Tuesday, February 08, 2005

Georgia Sen. Doug Stoner (honest, that's his name) proposed a pair of bills to regulate sales of videogames to minors in Georgia. The first of the bills uses the current ESRB ratings to determine appropriateness for kids, but the second bill is dangerously vague when describing which games should be restricted: those determined to be "especially heinous, atrocious or cruel." Note that nearly all retailers already refuse to sell M-rated games to minors. Is this an attempt to ban objectionable games for everyone?