why can you never kill children in video games, its not i get sick kicks out of it but ive never understood it

I imagine it would be very controversial, and likely warrant a higher ESRB rating.

Same reason you see boobs everywhere but little to no male nudity.

soccer moms :shrug:

You can kill kids in the original Deus Ex. I guess nowadays since games are more popular, that would draw too much negative attention.

Well, you can kill kids in some games, like Deus Ex, but I'd imagine that most dev's don't do it because either A) they don't have plans for child characters, or B ) it would bump up the game's rating.

This isn't really up for discussion on this forum.