When the definition of a violent horror game is how photorealistic it is, we don’t get to whinge when some people think games should have an enforcable “this is not actually suitable for 10 year old kids, you dumbass” rating system.

The issue of obscenity laws affects all media industries – and its pathetically cowardly for an industry as large as the game industry to claim to be a special case that shouldn’t have to worry about these issues.

Yes, there are flaws in the entire legal system – but that doesn’t mean one (and only one) media form gets to be exempt. We ought to show a bit of concern for all of society, instead of clearly being interested only in what’s most convienent for ourselves while ignoring the larger issues.

When the definition of a violent horror game is how photorealistic it is, we don’t get to whinge when some people think games should have an enforcable “this is not actually suitable for 10 year old kids, you dumbass” rating system.

The issue of obscenity laws affects all media industries – and its pathetically cowardly for an industry as large as the game industry to claim to be a special case that shouldn’t have to worry about these issues.

Yes, there are flaws in the entire legal system – but that doesn’t mean one (and only one) media form gets to be exempt. We ought to show a bit of concern for all of society, instead of clearly being interested only in what’s most convienent for ourselves while ignoring the larger issues.

Were at a precarious position with the supreme court too, with more conservatives being nominated and being one vote shy of a conservative majority. This is why imo even if you agree with republicans on all other issues that right now its more important to have balance on the court. We need a Democrat to fill the seats that are going to be vacated by liberals in the coming president’s term.

But back to obscenity, there never should have been a “Miller test” based on content. Free expression should only be restricted by public vs private, between whats legal to be put on a billboard compared to what is for the privacy of your own home/video console.

Were at a precarious position with the supreme court too, with more conservatives being nominated and being one vote shy of a conservative majority. This is why imo even if you agree with republicans on all other issues that right now its more important to have balance on the court. We need a Democrat to fill the seats that are going to be vacated by liberals in the coming president’s term.

But back to obscenity, there never should have been a “Miller test” based on content. Free expression should only be restricted by public vs private, between whats legal to be put on a billboard compared to what is for the privacy of your own home/video console.

This is not correct. Most of them have been based on independent standards of violence and sexuality, with no regard to the game’s ESRB rating.

This is not correct. Most of them have been based on independent standards of violence and sexuality, with no regard to the game’s ESRB rating.