ONE of the creators of Grand Theft Auto has revealed that he pleads with parents in game shops not to buy the ultraviolent title for their children.
ONE of the creators of Grand Theft Auto has revealed that he pleads with parents in game shops not to buy the ultraviolent title for their children.
Scots games guru Brian Baglow said he recently begged a woman not hand over a copy of GTA 5 to a seven-year-old.
Videos from the latest version of the game, made by Edinburgh-based Rockstar North, have appeared on YouTube showing a hatchet massacre and a shotgun shooting spree.
Mr Baglow, 44, was the writer for the first game. He said: "I've had toe-curling arguments in shops with parents who were buying GTA 5 for their kids. When I see it happening I feel compelled to say something and I do.
"I remember seeing a woman arguing with one of the shop workers who knew she was buying the game for her seven or eight-year-old kid who was standing next to her.
"But she just wouldn't listen. It was sold to her and then she turned around, handed it to the kid and said, 'there you go son'."
Mr Baglow himself argued with the woman that the violence in the game meant the child should not play it but she refused to listen.
The founder and director of The Scottish Games Network, which brings together all those involved in the interactive entertainment sector in Scotland, said: "These games have an 18 certificate for a reason."
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