So, it looks like the Louisiana violent videogames bill has fallen flat on it's face. A fed judge temporarily blocked the enforcement of the law hours after it was signed by Louisiana Guv Kathleen Blanco. Seems like every time some do-gooder (attention starved politician) tries to ban the sale of videogames to kids, they fail and fail again. Let's see.......
ROLLCALL!!!!!
Texas, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee, Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan, Iowa, Utah, Washington (state), and Maryland have all proposed legislation that was swiftly smacked down by their respective elected officials. (Maryland's bill was since rewritten and passed without challenge)
New York, North Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, and New Jersey still have bills pending that will probably be shot down by the ESRB's lawyers.
The bills that HAVE passed, (Georgia, California and Washington) were only to condemn 25 To Life (a disgusting TURD of a game) and to demand rating information be on the boxes of all videogames sold in that state. As if the ESRB hasn't been doing that for the last 12 years.....
Anyways, I don't think that any of this will make a difference in the long run, since most kids will find some adult to buy the game for them anyways, and work-frazzled parents will take their kids to R-Rated movies no matter how much people gnash their teeth about it.
oh well. I had a first hand look at how parents deal with their kids playing inappropriate games, you can get the lowdown on the latest episode of Endangered Gamer Podcast here.
(yeah, I know, shameless plug; I'm guilty!!!!!)
Thanks to http://www.gamepolitics.com for the charts and to Gil for kickstarting my brain!!!
ROLLCALL!!!!!
Texas, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee, Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan, Iowa, Utah, Washington (state), and Maryland have all proposed legislation that was swiftly smacked down by their respective elected officials. (Maryland's bill was since rewritten and passed without challenge)
New York, North Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, and New Jersey still have bills pending that will probably be shot down by the ESRB's lawyers.
The bills that HAVE passed, (Georgia, California and Washington) were only to condemn 25 To Life (a disgusting TURD of a game) and to demand rating information be on the boxes of all videogames sold in that state. As if the ESRB hasn't been doing that for the last 12 years.....
Anyways, I don't think that any of this will make a difference in the long run, since most kids will find some adult to buy the game for them anyways, and work-frazzled parents will take their kids to R-Rated movies no matter how much people gnash their teeth about it.
oh well. I had a first hand look at how parents deal with their kids playing inappropriate games, you can get the lowdown on the latest episode of Endangered Gamer Podcast here.
(yeah, I know, shameless plug; I'm guilty!!!!!)
Thanks to http://www.gamepolitics.com for the charts and to Gil for kickstarting my brain!!!
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