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National Video Game Legislation Passes Senate Panel

National Video Game Legislation Passes Senate Panel

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Here is some video game legislation news that affects all of us in the USA. The legislation proposed by the Senate Criminal Justice Committee has been approved by a Senate panel. The legislation will prevent minors from purchasing video games depicting torture, rape, or killing of characters.

We are curious how this legislation plans to define killing of characters. After all, even the most tame Mario game has you kill the bad guy. And if animals count as characters, then Duck Hunt would have been illegal for minors as well.

Although this type of legislation has been struck down in courts, many legislators feel it is important to proceed with the attempt because it is their “obligation to send a message against violence.”

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