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Originally Posted by kapol
Well, one of my main points was still there. Comparing keeping video games to drugs like booze and cigeretes is not a very accurate one, at least in my opinion. Stores aren't going to pull drugs out because there will always be plenty of people drinking and smoking. They likely won't think the same of games, and are more likely to not stock them. My point about sales was also meant to point out that games aren't as important to stores as those drugs are. Though I will admit I did go off course there for a moment.
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Why would any store pull the games? All they have to do is put an "18" sticker on the games and check IDs. That's basically what they do with M games right now.
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Originally Posted by kapol
This is a similar idea. Pornography is the only media (at least that I know of) that is regulated in this fashion. So basically the law is saying that video games are similar to porn in that they need to be regulated in some way to be kept out of the hands of children. FullMetal's point seems to be 'if they don't carry one form of media regulated by the government in this way (porn), then why wouldn't they keep every other form of media?' I could be wrong on that though, as that's just the way I interpreted it, or at least that's how I think of it. Sorry if I seem to be putting words in FullMetal's mouth.
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You have a very strange definition of the word "porn". I think what you want is "obscene", which is a legal term meaning that a work isn't protected by the first amendment because it is offensive. Not all obscene things are porn. Not all regulated things are obscene. I understand that you're uncomfortable with it being regulated. I am too. Just because it's regulated doesn't mean that it's going to suddenly be socially unacceptable to play or buy video games or that people will be whispering behind your back how awful it is that you play COD:MW2.
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Originally Posted by Clickme
and it's that type of would it or wouldn't it confusion that will keep companies from taking ANY chances nad therefore not making those games, or neutering them beyond reason.
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The way the law is worded, it would likely spell the demise of the more violent T-rated games. The law basically divides games into two categories, violent "18" games and not as violent games. T games on the edge of being M would probably be nerfed so as to clearly not get the sticker and M games would end up with the sticker pretty much automatically. They might lose the 17-year olds, but the target market for M-rated games would basically be the same. The law doesn't actually ban anything.