Protect your rights as a gamer

[axelnomnom]

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Please don't write anything threatening/violent.

Just thought I'd post this on the worlds most popular games most popular site for gaming info.


Stand up for your rights as a mature and intellectual gamer.

---------- Post added 2010-10-08 at 06:47 PM ----------

not even one view? Fml

[tripplebooya]

Well as a fairly libertarian conservative who hates the government dictating anything about my personal life....I'll be sending a shitty joystick.

But am I reading it wrong or does this only affect minor sales of violent games? Cuz if that's all it is, how's that different then what's in place now...

[Kauppaneuvos]

EU wins again.

[Lysah]

Moved to VG.

[Nahte]

I saw a Dreamcast controller and now I'm sad because I never got to have one.

Also, I really doubt this will pass.

[Badpaladin]

The only case they have is that videogames can be addicting to the point of people missing work, doing poorly in school, etc. Sadly for them, games aren't actual drugs(just like TV isn't), so they can't have the government do anything about it for them. Really, all these petitions for protecting rights are sort of silly. If you're playing games legally, what's the problem?

Coming from a liberal, pro-government person.

[Fooliecoolie]

Well as a fairly libertarian conservative who hates the government dictating anything about my personal life....I'll be sending a shitty joystick.

But am I reading it wrong or does this only affect minor sales of violent games? Cuz if that's all it is, how's that different then what's in place now...

The real problem is that it is holding video games to a different standard then what other mdeia formats are held to. Retailers can be fined and employees arrested for selling Call of Duty Modern Warfare2 and Medal of Honor to a minor while the same minor could walk out the door with a copy of Hostel or the latest Eminem cd. It is just government butting in what should be a parent's job. ESRB has done a good job in implementing an effective ratings system.

[axelnomnom]

I saw a Dreamcast controller and now I'm said because I never got to have one.

Also, I really doubt this will pass.

As of now there is almost no way it can pass imo. The law is tok loosely defined. It could pretty much say mario is too violent because you harm something to where it's unrecognizable.

[Clockwork Pinkie]

As of now there is almost no way it can pass imo. The law is tok loosely defined. It could pretty much say mario is too violent because you harm something to where it's unrecognizable.

Pretty much this, this isnt WoW china, we don't need skeltons taken out of video games, we don't need blood and gore taking out. We've all seen it before in movies, TV shows, the internet, and quite possibly real life. It's why there's an ESRB rating on them. That tells you exactly what the video game contains. There's no reason they can stop video game violence because adults are getting their sons M rated games that they clearly shouldn't be playing. They've tried this with nearly every GTA game after GTA III. It never worked, except for maybe Hot Coffee in San Andres, but that's somewhat a different story. I don't see it going anywhere. The Governator of all people taking about "extreme video game violence"....the irony.

[Markluzz]

What exactly stops the kids parents from buying them the game? And wouldnt almost every game contain some kind violence in it, heck they could classify WoW or even pokemon as 'violent' games because those pokemon are getting harmed and they portray 'human characteristics'. This is especially retarded to the point where they'd let a kid buy a PG-13 or R movie, or an Eminem Cd, but not a video game that has some violence in it. This isnt china, unless obama signed a secret agreement with china where they can run our country as long as they pay for our debt.