An appeals court panel has nixed the Minnesota law that restriced minors’ access to “adults only” video games. I’m generally unsympathetic to media scare stories about video games, since they usually combine hysteria and ignorance in equal quantities, but this story seems different.
Randy Salas’ Technobabble blog supports the ruling, and he believes the issue is whether we need a state law to restrict the access, and whether games should be treated differently than other media. Bottom line: it’s doubtful anyone would have been prosecuted for renting Halo to a 16 year old anyway. Whether an unenforceable law should stand as a good example is a matter of opinion. Obviously; that’s why the ruling is called just that. If you’d like to chime in, head over to Technobabble.
The Problem With Vidyagames
The main problem with vidyagames is that the parents who complain about the violence in said vidyagames and want the government to do something are the same parents who bought their kids the game in the first place, without batting an eyelash as to what the contents of the game really were. They just bought the game to make their kid happy, and keep the kid occupied for a few hours so the parents wouldn't have to watch them. These are the same parents that have hired the TV to be the round-the-clock babysitter. And they wonder why children are fat, lazy, violent, and have ADD/ADHD.
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