I work where the Games Cease and I wish you could’ve seen this fucking kid I just had to deal with:

Right off the bat he’s maybe 10 or 11 years old. Wants GTA V. I tell him “You need to be at least 17 to buy this game.” (It’s the LAW) So he goes and gets his mom and I can hear him saying things like “oh don’t bother with the box don’t bother with the box it’s fine” and my red flags start flying up.

So she comes up and I don’t even scan it. I just flip it over and ask her, “Ma’am are you aware this is a Mature rated game?” (We have to ask, also LAW)

She says “What does that mean?”

So I show her on the box:
Blood and Gore
Sexual Content
Strong Language
Strong Violence
Nudity
AND I tell her the game includes player initiated rape and torture scenes.

She says “Thank you for telling/showing me this, we won’t be buying this game”

And the boy FUCKING LOSES IT!

“YOU NEVER LET ME BUY ANYTHING! YOU ALWAYS SECOND GUESS EVERYTHING I WANT!!”

And I’m just standing there like….. first off get wrecked son.

Secondly you’re really proving you’re MATURE enough for the MATURE RATED game!

So I’m laughing on the inside because this kid knew his mom would never let him buy it and he thought he could slip it under the radar and I’m just like yeah no.

To end on a happy note: Earlier in the day we had an older boy (13-14) looking for Wii games and when he found out we had all 5 games he wanted he was so happy he started dancing in the store and it gave me hope. That kid was raised right.

(And before people start saying I was “mean” to the boy who wanted GTA, I personally hate that game on principle but I sell it the same as any other game to the people who are old enough for it. But I don’t think any ten year old should be playing a game where you can RAPE AND TORTURE especially if they’re trying to lie to their parent about it.)