Gov. Schwarzenegger signs ESRB regulations into law

In an update to last month's news in which the California senate passed a regulatory bill that would force retailers to post information about videogame ratings, Gov. Schwarzenegger penned his best John Hancock, making the regulation law. And as a result, the Interactive Entertainment Merchants' Association has stepped up, voicing its concerns about the new law. The organization believes that Leland Yee, who drew up the bill, used misleading allegations to plead his case—Yee exploited the recent murder of a teenager in England in which, during the initial media frenzy, Rockstar's ultra-violent Manhunt game was believed to have influenced the killer. The IEMA complained that the law would simply leave retailers vulnerable to bigger lawsuits and would waste valuable government resources through enforcement.