Comments on: Should You Really Need a License to Run a Video Arcade?

By: DJ

DJ — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 08:28:49 +0000

What kind of parents are letting 4 year olds play shoot 'em ups? What 4 year old plays video games period? They aren't even in kindergarten yet. At 4 I was still coloring outside the lines.

By: DJ

DJ — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:28:49 +0000

What kind of parents are letting 4 year olds play shoot 'em ups? What 4 year old plays video games period? They aren't even in kindergarten yet. At 4 I was still coloring outside the lines.

By: DJ

DJ — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:28:49 +0000

What kind of parents are letting 4 year olds play shoot 'em ups? What 4 year old plays video games period? They aren't even in kindergarten yet. At 4 I was still coloring outside the lines.

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Links 07/08/2009: KDE 4.3 and Linux Mint 7 (KDE) Reviews | Boycott Novell — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:09:44 +0000

[...] Should You Really Need a License to Run a Video Arcade? In light of these concerns, I fail to see why Amherst or any other city should be in the business of licensing video arcades. And even if they are doing so for tax purposes, they shouldn’t be using that power to censor arcade games or shutting down businesses that offer such games. [...]

By: Name

Name — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:55:13 +0000

the licence is being denied not because of violent video games, but because of the constant police presence at the location becuase parents are getting info figts, getting drunk, and on and on it goes. this being a mid-high $ community, they dont want to see this type of activity at a business, especially when its in a plaza with othe businesses, and might be effecting them negatively, as well as he residence leaving near by who are constantly seeing these things.

so by rejecting their licence and having the business go somewhere else, they are potentially preventing other businesses from leaving who are in the same vacivity as well as residence.

By: Name

Name — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:39:54 +0000

Just think what Whack-a-mole teaches kids (hitting with a stick good).. the point and roll an token to knock more off the shelf teaches gambling.. African safari teaches to capture wild animals (or eve neighborhood ones) for money… All video games are bad in one way or another.. IF YOU LOOK HARD ENOUGH… Better the kids should bully the other in the ball pit or the climbing tubes and eat the fattening pizza and pop then do nothing but play those dreadful video games…

…(hint this IS sarcasm)…

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Why Should You Need A Special License To Run An Arcade? | PHP Hosts — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:35:18 +0000

[...] has rejected an attempt by a Chuck-E-Cheese get a “game license,” which makes him ask why anyone should need a special license to run a video arcade? He points out that this is basically a money grab by the town, which makes a lot of money off such [...]

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Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:28:32 +0000

[...] Amherst NY has rejected an attempt by a Chuck-E-Cheese get a "game license," which makes him ask why anyone should need a special license to run a video arcade? He points out that this is basically a money grab by the town, which makes a lot of money off such [...]

By: andyinsdca

andyinsdca — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:52:18 +0000

The puritans have been saying the same garbage about pinball/arcade machines for…say, 100+ years?

By: cufflinks

cufflinks — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:47:02 +0000

Yeh but all these games are available to play in your own home!

I can undertstand gambling needing licenses.

The only factor they should provide is age limits to the games - similar to buying the games for your XBox etc

By: eee_eff

eee_eff — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:00:24 +0000

I am glad they denied them their license. My daughter once went to a birthday party at one, and she wanted to play a video game.

The video game had all nice colors and a title something like African adventure.

Guess what they game was?

Run over animals with blood on the windsheild and a horrible laughing sound every time an animal was run over. My daughter was shocked. there was no warning whatsoever on the video game re this type of content.