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Interview with 'Anti-Gamer' Senator Leland

Posted by Zonk on from the bit-crabby dept.

strwrsxprt writes "Game Almighty recently had the chance to speak with Senator Leland Yee about his views on the validity of California Assembly Bill 1179, which was designed to criminalize the sale of Mature rated games to minors and require retailers to keep Mature games separated from other games. He also shares his thoughts on everything from the effectiveness of the ESRB and the place AO games have in the market, to the movie industry and their rating standards in relation to games. His answers might just surprise you."

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  1. Why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Why must the government muddy the waters of private competition?
    In theory, consumers would opt for games published by companies that respect the desires of their clients.

  2. The problem I have with this by OeLeWaPpErKe · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    1) there is a (strong) correlation between violent video games and violence in real life
    2) for a minority of test subjects the violence in real life is caused by video games
    3) the games we are talking about as "violent" in these studies are real evil games like ... missile command, nba jam, ... we're not even talking about stuff like doom

    This is what science says ... so what is your answer "fuck violence on the street, I want to beat people up on computer screens, even if it means more people die !"

    Or what, exactly is your opinion ? (and please don't bring up the lame excuse "it hasn't been proven" ... to the satisfaction of just about every psychologist in america it HAS been proven)

  3. Re:Smarter replies than I expected by geckofiend · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    If you're worried about the penalty you could of course just not sell an M rated gamer to a minor.