As a gamer I follow little to no politics. It may be wrong, but I catch the feeling that a lot of my kind are pretty much similar. Although I admit this is a bad thing, it is still the way I am. Even with this attitude when I hear of gaming related information I try to look into it and become concerned, this affects my livelihood, and no one messes with my bread and butter.
Usually it’s just crack-pots like Jack Thompson screaming that games turn us into raving lunatics. The usual garbage that Grand Theft Auto is the reason for drug trafficking, and that all kids playing it are turned into gang-bangers. There is no possibility that the market the game appeals to is gang-bangers, or teens who wish they had street cred.
Our friends at the Video Game Voters Network are the opposite of me. They are the gamers that care, and they keep BSR, and any gamer that wants to know the happenings informed. They dropped us this information today:
Soon, the U.S. Supreme Court may decide whether to hear a case that could have a lasting impact on computer and video games.
The case before the Court involves a law passed by the state of California attempting to criminalize the sale of certain computer and video games. Two previous courts rejected the California law as unconstitutional, but soon the Supreme Court could have the final say.
Whatever the Court’s ruling, we must be prepared to continue defending our rights now and in the future. To do so, we need a large, powerful movement of gamers to speak with one voice and show that we won’t sit back while lawmakers try to score political points by scapegoating video games and treating them differently than books, movies, and music.
If the Court decides to hear the case, we’re going to need thousands of activists like you who can help defend computer and video games by writing letters to editors, calling into talk radio stations, and educating Americans about our passion for and appreciation of computer and video games.
You can help build this movement right now by inviting all your friends and fellow gamers to join the Video Game Voters Network.
Use our simple tool to send an email to everyone you know asking them to stand up for gaming rights:
Learn about the movement here .
Anywho, my main point is keep your gaming legal, and keep censorship to a minimum. I’m not advocating that all games should have a Dante’s Inferno style porn groove, or that every game should have nudity, blood, sex and booze. I’m simply saying that if it tells a story, and it’s a solid title, that the government shouldn’t choose what we view. We as the consumer should make our choice, and for or our children, the parents should once again make the choice.
We’d love to hear your opinion, feel free to discuss below, or post other information in the comments.