Illinois Passes Explicit Game Law

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday July 26, 2005 @06:28AM from the slippery-slope dept.

The law that the Illinois system of government has been tossing around for a while explicitly banning the sale of Mature games to minors has been passed into law. Gamasutra reports: "Like the similar bill proposed by California Senator Leland Yee, the Safe Games Illinois Act would require retailers to use warning labels in addition to the existing ESRB labels, as well as post signs within stores explaining the ESRB rating system. Sale of offending games to minors will earn stores a $1,000 fine on a petty offense, while failure to post explanatory signage will draw a $500 fine for the first three violations and $1,000 for each subsequent count."

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These laws are stupid by jonwil · 2005-07-26 12:33 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I have nothing against wanting to restrict mature video games.

What I have an issue with is when state governments want to invent definitions of "Mature" that go outside of the ESRB.