Post by Xaimara on May 26, 2003 20:49:05 GMT -4
So you think that getting games was as easy as getting apple pie in October? While those thoughts of the delicious pie tickle your senses, take a slice out of the story that just came out: Washington being the first state in the nation to regulate the sales of video games. Take a look here...
forbids selling minors any video or computer game depicting violence against law enforcement officials.
Gov. Gary Locke on Monday just signed the bill into law on Monday that would ban the sale of certain 'violent' games to anyone under 17 years of age. Games such as Grand Theft Auto: Vice City(Take Two Interactive) and Enter The Matrix (Atari) are the main targets that showcase these types of so-called "violence."
Hefty fines will be in place to keep retailers in check, with fines of up to $500.
The Interactive Digital Software Association (the gaming industry trade group) did give its two cents on this new bill...
"We're confident that our position will be affirmed in court," said Doug Lowenstein, president of the IDSA. "At a time when the state faces a massive budget deficit, it is unfortunate that taxpayers and parents will see critical funds diverted to defend a bill which is patently unconstitutional. In January 2002 in a similar case, the City of Indianapolis spent $700,000 covering its own and the arcade industry's attorneys' fees on a bill which was unanimously ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit."
Even if they did this, you can still burn violent games. Anyone can get a mod chip for a ps2,xbox or a gamecrap. Anyone can get a program called Nero and you can burn the games. So technically this is pointless. Even if they cut out the violent games, the kids are still surrounded by violence. They hear it on the news & see it on TV.
forbids selling minors any video or computer game depicting violence against law enforcement officials.
Gov. Gary Locke on Monday just signed the bill into law on Monday that would ban the sale of certain 'violent' games to anyone under 17 years of age. Games such as Grand Theft Auto: Vice City(Take Two Interactive) and Enter The Matrix (Atari) are the main targets that showcase these types of so-called "violence."
Hefty fines will be in place to keep retailers in check, with fines of up to $500.
The Interactive Digital Software Association (the gaming industry trade group) did give its two cents on this new bill...
"We're confident that our position will be affirmed in court," said Doug Lowenstein, president of the IDSA. "At a time when the state faces a massive budget deficit, it is unfortunate that taxpayers and parents will see critical funds diverted to defend a bill which is patently unconstitutional. In January 2002 in a similar case, the City of Indianapolis spent $700,000 covering its own and the arcade industry's attorneys' fees on a bill which was unanimously ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit."
Even if they did this, you can still burn violent games. Anyone can get a mod chip for a ps2,xbox or a gamecrap. Anyone can get a program called Nero and you can burn the games. So technically this is pointless. Even if they cut out the violent games, the kids are still surrounded by violence. They hear it on the news & see it on TV.
let me break it down ;D