Like many other young gamers around the world, the son of news anchor John Carlin of NBC affiliate WSLS 10 in Roanoke, Virginia, plays Halo 3 on Xbox Live.
Concerned about what Tyler is exposed to on Live, Carlin placed a microphone in his son’s headset during Halo 3, capturing the following conversation.
“Holy S*** Suck A**. He’s Terrible. If you’re that bad, you should quit.”
“Yeah! I’m F****** dead b/c their sniper sniped me -teammate says “no its b/c you F***** Suck.”
““F*** You Joe, he was a Captain grade 3.”
In another conversation, Carlin said he heard a voice of “clearly a young child” among the players participating in sending out foul language, including racial slurs and homophobic comments.
When asked what the reaction was when there’s a kid in the game, Tyler said, “A lot of people cuss them out...”
“Just a lot of times they’ll say—Oh you’re gay. You’re being gay stop doing that.”
Following the report, Carlin said that he has already discussed much stricter rules concerning Xbox Live with his son.