Categories: Games and Legal Issues

The title of this post may sound a bit backhanded, but I just wanted to quickly reflect on NY governor Paterson’s decision to sign that video game provision into law. More information can be found on Gamepolitics’s latest report here.

In short, what is ironic about this law is that most of the actions that ‘must be done’ are already occuring. Parental controls in consoles? (done), games must have ratings? (done). What I found interesting was the mention that even though a council would be established to investigate media violence, members of that council would not be compensated for their efforts. It amounts to being used in many ways; the ‘experts’ have their knowledge taken from them for no compensation in return.