June 27, 2011 by Vinnie Leduc
If you haven’t been following the news lately, the state of California says it has a legal obligation to protect children from graphic interactive images when the industry has failed to do so. The law proposed would have placed an outright ban on the sale or rental to those under 18 of games deemed excessively “violent.”
Rest easy, friends. The Supreme Court has rejected a California law that would have banned retailers from selling violent video games to children. This is great news for video game makers and consumers as politicians have threatened at various times in the past to censor video games in different ways. The 7-2 ruling confirms that the current ESRB ratings system for video games is enough to help parents make their own decisions on whether to allow their kids to beat strangers with dildos, smash bongs into cops’ faces, or decapitate themselves. You can get more information at CNN.
