A felony to sell M rated games to minors.

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New York just passed a law making it a felony to sell games to minors. Am I the only one who finds it a little extreme that we are making it a felony, one of the most severe type of crimes, for some guy working at Gamestop who has stood there for 8 hours to accidentally slip up and not check the rating of the game? How much more are politicians gonna try to limit creative expression in order to make it look like they're trying to do something about the social problems in our society.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6171749.html?action=convert&om_clk=latestnews&tag=latestnews;title;0
 
I'm fine with it, they're not supposed to be sold to minors in the first place. Those ratings are there for a reason. And doing something for eight hours straight would make it habit, not forgetful, I would think.
 
fhqwhgads said:
I'm fine with it, they're not supposed to be sold to minors in the first place. Those ratings are there for a reason. And doing something for eight hours straight would make it habit, not forgetful, I would think.
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But a felony??? You get minimum one year in jail for that. Don't you think that's slightly ridiculous??
 
Well, sort of, but what, do the parents or the salesmen get it? Maybe a fine and a night, I wasn't really focused enoguh to see felony.

EDIT: Glanced through the story, is it really that hard to see why the DS was excluded? It doesn't have any M games.
 
i understand on what you're saying. it goes a little extreme for the freedom of expression to be opposed by the law too early before its done REAL damage. :P

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With a hefty enough law like that , everyone will check for sure though, right?
 
I think it's a good idea. Children should not have access to killing simulators. Especially considering the advancement in graphics and realism in videogames over the years, a mature themed game could traumatize a child. Perhaps making it a felony will make the store clerk whose worked 8 hours remember this, rather than making a mistake that could have potentially serious consequences.

Creative expression is one thing, glorifying gratuitous violence is another entirely.
 
There are things to take into account, though, like mental maturity, not just age.
 
Aggravated assault / battery, arson, burglary, embezzlement, grand theft, treason, espionage, racketeering, robbery, murder, rape, fraud, selling a video game.

Which one doesn't belong?
 
All those things are found in video games, and can make impressions on small children that that's okay to do.
 
Here's the way I see it. If the parents are not doing their job of parenting, then things like this would never happen. But parents are getting lax in their obligations and think that televisions and videogames will suffice as babysitters.

Now, don't get me wrong. I cannot see a polititian's case on linking violent games to the rise in violence, but I do see their case on keeping "mature" content from kids who don't quite understand what is going on.

And I also don't see how this law is violating a developer's freedom of creative expression. because if the developer's intent is to get "M" rated games into the hands of kids, then they shouldn't be developing games.
 
pffffffffff, just get someone to buy them for you. and whats the big deal? your not the one in trouble if the sell you one, anyway.
 
I was even asked a few years back about SSBM, which is T. The guy was that good, he said, "You know this game is T, right?" "Yeah" "Okay, you know it's for cartoon violence and all that?" "Uh huh" "You gotta parent's ok?" "Yup" "Okay, here you go"
 
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