I rarely rarely post here but this is important to every gamer out there.
Theres going to be court hearing, pending Califronia's case on violent video games before the Supreme Court of the United States. Heres the link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwarzenegger_v._Entertainment_Merchants_Association
If this goes into affect, this wil be one of the biggest blows to the Gaming Industry. Not just to younger gamers but to the entire industry. This was announced yesterday on GameTrailers TV. The bill, if its aproved, will band the sale of "violent games" to minors. Which in simpler terms will be legislated and regulated like the way they do with alcohol, tobacco and firearms. I for one am furious right now. You can catch the episode on GT.com (sorry I dont know how to embed). I forgot to add this (from wikipedia) "The Progress & Freedom Foundation and the Electronic Frontier Foundation together submitted an amicus brief citing social research that declared Super Mario Bros. to be a violent video game"
But we may have hope; the Entertainment Consumers Association a non-profit organization is holding a petition that many gamers right are siging to try and stoo this. heres the link http://www.theeca.com/schwarzeneggervema
Heres the link to the episode http://www.gametrailers.com/episode/gametrailers-tv/108?sd=1&ch=1
People here seem to have gotten it all wrong; if the law does get aproved, it wont matter to me since im an adult, but as I quoted to another fellow member; even for younger gamers who dont play M rated games, for sure they wont be able to play the games according to their appropriate age since the goverment will probably apply such a strict policy on games, they could potentialy declare a game like Super Mario Bros. as violent. Which in turn will put pressure on game developers world wide not to make their games "too" violent or else they wont be able to sell their games to the age demographic they intended to target.
This could be the end of todaysgaming as we know it.
