Northeastmonk
Gold Member
This is untrue. The ESA is not as powerful a lobby on account of not being around as long, but they've fought this nonsense up the the Supreme Court before. It's already been ruled that they have protections under the first amendment.
It just isn't something a politician or even a president wakes up and thinks about. GameStop had free pamphlets at the counter (or at least they did back when I worked there) that went over the ratings board and what exactly the ESRB was. That's more informative than walking into a theater or a movie store. Theaters have 15 year olds selling tickets and guiding customers to their designated screen. As a teenager I snuck into a couple R rated films. I had to have my dad buy me Resident Evil at Babbages and Onimusha at Best Buy.
If truth be told we really have nothing to worry about. The ESA and various heads of the gaming industry know exactly what they're up against. I think it's hard to remind those who do care for video games that these claims aren't new and there's a logical reasoning behind it. It would be best if the news media brought up the infamous court cases versus blaming a video game outright.
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