Another day, another bill: this time to protect kids from racist games

Oh please. Not another one. This following yesterday’s news of having warning labels on game boxes? Oy vey… Apparently, a new bill is going around the New York Assembly. This one was introduced by one Kieth L.T. Wright, and he aims to have even more restrictions in the selling of video games. On top of the already existing ESRB ratings, the new bill would have minors shielded from racism, cursing, and other forms of insult in video games.

Oh please. Not another one. This following yesterday’s news? Oy vey…

Apparently, a new bill is going around the New York Assembly. This one was introduced by one Kieth L.T. Wright, and he aims to have even more restrictions in the selling of video games. On top of the already existing ESRB ratings, the new bill (A01474) would have minors shielded from racism, cursing, and other forms of insult in video games.

Once approved, the bill:

Prohibits the sale to minors of certain rated video games containing a rating that reflects content of various degrees of profanity, racist stereotypes or derogatory language, and/or actions toward a specific group of persons.

For the record, it was also Keith Wright who previously tried to pass a bill (operative word, of course, is “tried” – he actually failed), one which similarly wanted to place restrictions on games with racial tendencies and religious violence.

[insert never-ending debate on RE5’s so-called “racism” and Assassin’s Creed’s “religious intolerance” here]

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Via GamePolitics