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Washington State Restricts Anti-Cop Videogames

Posted by simoniker on from the tony-hawk-restricted-too? dept.

Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to this CNN report mentioning that Washington state is the first in the US to regulate the sale of videogames to minors. The bill, passed Monday, "..forbids selling minors any video or computer game depicting violence against law enforcement officials.". Interestingly, the law (as mentioned at Slashdot a while back) seems to ignore the fairly well-respected voluntary ESRB ratings for games, with the article suggesting that Enter The Matrix might be banned for purchase by those under 17, due to the player battling cops, despite EtM only being rated 'Teen' by the ESRB.

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  1. fp? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  2. I'd like to learn Linux... by Michael's+a+Jerk! · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...But I don't own a PDP-11.

    Can anyone help?

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    1. Re:I'd like to learn Linux... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      >Can anyone help?

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  3. IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    video game about cops bans YOU!

  4. Re:Movie Industry by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    *plonk*

  5. Re:Not to sounds anti-american but... by Dreetje · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Totally off topic, but I'll answer anyway.

    I just don't like to judge a whole nation, be it American or any other. However I am called anti-American before for not agreeing with all they do.

    Thus, I don't wanna sound anti-american, cause in fact I am not (totally;)...

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    Dre
  6. lol by Ender+Ryan · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    lol, thanks, that was good.

    yeah yeah yeah mods, offtopic....

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  7. Let us Email bomb them by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    For stupid laws, come stupid responses to those laws. Lets make a bigger point about the fact that they have MUCH BIGGER things to be worrying about. How dare they use resources to address what is a non issue when Washington has enough other problems to deal with. Same argument but WTF, I am so SICK AND TIRED of hearing about stupid laws being passed. How about a Stupidlaws.slashdot.org forwarding to yro.slashdot.org

  8. Re:RTCW by Sj0 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Ich glaube ihnen bedeutete Schutzstaffel, Teilnehmer von meinen.

    or rather, I believe they meant Schutzstaffel, my freind.

    babelfish+google:ph33r the p0w3r!

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