Videogame legislations across the U.S. |
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Having a hard time keeping up with all of the legislations that target games and gamers alike? A recent post on 2old2play.com lists quite a few of them for your perusal. While the list may be incomplete, it's still a great resource for gamers who want to know more about the laws that may directly affect them and their gaming lifestyles.Here are a few examples, straight from 2old2play:
- HB 2104, of the Kansas Legislature, not only makes it illegal to sell games with an ESRB rating of M or above to minors, but bans them from displaying them in a manner viewable to minors. (Either the kids can't come in the store or the games have to be locked behind the counter.)
- HB 1029, of the Arkansas Legislature, exempts the sale of video games and equipment from the Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday. (Meaning for you Arkansas Folks, you can no longer buy tax free games during the sales tax holiday.)
- H 5136, of the Rhode Island General Assembly, prohibits retailers from offering electronic equipment at a "reduced price" for a "limited time" without posting the number of items available. (Looks like someone waited in a long line this Christmas and then walked away empty handed.)
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It's a video game box. Even if they portray a man holding a gun on the front of the box, it still doesn't mean you have to cover it up as if it was a Playboy or Hustler magazine...
so with this a 5 year old can walk in a store and buy a rated r movie but a 17 yr old cant walk in the same store and get a m rated game...!!!
i live in arkansas.
sucks to be you.
I think it's great that they have a law that prevents selling M rated games for little *****ers. Removing the boxes from it's shelf however is completely insane. If that's the case, why not cover up the R rated movies at Wal-Mart. People are really retarded sometimes.