Indecent Game Sales Now A Felony In New York

Gamespot reports on the final passing of New York senate bill A8696, legislation proposed just last week, that now makes it a serious felony to sell or rent a violent game to minors. The bill makes it illegal to sell a console without parental control options and establishes a group to second guess the ESRB's rating decisions. "'This bill is impermissibly vague,' EMA president Bo Andersen said in a statement. 'A8696 seeks to apply real-world standards of violence to the fictional and fanciful world of video games, an environment in which they have no meaning. As a result, retailers and clerks will not and cannot know with certainty which video games could send them to jail under A8696. It was depressing to hear members of the Assembly note the constitutional problems with the bill and then state that they were voting for it.'" The senate seems to have no fear of possible overturn of the bill, and claims it's only thinking of the children.

Comments

Re:Wow. cigs and beer

[Broken scope]

Oh god my... I can't believe i wrote that...

Re:Yeah, It Won't Be Overturned

[Z0mb1eman]

can go and buy any Diane Steel or Stephen King book and I would not recommend either to an immature audience. I dunno, I think I'd recommend Diane Steel or Stephen King books only to immature audiences... :p

Re:Indecent Game Sales? No way!

[Guppy06]

"Well, there goes my idea of opening a game shop where all the employees are topless women."

You'll likely scare away most of your customers; they're not accustomed to the real thing.

I swear officer

[Anonymous Coward]

I thought he would respawn!

kekekeke >.

Re:Indecent Game Sales? No way!

[VWJedi]

I was a little worried when I read this...

I think it's a good idea, provided that you install a non-slip floor and a drain.

Uh-oh...

Otherwise the saliva may become a problem.

Whew! Saliva... ok then...