GamePolitics speaks with federal game bill sponsor, ESA deems bill unconstitutional

lol awesome school house rock video :D

Why dont they just slap the parents into paying attention instead of trying to pass all this BS.

"I just used the rape, pillage and plunder line..."

WHAT KIND OF POLITICIANS ARE THESE?!

I don't get whats so bad if they have to check your id. If they did that then people would stop complaining about kids buying m rated games they already aren't allowed to buy.

This is coming from a 16 year old-let them pass it. It seems to me like the best path would be to have m rated games treated as r rated movies.

In my state they've always checked. They have signs stating you have to be born by blah blah to buy said game. Every time I buy an M-rated game, even though I'm 17, they've asked for ID.

Friend of mine had a funny run-in at a Gamestop. I believe at the time he was 19, but he didn't have a driver's license. Tried buying a M rated game, uh oh!

The best he could come up with for ID was his college student ID, and since that didn't have DOB, he just had to reason with the guy that if he was in college, he was old enough to buy the game.

The Simpsons version of this is hilarious.

Kid: Well why can't we just make a law against flag burning?

Amendment: Because that law would be unconstitutional.
But if we changed the Constitution...

kid: Then we could make all sorts of crazy laws!

Amendment: Now you're catching on!

Unconstitutional? When has that stopped the government?

It shouldn't be passed. Just check IDs and make sure that the store employees aren't selling games to minors.

Also, "I'm just a Bill" is educationally awesome!

The real question with this though is can we pass a law to finally determine the function... of conjunction junction.

Im just pulling these out of my ass,but honestly i dont think these politicians care at all about games,about children or the country.
That they dont even know what they talk about,and take it so un-serious,i dont think the goal is to pass the law(wich probably wont happen) but something else-unrelated to it.
Maybe to have their names get seen more? maybe its some congres fraternity test "go and try to make a game law to enter" is the new"dres as chick in a bar".
IDK,yet they keep trying for the sake of it ,so it must be another personal reason.

Jack doesnt count,hes just so crazy by now that it might be whatever.

I wonder if these politicians are anything like the ones who speak out against gay rights and then get caught soliciting gay sex in bathrooms - like, do they crank out bills like this, then go home at night and stay up till 5:00 playing stuff like GTA4 and Manhunt?

Movies are supposed to check your age for rated R movies. You can't by porn without a ID so you shouldn't be able to buy a video game that could be a porn someday.

I don't see what the big deal is. M ratings get your mommie to buy you the game. That way when you shoot up your school the only people to blame are you and your parents and not the video games.

"I'm an amendment to be, yes an amendment to be..."

I'm not sure I see the big deal here. Let them make a law about carding for video games. I am fine with that.

If you listen to the news I am one of the few responsible parents out there. I would be upset if some store let my 15 year old buy GTA3. I DO own the game and I DO let my 15 year old play it. I will not however, even allow the game to be played when my 3 year old is awake.

I absolutely hate it when he parents get on TV saying that they can't believe that their kids are playing these violent/sexually explicit games. When they are asked how their kids got the games they invariably reply that they got it for them for their birthday, or some other such nonsense.

If you don't want your kids playing certain games it is your responsibility to say NO. THAT is part of being a parent.

Well, there are rape games out there... You don't know how hard it is to play it off when you have shortcuts on your desktop with some girl's face and Japanese text. =\

The reason why this is unconstitutional, is because they do not do this for other forms of media, such as books. A 13 year old can potentially walk into Barnes and Nobles, Books a Million, etc..., pick up one of those sleezy romance novels without being ID'd. Or a Science Fiction novel that goes into graphic detail about gore and violence and nobody would think twice. Hell, Afternoon Soap Operas which contain violence, cursing, sex, revenge, backstabbing, can be seen from 12-4pm in the afternoon on LOCAL television, and nobody says word one about them. What the ESA is saying, is it's not the government's job to decide what is acceptable to some kids, and what isn't. It's not their job to set guidelines for parents. It's the parents job to be parents. If the parents were truly that concerned about what their kids were playing, they'd take the time and sit down with them and actually read the rating which is CLEARLY printed on the front and back of the box which details what is in the game, instead of just handing a kid some cash or picking up a box off the shelf and saying "I want this one...." while handing it to a clerk at a game store.