![]() With America's pro-gaming forces gathering strength, crusading politicians must now journey beyond our shores to find games to rail against. Circuit Court of Appeals just ruled that a California law banning the sale of violent video games to minors was unconstitutional. ![]() Jack Thompson, the longtime face of the anti-game-violence movement, was recently banned from practicing law in Florida. The last couple of years haven't been as fruitful for video game scolds. Rod Blagojevich sending a message to "the parents of Illinois" pointing out that "98 percent of the games considered suitable by the industry for teenagers contain graphic violence." That same year, the Illinois Legislature (among many others) banned the sale of violent games to minors, with then-Gov. The "Hot Coffee" modification to Grand Theft Auto-which allowed players to (poorly) simulate intercourse with in-game girlfriends-left Lieberman and Hillary Clinton in a huff in 2005. Joe Lieberman and Ted Kennedy spoke out against 2004's JFK Reloaded, a game that let you re-enact the Kennedy assassination. For a brief window in the mid-2000s, video games became politicians' favorite piƱata. ![]()
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