The Sound And The Fury: NY Game Bill 3: Anticlimax

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The saga of the New York video game law has reached as dramatic a cliffhanger as you're likely to get in politics, as both the Senate and Assembly final agreed on legislation, only to have the session end before the measure could be passed. Despite the bad timing the measure is fully expected to pass with the new session starts in July, with the Governor Eliot Spitzer standing by with pen in hand.
What did the groups finally agree on?

One would place limits on who can see violent video games. It would make it a felony to sell violent and obscene video games to minors. In addition, manufacturers would have to equip game consoles with parental-control devices, retailers would have to label games that are violent and obscene, and the state would establish a committee to study the problem.​

So what have they accomplished? Games ratings and parental controls in game consoles? Already done. Making it a felony to sell violent games to minors? Nice, but I very much doubt this will stand up to constitutional scrutiny. So that leaves forming a committee, which is something politicians pride themselves on. All that time and taxpayer money going towards a bill that effectively creates a committee. You go New York politicians. Michael Fahey
Deals elude governor, lawmakers [Lower Hudson Online, via Game Politics]

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