other human-controlled characters. Some, but not a lot of blood is seen. The violence is portrayed as realistic, not ... read more

No Kids
SOCOM U.S. Navy SEALs: Confrontation
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Saints Row 2 (Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
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that this game isn't intended for children. It features extreme violence in the form of bloody murders carried out with guns, bats, blades, cars, and a variety of other potentially lethal implements. It's also a stage for excessive ... read more

No Kids
Saints Row 2
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Fracture
Parents Need to Know...

that there's a ton of shooting here, but there's not much guts and blood. While there's a fair amount of death and killing of the evildoers, the killing has no feeling. It's like shooting ducks in a shooting gallery. In terms of ... read more

Age 14+
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Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (PlayStation 2, Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
Parents Need to Know...

that this game is chock full of violence, and it encourages players to pull off outlandish stunts to take out enemies. Hundreds of weapons are at your disposal, as well as air strikes, tanks, and other items. The main character's motives ... read more

Age 14+
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames
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Army of Two (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
Parents Need to Know...

that this is a gritty and violent co-op military shooter. Players use the standard array of firearms and grenades to kill opponents, often with bloody results. Characters blur the line a bit between good and bad. They're mercenaries who ... read more

No Kids
Army of Two
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The Club (Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
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that this game rewards killing by using a unique scoring system for hits made. The more enemies you kill, the higher your combos and, thus, your score. You also earn special bonuses for head shots and other extraordinary feats. None of ... read more

No Kids
The Club
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Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
Parents Need to Know...

that this game embraces the criminal world and vicious violence. Since you're on the wrong side of the law, your enemies are often cops, whom you kill. Attacks are pretty bloody, employing a variety of guns and grenades, and you can sneak ... read more

No Kids
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
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Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (Xbox 360)
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that this gory, violent game is about taking on nasty aliens that resemble giant insects using many weapons, including machine guns, grenades, and shotguns. When you shoot aliens, they scream and explode, spewing body parts and ... read more

Age 14+
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
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NARC (PlayStation 2, Xbox)
Parents Need to Know...

that this game is truly for adults only -- and even then it's not much fun to play. The star rating given this game is based on quality of gameplay within this genre and not an endorsement of the violence in the game. read more

No Kids
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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas (Windows, PSP, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
Parents Need to Know...

that this game -- created for players over 17 -- is a military shooter with realistic and gratuitous violence, played from a first-person perspective. As with many games of this kind, you can aim and shoot all kinds of weapons at ... read more

No Kids
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas
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Gears of War (Xbox 360)
Parents Need to Know...

that this action game is not for kids or tweens -- it's an "M"-rated military shooter that, while against aliens, is realistically violent and gory. Need an example? You can use a chainsaw to rip apart enemies or use machine ... read more

No Kids
Gears of War
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Hitman: Blood Money (PlayStation 2, Xbox 360)
Parents Need to Know...

this game puts players in control of a hit man in a seedy world occupied by drug dealers, prostitutes, murderers, pornographers, mobsters, etc. The name of the game is murder, including lots of violence, such as shootings, strangulations, ... read more

No Kids
Hitman: Blood Money
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50 Cent: Bulletproof (PlayStation 2, Xbox)
Parents Need to Know...

that this game is riddled with questionable and offensive material. Superstar rapper 50 Cent lords over his 'hood with supposed strength and integrity. But really he's a murderous, pot-smoking thug blindly pursuing revenge after surviving ... read more

No Kids
50 Cent: Bulletproof
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