tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647535028551977680.post3758426935790220835..comments2023-08-25T07:59:52.853-04:00Comments on Tyrian Express: Age of Conan - Our directional changeElementalistlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17536627257855895757noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647535028551977680.post-21530116513910578192009-07-13T22:18:42.785-04:002009-07-13T22:18:42.785-04:00All good questions.
There are filters in the reg...All good questions. <br /><br />There are filters in the registration to disable blood/gore and nudity for logins. Thus, I put the key under my name, but gave him a login, and control the filter.<br /><br />It can also be turned off in game.<br /><br />First, let me state...our son is a very intelligent 10. He excels in special above grade classes. <br />He has a very well spoken vocabulary, and asks the right questions at the right time.<br /><br />To be honest, TV is pretty full of violence, sex and what not...so we are raising our son in that he understands sex and violence. <br /><br />So, we play with the filter off. <br /><br />He has nothing to say about the violence or the sexual content, as he does not read the quests too much (he is a click 1 through the dialogs kinda guy) and is too busy jumping on bldgs and finding hiding spots than looking at women anyways...lol.<br />But, we have the control we need over what he does and what he sees.<br />If we do see an issue we can discuss them, whether they are of torture, rape, death or killing.<br /><br />We are having too much fun questing and fighting to really talk about it though. Mainly we have been using the game as a tool. It allows us to teach him money management, time management and how to control skills, questing, reading and more.<br /><br />To us, parenting is in our hands, and if we let others control his views of sex, violence, blood and gore...then we have already lost that battle. <br /><br />We think this works, and based on the intelligence of his questions about everything from God, to the news, and seeing how he acts toward others (today we went to the store and someone drove by with some items under the cart that fell out, and he immediately walked over and picked them up to put them back, with no one asking...), I think we are doing well.<br /><br />Thanks for asking!Elementalistlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17536627257855895757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647535028551977680.post-70928340231719377212009-07-13T22:13:03.815-04:002009-07-13T22:13:03.815-04:00The nudity and gore isn't really that bad anym...The nudity and gore isn't really that bad anymore. From what I recall, it's been toned down a lot since launch. <br /><br />I have one child (a teen daughter) who would have no trouble handling AoC, but one of my boys would be acting out the sword battles in the living room, so it'll be a while before I let him play an MMO. ;)Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08826115764115178487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647535028551977680.post-40904044892390582782009-07-13T19:23:44.836-04:002009-07-13T19:23:44.836-04:00Following on from Gordon's comment, do the con...Following on from Gordon's comment, do the content filters work?<br /><br />The content may be a bit bloody for a 10 year old, but I guess he is playing with your wife and yourself, not in a dark room by himself, so there is someone there to explain the difference between fantasy and reality.<br /><br />V.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13004808505486184097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3647535028551977680.post-21671554333621784342009-07-13T17:26:53.455-04:002009-07-13T17:26:53.455-04:00Just curious, how old is your son? Do you mind him...Just curious, how old is your son? Do you mind him seeing the bloody content and nudity?<br /><br />Not that I care, mind :) I watched the first Conan film when I was 5 years old :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com