Underage kids and age restricted games

Violent or sexualized video games do not turn kids bad. As you can see, many people in this topic alone have been gamers all their lives. Growing up with games like Doom, Blood, Resident Evil and Mortal Kombat. And before you say "those games aren't as bad as GTAV!"... many of the most controversial games of all time were in the 90's and early 2000's. Soldier of Fortune, Carmageddon, Postal 2, Manhunt. All would've been considered classic's by the time a 14 year old in 2014 was old enough to care what they were playing, if they were gaming at all at that point.

While I can't sit here and say kids playing adult-themed games is a GOOD thing, I guarantee you that despite your best efforts, they'll find a way to anyways. The same way I found my dads playboy's in the garage when I was 13, and would sneak out for a peek whenever I knew my parents would be gone for a while. And truthfully, that's how it should be. They need to know it's not right, and it's not encouraged, but it's this sheltered coddling that is pumping out a generation of hypersensitive dimwits that cling to internet anonymity for venting their frustrations, that think they're god's gift to the world... and that the only answer to schoolyard bullying is to shoot the place up because up to that point, they've never experienced real, personal adversity... and can't handle it.

If you want to have no part of it, by all means, stop giving M rated games away. I don't think you're doing anyone any favors though.

Among the first games I played as a kid were Wolfenstein 3D and Doom. I played Duke Nukem 3D when I was about 10 years old. The uncensored version, of course; I tried playing with the parental lock on just to see what happens, and it removed the strippers and all other explicit content. So I turned it back off, of course.
I know I technically have no way of proving that, but I still haven't killed anyone in real life, I don't go on violent rampages much as I may be tempted to (I live in Croatia. Don't ask.), and I have yet to rob a bank, steal a car, and rape a woman. Or a man. Or a goat.

I maintain that the rating system is a bunch of moralistic bullshit. In fact, some of you may be acquainted with the Grimm fairy tales. Not the bowdlerized Disney versions, but the originals as written by the Grimm brothers: there's violence there, brutality, and some quite inventive forms of torture and execution. Among other things. I'd have to check, but it seems to me that bowdlerization coincides with the Victorian ideal of the innocent child, and child-like innocence. Which is also bullshit, by the way; children have quite violent urges and instincts (for fuck's sake, we're the apex predator and we make other predators our fucking pets), including the instinct to murder our younger siblings, as toddlers of about two years of age are quite likely to attempt.
But the grown-ups tend to forget that, and having learned to get scandalized about certain forms of violence and nudity, they unthinkingly impose those values onto children.
Most psychologists I know will say children need violent stories, horror movies, and violent games in order to learn to cope with the darkness they're born with. And I think parents should only restrict access to games they're not comfortable discussing with kids just yet. But to those parents I'd recommend to get some counseling and start talking to their kids.

In other news, kids will find a way to play nonetheless. They just might not play them at home.
Which is kind of like forbidding your children to have sex under your roof. Which will make them have sex somewhere else, possibly where it is both less comfortable and less safe.

It's completely up to the parents. All those age ratings are just recommendations and in many countries they're not enforced at all. Kids can play violent video games as long as you have a talk with them first and make sure they understand that it's not real. Normal kids should have no problem understanding that. However, I would still deny access to some games, if the kid is younger than 13 years old.

Trying to verify someone's age on the internet is impossible, if it's possible to lie about it.

I think the whole 'problem' is an attempt to distract everyone from the REAL problem when a child decides to say 'Fuck you!' or any other obscene words. I played mature games as a kid and none of my 'attitude problems' were caused by video games.