Posts tagged violent-game-bill

Leland Yee and Activision VP to debate if games should be restricted

by Griffin McElroy (Feb 25th 2011 3:00PM)

Thursday, Thursday, Thursday, March 17! Make your way down to the San Francisco Commonwealth Club to see two titans of the "violent games" debate square off in an argumentative deathmatch. We're speaking, of course, of Activision vice president George Rose and California state legislator Leland ...

Proposal in Swiss government could ban violent games

by Ben Gilbert (Mar 24th 2010 1:00AM)

According to a report out of consonant-heavy Swiss gaming site GamesMarkt, Switzerland's parliament recently passed a law that could lead to an across the board ban on "violent" games being sold in the country. Apparently a proposal was inked last month that aimed to remove games which require ...

LA Times: Parents should regulate what games kids play, not government

by Griffin McElroy (Feb 28th 2009 8:00PM)

In one of the most well-reasoned and least sensationalized articles on government regulation of violent games we've ever seen out of the mainstream press, the Los Angeles Times recently published an editorial pointing out the unnecessary and unconstitutional nature of a recently rebuked California ...