[quote]Well fellow Guardians, it looks like my adventure is coming to a premature close as I can no longer play Destiny with the lot of you because of unfortunate circumstances. It seems that Destiny is no longer allowed in the household. After finally downloading the beta, setting up my exo hunter and jumping into the game for a few hours, I was met with a powerful urge to use the bathroom after sitting for so long in my room, exploring Old Russia and beating the Devil's Layer (twice!). I knew that it would just be a quick trip across the hall to the bathroom, so I left the game running and didn't think to lock my door as I left my bedroom, the first mistake in a series of terrible tragedies. So, there I was just doing my business in the bathroom, eagerly thinking about what I was going to do next in game. Maybe I would go into the Crucible and try out some of my sharpshooting skills on my trusty sniper, or maybe I'd message one of my friends to see if he had finished the Beta download yet. The Beta had been great so far, and playing it with my friend would have made it 1000X better if my mother hadn't suddenly yelled from behind the bathroom door, "WHAT IS THIS!" Now, to give some context to my mother's attitude towards video games, let's just say that she thought Pokemon was a morally questionable game as it had you capture "little raving monsters" into "confining prisons" only to let them out for "bloodthirsty battles that make dogfights look tame". To sum it up, she was against video games for the most part and only allowed certain ones in the house, and that was on very rare occasions. The only reason we got a PS3 was for Little Big Planet as she thought it was cute enough to not be that harmful to my development. So as you can guess, when my mother walked into my room looking for me and was greeted by the sight of a large machine gun pointed at the remains of a Fallen Dreg, you can figure out how she reacted. "WHAT IS THIS!" Quickly washing my hands and exiting the bathroom, I saw my mom standing in my room looking at the TV screen and then turning to me with a pretty angry look on her face. I thought about running just to escape the lecture I knew was coming, but her angry eyes held me there like a butterfly pinned under glass. "Is [i]THIS[/i] what you've been doing in here? Playing this [b]AWFUL[/b] game for the past few hours!?" I told her that I was and that it was the first day of Beta. I tried to explain to her that it was a really fun game with not a lot of graphic violence, and that even though it had guns in it, it really wasn't that bad. Of course body on the screen didn't help, but I had to try something to stop her from freaking out even more. I even tried calming her down by saying that it was free to download, but that certainly didn't help as she suddenly thought that thousands of horribly violent games were readily available on "that gamestation" for free and she started questioning me if I had downloaded anything else of a suspicious nature. After her lecturing me about online pornography, how violent video games make you a violent person and how I was still young and impressionable from every form of media, she ended the talk by saying, "Just wait till your father hears about this." And wouldn't you know it before she left the room, she walked over to where my playstation was, unplugged it with a forceful jerk and walked right past me into the hallway, holding the playstation like it was an old, dirty rag in need of disposal. I don't know if I can even describe how sad and broken I felt in that moment. When my dad came home a few hours later I wasn't sure what to expect. Whenever he talks to me, it always seems to be in a more professional manner than a fatherly manner. Maybe it's just how he was raised, but I know that I will never see my father as a close, warm friend. When he came inside the house he smiled and hugged my mom, but as soon as he saw me, his face calmed and turned into a silent stare. I knew he was angry at me, and that silent stare brought more terror into me than any yelling could ever do. He set his work things down and calmly walked into the kitchen to sit in his chair at the small wooden table we had from years before. It was his silent signal for me to come sit down and talk with him about what had happened earlier. My father sat there with his back to me, just simply reading the newspaper as I approached the table. He didn't say anything to me when I sat down next to him and he just waited a couple of minuets before speaking. "So, how'd your day go?" I told him it was good. That was all. I knew he wouldn't ask the question right away. "Your mom called me earlier today, she asked how work was going, you know how she is, and if we would be able to take a trip up north later this year. I think that if scheduling goes right, and your grandparents are available, then we should be able to go sometime in mid-August. What do you think?" I said it was fine. The trip would be fun. "I think it will be quite enjoyable too." He paused for a moment. "Your mother also told me that you and your friend Ashton were planning on playing a game today. Something called Destiny?" I nodded, knowing what was coming. "And it's a video game?" More nodding. "I see." "Now you know how we feel about video games, correct? And you [i]especially[/i] know how we feel about violent ones, right?" I don't even move my head, I just look down at the floor. "I know you do. Now while I was at work, I took some time to research this game of yours and you know what interesting things I found out? It is indeed a violent, shooting video game. Now what made you think that it was okay for you to play that without first asking us? I know that you are growing up, but there are very concrete rules that everyone in this household must abide by, and while you are still living here, you must follow them." My eyes are closed tight, my face still towards the floor. "Another interesting thing I found out was that there are very specific looking monsters in this game, I believe that they were called the Fallen and the Hive, that resemble very dark beings, almost demons if you will. Is that really the type of game I want my son to play? I don't think so." "Along those same lines, I found in the game that there's something called a Devil Walker?" My young brain can only come up with one thought amidst the pain, "Shit." "Now I'm not sure if you already knew about this so called Devil Walker in the game, and if you did you would definitely know the consequences, but amongst everything else that's wrong with that game called Destiny, that is the one thing that we cannot tolerate whatsoever. I believe I made it perfectly clear when you were young that anything pertaining to the Devil is not allowed in this household. [b]Nothing[/b] at all." It was the final nail in the coffin. A warm stinging starts to fill my eyes. "So as you can see, that game of yours violates one of the most fundamental rules I have laid down, and action must be taken to remedy this violation. You will delete any trace of that game from this house and you will have restricted access to the playstation, do you understand?" A single grieving nod. "Furthermore, you will start attending biblical school more often as you have obviously strayed from your teachings by disobeying your father and you mother. These are the consequences for your actions. You're dismissed." I wiped the tears from my face and got up from the table. I could barely see through the layer of saline in my eyes as I walked down the hallway to my room. With the broken hopes and dreams of a wonderful gaming experience, I cried myself to sleep thinking about the lost game that I'll never play and the fact that I fu[i]c[/i]king hate bible school.[/quote] This hit me in the feels.. deep sorrow in heart i feel

we'll that was a story

I feel like this is just one huge troll post for attention.

