Innocuous California Game Ratings Bill Passed

Posted by simoniker on Thursday August 19, 2004 @12:08AM from the no-jail-after-all dept.

Thanks to GamePro for its article noting that a newly revised bill "that requires video game retailers to clearly display signs of the game ratings has been passed by the state senate in California." The bill, "now waiting to be signed by Governor Schwarzenegger", was originally paired with a more controversial bill which "called to define 'atrocious or cruel' video games as 'harmful matter to children'", but that pairing failed to advance, despite support from bill sponsor Leland Yee, leading to a straightforward "requirement to have game ratings clearly displayed, and also have information about the ratings system readily available to parents purchasing games."

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Huh? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-08-19 00:09 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Nothing to see here. Move along.
Teh odd one out! by LittleBigLui · 2004-08-19 00:20 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Hasta la vista, baby!

I'll be back!

Sink of zee children! For gods sake, zee children!!

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Not so much by AllenChristopher · 2004-08-19 03:00 · Score: -1, Offtopic

I'm not at all happy that the bill refers to "atrocious" content. The word "obscene" was bad enough for abuse in interpretation. This is just insane.
Having created a category for atrocious content, future lawmakers can define penalties for creating or distributing atrocious content. The current system only requires labelling but that can change.