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Governor Paterson signed a law that will restrict violent video games, as well as create "an advisory council to study the effects of violent games" and "to help families better monitor" the games. While bill sponsor State Senator Andrew Lanza said, "Technology advances have allowed video games to become increasingly more realistic and interactive, and unfortunately more violent. Some games simply aren't appropriate for nine and ten year old children for example," Americans for Tax Reform president Grover Norquist opined to the AP, "The reason it is politically popular is the average citizen will read a headline that says, 'State Legislature is against violence in children's video games.' They are unlikely to read a headline that says, 'Legislature will waste $70,000 of your tax dollars.'"
NY State to Restrict Violent Video Games
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"Some games simply aren't appropriate for nine and ten year old children for example."
And that's why they have ratings. If the government really wants to crack down on crap like this, how about making it a felony for parents to take their 5 year old into an extremely violent, extremely sexual R-rated movie where the kid will eventually talk the entire time and go home with nightmares?
How about the parents actually take responsibility?! This is SUCH a waste.
gotta side with grover on this one.
Alright this dude is a DICK now! First Amazon taxes and now this. Why regulate just the videogame industry? why not movies and television too while you are at it. Next comes magazines, then newspapers, and the internet. They should enforce the not selling of videogames to kids, yes. but this is stupid.
you know it's a shit day when you find yourself siding with Grover Norquist.... but he's right.
Asshole parents are a bigger burden on society than almost anything we waste tax dollars fighting against.
I don't want a Big Brother situation, but I do wish some people were not allowed to breed.
This is really quite funny legislation since all of the measures it calls for have already been in use for years. Save for the lovely lets get together x amount of times a year to discuss the effects of violent games on the youth, which is just filler. The whole thing is a joke and a waste of tax dollars and paper.
This article doesn't make any sense.
I would read an article that said, "Legislature will waste $70,000 of your tax dollars." --who wouldn't!
Had an interesting discussion with a teacher at the school I work with. Nobody really wants to crack down on rap music and the sick, sad culture of hip hop and rap because it is seen as some sort (perversely of course) of legitimate cultural movement, whereas video games, mainly created by white males, are an easy target, allowing the community where GTA IV enjoys popularity and lots of advertising, to point to an outside 'other' source. I see his point and tend to agree...
To see another side of this some of you should look up the Resident Evil 5 controversy, in which Africa was chosen as the setting. Suddenly people not normally concerned with the scores of white folk killed in the previous game are coming out of the woodwork.
(I also had the joy of hearing a coworker say "This game teaches boys how to steal a car!.") The facepalm was immediately used following that statement.
So someone who has never plated a video game just signed a bill to restrict them? Nice.
He can't even see what the games are about...
This is a complete waste of time and resources.
Ms Pac Man taught me how to eat random dots I found on the street.
To prepare my kid for NYC public schools I've been making sure he logs as much time as possible playing Wolfenstein, Doom, Duke Nukem, Unreal, Counterstrike, Half-Life, Quake and Call of Duty. But it's OK because he's developing his computer skills since I don't let him play those faggy FPS's that are only available on consoles. Who the hell plays those games on consoles anyway?
Doesn't every child want Gov. Paterson as their parent? Think of all the warm hugs and help with homework. Yeah, Gov. Paterson is definitely my first choice for a parent.
I think that's stupid. Stores are just starting to crack down on who is buying the games. It's a felony for them to sell an M-rated game to a minor, so all that really has to happen is make parents READ THE ESRB RATINGS. They are there for a reason, they tell EXACTLY what is in the game.
This is a waste of time and money. Identification is needed already, so stores aren't at fault. The parents just need to step up and do their homework, which is just a simple glance at the rating.
Nobody really wants to crack down on rap music and the sick, sad culture of hip hop and rap because it is seen as some sort (perversely of course) of legitimate cultural movement
I hope you're kidding! Public Enemy, KRS-One, Dead Prez, Nas, Tupac, and countless others have brought tough issues to the forefront of society that would have otherwise stayed buried. Anyone who would call that cultural movement perverse, and question its legitimacy, does not have a clue.
1 More Constitutional Amendment trampled on by N.Y. ! First it was the 2nd. now the 1st.! You guys need to learn these are "Rights" not privileges !Glad I don't live there !