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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..."
Man, I can't even believe we're arguing here. The government wants to ban lude and "unacceptable" conduct in video games because they're "just for kids" and you're defending them. Games are not just for kids. Adults play video games and we should be able to get adult content in them. I don't want my choise of video games to consist of Mario and Spiro The Dragon, ok?
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