Supreme Court to decide hte future of Video Games

[TJ_Rosea]

anthor issue i heard is a store wont sell u a cd or movie that rated M unless u have proof of age, but a M rated game they can sell to a 5 year old cause there no rule or law about it.

[Silver Spoon]

Originally Posted by Clickme

(no more HAlo, no more Call of Duty, no more Left 4 Dead, no more Team Fortress)

I've never played any of these series, and the only Mature-rated games I've ever owned are Dead or Alive Ultimate and Persona 3 FES.

My biggest worry is that video game companies will become like Nintendo of America was in the late 80's to the mid-90's with their video games and super-censor them beforehand. I REALLY don't want that era of video gaming to return.

[TJ_Rosea]

Sorry M rated game is the same as a R rated movie, i type a little fast, and i am glad that rule was put in place then, back when i worked in retail that was not the case. I remember having to be called there all the time to anwser parents question about games cause the managers and the people in the dept had no clue, lol.

[nothingclever]

From my study of constitutional law/ history. This will not pass. It cannot pass. So no big deal

[mercury01]

Originally Posted by nothingclever

From my study of constitutional law/ history. This will not pass. It cannot pass.

Dark fire will not avail you, Flame of Ud?n! Go back to the Shadow!

[nothingclever]

Originally Posted by mercury01

Dark fire will not avail you, Flame of Ud?n! Go back to the Shadow!

I was hoping for exactly this, a million kudos to you good person.

[sodacat]

Yeah, think for a second who is going to be ruling on this. Republicans are gung ho on downsizing and weakening the federal government this season, while Democrats, who need bucketloads of goodwill for this election, are not going to let themselves be remembered for creating a new Hayes Code. It is in no one's best interest to make any kind of change to the status quo.

[DanTails]

Wait, can you tell me why a big label on the front would suddenly kill the sales of a game again?

I mean, it's not like an M rating means a game won't sell. Heck, it's usually more of a boost IIRC.

And how would this limit free speech or creation of games? (more then the ESRB already does, at least.) These levels of violence have been in games for years, and it is usually pretty clear said games have that kind of violence. I don't think telling people that this game has violence in it is going to be a sudden deal breaker.

I don't see this doing anything big the ESRB isn't already doing, really. =/ But I feel like I'm missing a significant part of the issue.

[Clickme]

Bascially the new label would be the same as givign it an AO rating for violence. Places that don't sell ONLY games, like Wal-mart and Target will likely stop carrying those games altogether rather than deal with the extra hassle. Now some T games would fall under this too wit hthe way the law is phrased, keep in mind. Once major retailers like that stop carryign the games with said content, developers will stop making those games, and that will reduce hte gaming industry to literally child's play.

[CyberFox]

If you live in CA, There's a way to preseve freedom even for the video game industry.. voting!!

as in vote Leland Yee out of office!

[MadDocofGrowth]

Here is the bill purposed
http://www.mediacoalition.org/mediai...179%5B1%5D.pdf

Basically if your under 18 no "violent" video games for you.


.....To some of us 'older' video game players it..might be doing us a favor (lol) ? >_>;
..only played Halo reach for 5minutes today and the only time i will have on it, there was a kid screaming my ears were nearing bleeding point D=

[Clickme]

Out of the countless hours I've played reach since hte midnight launch, I've only had one bad experience with an annoying kid.

Anywho, the case opens on November 2nd. Recently there was a protest of sorts involving mailing your broken controllers to senator Lee, the one who created the bill, with the words "I believe in the first amendment" on them. The man received hundreds of packages XD