Ted Price says video game legislation "has no place in America" |
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Insomniac founder and CEO Ted Price has spoken out on the issue of video game legislation, saying that it "has no place in America".
"We're going through what every other entertainment industry has gone through, and that's being the temporary scapegoat for society's ills," Price told Shacknews in a recent interview. "It saddens me to see legislators stomping all over our First Amendment rights for their own specific interests."
He's right, too. Pop culture has always been an easy target. Theater, movies, TV, music, and even books have been used as whipping boys in the past. Heck, even dancing wasn't spared, although admittedly maybe that was just in Footloose.
It's become a cycle. What's popular today will always eventually be used as the reason for why kids are getting "worse". In the 50s and 60s, it was rock and roll, and then later on, heavy metal. Dungeons & Dragons, too, for a time. Today, it's video games. Right now, most game-related legislations have so far been ruled as unconstitutional, but when will all of these attacks stop?
"It won't be until we have more gamers running for office that this will calm down," said Price. "It's something that we'll weather, because we are right, what we do is defensible under the Constitution and shouldn't be regulated by the government."
That, or until the next scapegoat comes along. For now, Price recommends joining the Video Game Voters Network. He also recommends letting your Congressman know what you think about video game bills in your state. Otherwise they'll just be "walking blindly, following what they think is the mainstream opinion."
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- New York Senate passes mandatory game ratings bill
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Just like the parents of baby boomers despised rock, now the baby boomers despise video games. Video games are effective for relieving stress, and are no different in terms of health than TV. I mean, going to a full week of school is stressful, and getting the chance to give someone a good virtual *whack* playing halo seems very therapeutic for some reason.
Scientology.
I have no basis for this accusation but that doesn't seem to stop the general media or people like Jack Thompson.
Tom Cruise specifically...
Tom Cruise is definitely what's wrong with ALL of America... Him and McDonalds.
the people of the U.S. do not need anymore "Nanny" regulations from it's elected officials. Maybe if these scheisters would stop focusing on pushing their "pet" programs and would actually start coordinating with others for the betterment of everyone's lives, living in and out of the U.S. right now, it wouldn't feel like you're spiraling further and further down the p!$$er each and everyday... . . .. .
Though, I can say that in this coming election there are far more pressing issues that will influence the way I vote than a person's specific stance on vidgames....
Bandit Keith is proud.
This fellow needs to take a long pause and look at the world through the eyes of parents.
We must do all in our power to make the world a better moral place for those who must come after us to live.
It is a sin to create an A or M rated game.