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New York Senators to Introduce Game Law

Subtle Demise | April 20, 2007 | Industry News | Misc 
Senators want to make it illegal to sell unrated games in hopes of preventing inappropriate games from being played by children.
With the recent revelation that Grand Theft Auto IV will be set in a transparent stand-in for New York City, the state's politicians are already touchy on the subject of violent games. More are raising their voices, as today state Senators Andrew Lanza and Martin Golden called for a "crackdown" on violent games and said they would introduce legislation to keep kids from being exposed to inappropriate games...
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  • 1 thumbs!
    Fluidity | April 21, 2007
    Well that's stupid. I bet it won't work. I think people have tried something like this before and it failed.
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    Guticb | April 21, 2007
    How much dumber could these damn senators be?

    Have they not realized, after HUNDREDS of court battles, that prohibiting sales of violent games is UNCONSTITUTIONAL, and therefore, ILLEGAL?
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    Chaos Swordsman | April 21, 2007
    Hilarious. The majority of games that are released get a rating from the ESRB before they're released anyway and Jack Thompson's already in debt to Louisiana because of a court battle over the exact same issue. Next up: President Bush pushing for a Constitutional amendment.
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    gotenks992 | April 21, 2007
    Good luck New York Senators. Your going to fail like the New York Islanders did in the playoffs.
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      Final Blade | April 22, 2007
      haha yea but remember islanders are from long island. the rangers are from new york. and there kicking major butt, and there the team to win the playoffs. but this is off topic. yea it is stupid. what they should pass is a law that parents should go with minors to get the games. only 18+ should get them by them selvs. cause this will blow up in there face. they cant ban games. bush wont do it. trust me. and its there right to release games. they should be ashamed of them selvs.
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    Subtle Demise | April 22, 2007
    If you think about it, though, the law won't really affect much. I have yet to actually see an unrated game on any store shelf(besides the really old ones), and I don't think that a law in New York would prevent people from ordering unrated games online (the only place I've ever seen an unrated video game that wasn't old), unless of course, the owner of the online store lived in New York.
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    Vermillion | April 22, 2007
    Are the parents that have to decide what will their kids play, not the senators.

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