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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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What do teens learn from M-rated PS3 and Xbox games?

Older teens often move from online games and computer games to M-rated console games like Grand Theft Auto, Metal Gear Solid, or Resident Evil that feature graphic violence, often paired with sex. The behavior featured is nothing we want to see in our teens. They know it's not real life, but it still has an impact.

A good place to start: Limit playing time. And remember that you can just say "no" to ultra-violent games. It's still your house.

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Left 4 Dead 2 (Windows, Xbox 360)
Parents Need to Know...

Left 4 Dead 2 is an incredibly gory, violent shooter meant strictly for adults. Players must survive a zombie apocalypse by using a myriad of weapons, including handguns, shotguns, grenade launchers, axes, chainsaws, baseball bats and ... read more

No Kids
Left 4 Dead 2
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Scene It? Bright Lights, Big Screen (Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3)
Parents Need to Know...

that this fun, engaging party quiz game uses video clips from real Hollywood films. These scenes are often from R-rated movies and, while they don't show R-rated material, they still feature language, humor, violence, and themes that many ... read more

Age 15+
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Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles (Nintendo Wii)
Parents Need to Know...

this first-person shooter is quite gory and bloody. Gamers can use an assortment of deadly weapons -- from pistols and machine guns to melee attacks using knives -- to kill human-like characters infected by a "mutagenic" virus ... read more

No Kids
Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles
3
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Assassin's Creed II (Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
Parents Need to Know...

Assassin's Creed II is very violent and definitely not for children. Players assume the role of a deadly assassin who uses weapons such as knives, swords, and daggers to kill human targets. Deaths -- both those resulting from the player ... read more

No Kids
Assassin's Creed II
5
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Tropico 3 (Windows)
Parents Need to Know...

that Tropico 3 is a city building simulation game in which the player takes on the role of a Caribbean dictator who can be either a real personality -- such as Fidel Castro or Che Guevara -- or a character of their own creation. While the ... read more

Age 15+
Tropico 3
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
Parents Need to Know...

that, while not over-the-top in the gore department, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is a modern-day military shooter that realistically and graphically shows violence and blood. Much of the game involves traveling to different areas of ... read more

No Kids
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
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WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2010 (PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, PSP, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3)
Parents Need to Know...

that WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2010 is a game based on professional wrestling, specifically World Wrestling Entertainment. Players perform punches, kicks, grapples, and slams to pin opponents to the mat. Some matches allow wrestlers to use ... read more

Age 15+
WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2010
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Dragon Age: Origins (Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
Parents Need to Know...

Dragon Age: Origins is rated "Mature" and designed for players 17 years of age or older, primarily for its combat-heavy play, which includes plenty of blood spilled by both humans and creatures. The player will also be exposed ... read more

No Kids
Dragon Age: Origins
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Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony (Xbox 360)
Parents Need to Know...

that this GTA IV expansion game features lots of potentially offensive content. It has a lots of violence, blood, and killing -- including innocent people and police officers -- along with strong sexual themes (but no nudity), excessive ... read more

No Kids
Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony
4
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Fairytale Fights (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
Parents Need to Know...

that, despite the cute appearance of Fairytale Fights' familiar characters, it is not meant for kids. There are buckets of blood in this extremely violent hack 'n' slash platforming game. There's nothing real about the game, but the ... read more

No Kids
Fairytale Fights
3
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Lips: Number One Hits (Xbox 360)
Parents Need to Know...

that this fabulously made, highly entertaining karaoke game features the actual music videos for most of the songs it includes. Those videos often feature scantily clad women, sexual material, suggestive dancing, and sometimes cussing, ... read more

Age 16+
Lips: Number One Hits
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Borderlands (Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
Parents Need to Know...

Borderlands is a very gruesome first-person shooter meant for adults only. Besides using strong language and mature humor, the game is quite violent. Players amass a large collection of weapons which they use to kill humans and creatures ... read more

No Kids
Borderlands
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Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising (Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
Parents Need to Know...

that Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising is a very violent first-person shooter that strives to recreate with extreme authenticity the experience of modern war. Players handle a variety of realistic weapons, characters grunt and bleed ... read more

No Kids
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
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Brutal Legend (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
Parents Need to Know...

that Brutal Legend is all about fantasy and does not look realistic at all. That being said it does show graphic violence including decapitation, dismemberment, and mass killings (such as driving over a group of baddies). Eddie, the ... read more

No Kids
Brutal Legend
4
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Saw (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
Parents Need to Know...

this survival horror game is not appropriate for kids or young teenagers. Just as the five feature films are disturbingly sadistic and gory, the game is equally as graphic. Gamers will witness explosive helmets, spiky iron maiden ... read more

No Kids
Saw
3
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Demon's Souls (PlayStation 3)
Parents Need to Know...

that Demon's Souls is a game for mature players who love the challenge of an extremely difficult video game. It's not merely the copious amount of blood that's a concern here and the smaller enemies that fall like rag dolls at your feet, ... read more

No Kids
Demon's Souls
5
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Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 (PlayStation 3)
Parents Need to Know...

that Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 is not a child's game. While it has an over-the-top, comic book feel with villains and heroes wielding supernatural powers, the game emphasizes destruction and violence by showing dismemberment and blood. Also, ... read more

No Kids
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2
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Dead Space: Extraction (Nintendo Wii)
Parents Need to Know...

there are few "Mature"-rated video games for the Nintendo Wii, and this is one of them. As one of four marines in deep space, players fight against nasty aliens from a first-person perspective -- by shooting at them with an ... read more

No Kids
Dead Space: Extraction
4
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Halo 3: ODST (Xbox 360)
Parents Need to Know...

this first-person shooter is rated "Mature" for its graphic depiction of violence. This is a futuristic science fiction game where most of the enemies you're shooting at are alien creatures bent on Earth's destruction. Players ... read more

Age 16+
Halo 3: ODST
4
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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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Champions Online (Windows)
Parents Need to Know...

that this superheros game is a massively multiplayer online role playing game set in a wide open world that allows for full chat interaction. The game itself must be bought, and then there is also a monthly subscription fee, as well as ... read more

Age 15+
Champions Online
4

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