Back in September, Bethesda's Pete Hines got into a scrape on Twitter with some PC gamers who resented the fact they were not permitted to kill children in games like Fallout and now, Skyrim.

There is a popular myth that playing video games causes people (especially kids) to become violent. Supposedly, killing in a video game will incite people to kill in real life.

None of the kids are really annoying enough in this game to kill like FO3 aka little lamplight Advertisement As a veteran Fallout player, I can’t say I miss having the ability to kill kids.

Ever notice how there's a lack of kids in free-roaming sandbox games? Your Grand Theft Autos, your Saints Rows... you're more likely to find kids playing the game on your side of the screen than ...