 | | |
07-23-2008, 04:40 PM
|  | You Magnificent Bastard! | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: some western town
Posts: 20,684
| | | NY Governor signs (anti) gaming bill
"A bill that will have made it illegal to sell or rent some violent games to minors was signed into law Tuesday by New York Governor David Paterson." What you need to read: Quote: |
Originally Posted by article
Chief among those is a requirement that after September 1, 2010, all new gaming consoles sold in the state will need to have parental lockout features.
| Quote: |
Originally Posted by article
Finally, the law sets up an advisory council to examine "the connection between interactive media and real-life violence in minors exposed to such media."
| sigh ZDNet
__________________  Admin - sR Source servers |
07-23-2008, 04:43 PM
|  | oPg -> sR-SonicSpeed | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Oregon
Posts: 4,729
 : 70 th | | | Yeah basically I read an article where it sums up what has to happen.
1. Consoles must have a parental lockout feature by 2010
2. Games sold at retail must have a rating displayed.
3. And a study will be conducted on video games vs children vs violence.
The problem is one and two have been in effect for several years now (parental lockout being a bit behind the ESRB), and the third has been done countless times with the same result (games don't cause violence.)
__________________ Desktop E4600 ES @ 3.0Ghz (Zalman 7700cu) | XFX 6800GS | Gigabyte P965-S3 | 2x2GB OCZ "Vista Upgrade" RAM |
100GB Maxtor SATA HD | 2x80GB Maxtor IDE HD| Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit | Cooler Master Centurion 5
Laptop Thinkpad T42P | Pentium M 745 "Dothan" 1.8Ghz | 1GB DDR-2700 | Mobility FireGL T2 128MB | 80GB
4200 RPM Drive | 14.1 XGA LCD | B/G Wifi+Bluetooth
 |
07-23-2008, 04:46 PM
|  | stay awhile and listen | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Meadville, PA
Posts: 1,986
| | | So these people don't do any research whatsoever before they make up dumb laws do they? I assumed they would at least pay an intern to do a google search or something.
__________________ 
|
07-23-2008, 04:51 PM
|  | m00tini! | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Some Hotel Somewhere
Posts: 16,777
: 78 th | | | NY tax dollars at work. Sadly, this is a trend we'll see more states adopt as time goes on. CA and NY are where many such laws are born. |
07-23-2008, 04:56 PM
|  | Too Loud! Too Bright! | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: a place of settlement, activity, or residence
Posts: 6,386
| | | You know, I don't see this as such a big deal except for that study that is going to be conducted.
For the most part, i notice parents without a clue buying kids games that the kid asked for. The parent doesn't know, at least usually. I also wouldn't mind having one or two less blathering idiots in games (you don't have to be young to qualify for this, but it is usually them). UCHCHCHHCHC GARBLE GARBLE BLURGH. KIDS FREAKING PISS ME OFF!
__________________  |
07-23-2008, 04:59 PM
| | You Magnificent Bastard! | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: some western town
Posts: 20,684
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by CmdrTulkas 
For the most part, i notice parents without a clue buying kids games that the kid asked for. The parent doesn't know, at least usually. I also wouldn't mind having one or two less blathering idiots in games (you don't have to be young to qualify for this, but it is usually them). UCHCHCHHCHC GARBLE GARBLE BLURGH. KIDS FREAKING PISS ME OFF!
| NY doesn't control Sony/MS/Nintendo, and their demand that all consoles have a parental lock is idiotic.
Game ratings don't solve anything. They are useful for responsible parents, but it won't affect young kids online.
The study is a waste of time and money. It's been done, there is simply no way to tell if they affect kids any more than parents, movies, television, or the internet.
__________________ Admin - sR Source servers |
07-23-2008, 05:09 PM
| | Too Loud! Too Bright! | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: a place of settlement, activity, or residence
Posts: 6,386
| | | I still hate kids.
__________________ |
07-23-2008, 05:13 PM
| | m00tini! | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Some Hotel Somewhere
Posts: 16,777
: 78 th | | | i've learned to just hate other people's kids, but it all goes back to the parents as coffee said. when i see a kid misbehaving in public, there's usually a fat parent nearby on a cell phone who has no concept of public decency and social manners.
the same applies to video games. dont want them playing games? then just make retail stores actually enforce the ratings system, and get parents involved in what's going on in their kids lives. |
07-23-2008, 06:36 PM
|  | sR Resident Gun Nut | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: College Station, TX
Posts: 3,218
| | | For the billionth time it's not the kids it's the parents! Games and TV shouldn't matter either cause I grew up on Doom, Heretic, and Shadow Warrior. Aliens, Predator, and the like and I'm not a freakin psychopath. Even though my avatar is pointing a gun at the screen.
__________________   |
07-23-2008, 06:38 PM
| | You Magnificent Bastard! | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: some western town
Posts: 20,684
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by Bojingles | yeah, we're not going to use Bojingles as the non-violent gamer example in court....
__________________ Admin - sR Source servers |  | |
|
