Illinois Videogame Law Moves Forward

The ongoing trend of legislating the sale of video games moves forward. Gamasutra has news on the Illinois law currently moving through the legislature, which apparently has "overwhelming support". From the Illinois debate: "An industry that is making so much money selling these things to your children is dealing with things like decapitation, defecation on people. There's vivid pictures of nudity. It's an industry that needs help being policed..."

since when...

[takeya]

do games have people "defecating on eachother"? are they playing porno games or something? Japanese H-games?

can anyone tell me if there are really any american games with this sort of thing, or if it's just FUD.

It all went down hill...

[vistic]

...after Custer's Revenge for the Atari 2600.

Getting my goat

[tsm_sf]

What would you call a hybrid scapegoat/bandwagon... I like GoatWagon. Senators with too much free time on their hands will jump on any goatwagon "for the children". (This stuff practically writes itself, folks.)

Nudity?

[Leveler of Nations]

There's vivid pictures of nudity.

Where's thier evidence? I've been looking for something to pirate recently.

This reminds me...

[illuminatedwax]

When does "Defecator 3" come out?

Re:This reminds me...

[Celestial Avenger]

Around the same time as "Responsibility Dodgers II: The Parents' Trump Card"

Thank You, O Wise Legislators

[MemeSpitter]

I've seen em! Game-tapes awarding bonus scores for defecation! Soon children everywhere will be hurling clumps of fecal matter at each other with simian-like abandon! And this mindless violence modeled for our children... I see kids in my neighborhood jumping on their pet turtles in the street every day.

These kids need to learn that if you want to commit acts of violence for no good reason whatsoever, you coerce Congress to declare war on a random middle-eastern country. That's just the way it's done, damnit!

So I'm glad some legislature finally realizes the importance of applying state-sanctioned blanket age restrictions on videogames. Because it's well-known that everyone is magically at the exact same level of maturity when they reach some arbitrary age, and I sure as hell know that my state's laws kept me from getting any R-rated movies - or beer - before my time.

Re:Thank You, O Wise Legislators

[Zareste]

Exactly! This problem dates back to the Looney Tunes days when reckless children would stand on rooftops and drop anvils on innocent by-passers' heads, chop down trees to land on houses and roll boulders down cliffs to squash anyone in sight.
Hospitals were all occupied by people who looked like accordions! It was a real mess.

Fortunately, Illinois legislators passed the Scwewy Wabbit bill and all kids seen watching cartoons are shot on sight. They haven't had a problem since.

Books, instead

[Anonymous Coward]

I don't let my kids play depraved video games, I encourage them to read books, which are good for them. I just bought my daughter "Sex" by Madonna.