My mom had the same opinion of halo. Until I finally went around her stubborn head and made her agree with proof. She still hated if until I literally had taken her to gamestop had the people decide what the characters were and so forth. Told her that video games are more like a movie without actual people. And if she hated halo then she hated her favorite block buster of all time ( Star Wars)! Oh here is a good class argument - Pokemon/ dogfight deal: if I don't get this stuff out of my system with small harmless games like Pokemon then you will actually force me when I grow up to completely rebel u cause u are being worse than Cubans dictator Castro and actually do dog fights. Also Pokemon has a little cartoon series that totally disregards the cockfight theory since there is Pokemon constantly traveling outside the pokeball. Short story if your parents are treating you this way use common logic sense and be respectful do not cower and show exemplary behavior! If your parents still act that way then I would wait then move out, get my own place then invite them to a party then trick them in order to play a super violent game against each other in which they love at the end than give them the silent stare of disapproval. By the way I was screwed when the vehicles name were like ghost, banshee and wraith and how the flood looked and when the story had enormous amounts of religion! But I used That as an advantage and I told my mom that I was playing as a hero saving humanity from the evil aliens that had worshipped this religion. And assured the flood were parasites not demons and when she still had doubts still showed her favorite movie the body snatchers and the thing and told her I was eradicating them as if were the crusader! Burn there sins with the power of god ( fire)! So try to persuade the game destiny as a story fighting demons pushing back satins forces helping the light of god and rescuing the universe and if your not then your parents are really working with the devil for not letting you save- u know like an example like that! But member always to respect, love, learn, and be mindful of your parents wishes they did bring to this world and made your [spoiler]Destiny[/spoiler] hoped this help and have a good day!

Our guardians salute you.

Why are their 600 comments on this?

Well do they know that it's about saving earth?? And that the devil walker is a giant robot?

XD Normally I wouldn't have read something that long but I couldn't stop this time this is so daft btw bro. [spoiler][quote]very specific looking monsters in this game, I believe that they were called the Fallen and the Hive, that resemble very dark beings, almost demons if you will.[/quote] you'd think that killing demons would be a good thing. the problem with over protective parents is that they hide you from any and all forms of evil, but if you don't know what evil looks like, how the hell are you supposed to fight it? [/spoiler]

This is what really pisses me off about Christians like this (I think of them as fundamentalists). I'm becoming a leader in my church and am always striving for a closer relationship with God. Part of that includes reading His word, the Bible. You know what the Bible talks about? The Devil. The devil, demons, and it evens has instances of murder, -blam!-, stealing, lying, disobeying parents, etc. etc. By your parents logic, they have to get rid of their Bibles. Regardless of the fact that it talks about defeating these things, just like you defeat devil walkers. It has the word devil, it has scary things in it, so it must be evil. Get rid of it. Pursue God to have a relationship with him, not to please your parents, and remember the things they're doing that you don't like and fix it when you have kids.

[b]ITT[/b]: So many retards falling for this troll (seriously guys, it's Le Dustin's alt. 10/10 on that by the way, you did a good job). And so many Athiest Libtards using this to judge all of Christianity and to bash religion.

Sucks to be a kid lol

you are a wonderful writer for one so young. Hopefully you are nearly old enough that you'll be able to leave that house in short order and get back into the fold of demon killers where you will surely be missed. You'd think they'd be thrilled that you're killing demons. You have my deepest sympathies. (more so for having to attend Bible school than for being deprived of Destiny even) (I don't care if this is fake, it was wonderfully written and fun to read)

Confirmed OP is a troll

Great read man loved it.

I salute to you fellow gaurdain

lol

Don't worry, mate . . . . Soon you'll be out of that house & can do whatever the hell you want. You'll know what mistake your parents made and you won't do it to your future kids. GAMES are our escape to be creative and free in our own heads and let the power of imagination flow. It our connection to our mind and thinking skill & reflexes (some games) no game is bad if you teach your kids that is just a game and that none of its real you shoudn't have a problem. . . .anyways man Dont worry

Go back to Offtopia, Alt.

fake or not br0 u had my tear$ g0in. tHat is till i relized ur mom took ur plebstation and not s3xbox. good thing u still haz taht cuz dat wut matt3rs. w8 U haz xbox, rite? [spoiler]Well written post. Hopefully fake/satire, sadly this type of situation isn't very far fetched :(.[/spoiler]

Yes you mom made it seam like its a hellish game where you kill demons and kick ass well im so sorry you parents don't understand it's the 21 century :(

I am truly sorry to hear that man but first of all. Even though the game is rated "T for teen" you should have taken account for the fact that you're parents hate violence and are religiously perceptive to their environment, the second is that you snuck behind your parent's back to buy something "illegal" in your household without notifying them. On the other hand, I respectively admire your persistence and dedication to play along with your fellow guardians but in the end we all made mistakes one way or another. I do hope to see and fight alongside you in Destiny. See you starward! <(*-*)