The gaming industry could suffer hard if California wins this one, and the public of any age would as well. If California wins, it would place a whole bunch of games in the same category as pornography, which could effectively remove them from most store shelves, making them unavailable to anyone of any age, not just children. And if that were to occur, it is most definitely government sanctioned censorship.
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I agree it could happen, and cost the industry financially. However that wouldn't make it
government sanctioned, just an unfortunate consequence which any individual retailer would be free to buck the trend on.
On the matter at hand; If we believe that violent films can corrupt the minds of youths, such that we need to protect them through censorship, then
not extending that censorship to games and other media would be stupidity of the highest order.
Now personally, I'm not so convinced that exposer to violence automatically leads to acting violence, but clearly the lawmakers, politicians and media do believe in that link. And since those are the folks that get to make these decisions, the logic of extending censorship is perfectly legitimate, again
if you accept the link as real.
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Herb Sutter at the helm, it would seem that they take supporting and developing it very serious.
