The Pope says "F#$%" Videogames

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

before video games, we played cowboys and indians

but I don't allow my kids to watch or play anything with nudity, vulgar language, or senseless violence.

And it would be very helpful if video games included controls for coarse language, simply place a slider in the settings.

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

I can't think of a single game that had course language and that didn't also have violence, though.

Fry Cry has some coarse language and lots of violence, but the violence isn't senseless or in cold blood.

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

What do you consider to be "senseless" violence?

when you're playing the role of a thug

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

What do you consider to be "senseless" violence?

when you're playing the role of a thug

That's an unusually narrow definition, compared to what I've seen that concerned parents usually restrict their kids from.

Not saying that's a bad thing.

what's the normal definition of "senseless violence"?