New York Bill Aims To Restrict Games Containing Profanity

GamePolitics notes a new bill out of New York which seeks to prohibit "the sale to minors of certain rated video games containing a rating that reflects content of various degrees of profanity, racist stereotypes or derogatory language, and/or actions toward a specific group of persons." It goes on to say: "These games, containing adult images such as morbid violence, rape, alcohol and illegal drug use, as well as other malicious acts, are not appropriate for children under 18. This legislation will regulate the sale of such games." The full text of the bill is available. It also suggests that children who are exposed to in-game crimes are more likely to participate in real-life crime.

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Re:outlawing them will NEVER fix anything

[Darundal]

RTFA, he isn't trying to have them outlawed, he is trying to make sure that M rated games are sold only to people over 18, which I don't necessarily see as a bad thing.

Gordon fucking Ramsay's game's not censored you cu

[Kartoffel]

I just found out yesterday that there's a Gordon Ramsay video game. It's rated T for teen in the US, yet apparently it still has Ramsay's trademark cussing. WTF?

Oh well. The game also includes SCARY CRIME KNIVES so it's probably banned in the UK by default.