Posts tagged legislature 
Penny Arcade creators honored by Washington State senate
Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik, founders of Penny Arcade, are legendary folk heroes to much of the gaming community. For ten years, they've served as unparalleled industry commentators, strong vocabulary enthusiasts, and proponents of citrus-assaulting robots. However, these virtues recently took...
LGJ: More game laws?
Each week Mark Methenitis contributes Law of the Game on Joystiq ("LGJ"), a column on legal issues as they relate to video games: It's early 2009, we've just elected a new President, and there are quite literally a mountain of problems to be addressed on Capitol Hill. Our economy has been in subs...
NY strikes again with another video game bill
New York is quite notorious for its hard-line stance on the war against video games. In this latest episode of 'New York State versus gaming,' Assemblyman Steven Englebright (D) wants to pass a bill which requires retailers to place epilepsy and game-induced seizure warnings "on every video game." ...
Crytek threatens to leave Germany over violent game laws
Lines are beginning to be drawn in Germany's developing war on game violence. In a translated interview with Welt Online Far Cry and Crysis developer Crytek said they might leave the country if proposed anti-game-violence laws come into effect. In May, Germany's interior ministers unanimously approv...
Indiana game bill put on ice
The Indiana State Senate has elected to stall legislation that would have made the sale of M- and AO-rated games to minors unlawful and punishable by up a $1,000 fine. Despite being approved by a Senate committee earlier this week, the bill has been deemed unconstitutional in its current state and w...
No games seized in search of Salt Lake City mall shooter's home
In an attempt to derive a motive from Monday's rampage which saw a Utah teen shoot nine mall-goers, killing five, before he himself was killed by police, GamePolitics reports that the first signs of the "violent video games made him do it" angle have emerged in the media. Prompted by Jackie-boy spam...
