7 Games Kids Should Avoid

• 7 Games Kids Should Avoid

  Games: Bad for Kids or not?
  Both, we say. Cut through the static with this easy list of seven games* that are good for your kids and seven that aren't (even though you might want to play them yourself after bedtime).
  
  *Game selection based on top-selling games in December 2007, courtesy of VGchartz.com .
  Source:GameDaily

• 7 Games Kids Should Avoid

  Bad: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
  Rated: M for Mature
  This might look like a patriotic game that will teach the kids American values, but it has an M-rating for a reason. Near-realistic combat that includes disturbing scenes where attack dogs chew out your buddy's throats put this war game over the top.
  Read our Call of Duty 4 Review
  Source: Activision

• 7 Games Kids Should Avoid

  Good: Super Mario Galaxy
  Rated: E for Everyone
  Twenty years later, Nintendo mascot Mario's still saving the princess. This time he takes off across the galaxy, battling enemies while maneuvering through some of the most brilliant level design in recent history, which requires dexterous use of the motion-sensing Wii remote. It's cute, it's fun, and it's the perfect game for players of all ages.
  Read our Super Mario Galaxy Review
  Source: Nintendo

• 7 Games Kids Should Avoid

  Bad: Assassin's Creed
  Rated: M for Mature
  This stealthy game centers on an assassin who's set out to choke, stab and otherwise knock off nine semi-historical figures from the Crusades. It's a fictional story based on a real-life topicthat's not exactly the stuff of bedtime stories.
  Source: Ubisoft

• 7 Games Kids Should Avoid

  Good: Forza Motorsport 2
  Rated: E for Everyone
  Kids tired of playing cartoony games can get a dose of realism behind the steering wheel of one of 300 customizable cars in this circuit racing game. One note of warning: the game canbe played online -- with voice chat -- over Xbox Live, so be sure to use the gaming system's parental controls to protect your little speed racer from inappropriate comments.
  Read our Forza 2 Review
  Source: Microsoft

• 7 Games Kids Should Avoid

  Bad: Mass Effect
  Rated: M for Mature
  While this is a great experience for adults, this sci-fi role-playing game, with Hollywood-level graphics and and voice acting includes mature themes not appropriate for the youngsters, such aslesbian sex, political assassinations, monsters and genocide.
  Source: Microsoft

• 7 Games Kids Should Avoid

  Good: Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
  Rated: M for Mature
  Spider-Man, Captain America, the X-Men and other Marvel mainstays team up to fight against Colossus and his minions in this T-rated action game. While not necessarily appropriatefor small children, this blood-free fighting game allows up to four play cooperatively and new players can drop in and out at any time.
  Read our Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Review

  
  Source: Activision

• 7 Games Kids Should Avoid

  Bad: Halo 3
  Rated: M for Mature
  Master Chief might be the savior of the universe, but the game's helmeted hero spills lots of blood along the way. It's not the most violent of the 'M' rated games, but there's still enough to causeconcern for protective parents.

  Source: Microsoft

• 7 Games Kids Should Avoid

  Good: Guitar Hero III
  Rated: T for Teen
  Though parents might blanch some of the song lyrics, this guitar simulation game is as close as your kids can get to rock stardom without exposure to the shadier sides of the music biz.
  Read our Guitar Hero III Review
  Source: Activision

• 7 Games Kids Should Avoid

  Bad: Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
  Rated: M for Mature
  Two ex-cons rob banks, shooting up police officers and more in one of the bloodiest action games this year. Definitely not for kids, and even adults might feel a little dirty after playing it.
  Read our Kane & Lynch Review
  Source: Eidos