Salon on Video Games and Free Speech 283
EyesWideOpen writes: "There is an article at Salon that covers a U.S. District Judge's ruling that computer games don't deserve First Amendment protection. The ruling is in response to The Interactive Digital Software Association's request for the dismissal of an ordinance that requires parental consent before children under 17 can buy or play violent or sexually explicit video games. From the Salon article: 'From his ruling, [US District Judge] Limbaugh appears to believe that no amount of contextual information, or additional narrative, in a game is enough to make it a work of art or expression worthy of the name 'free speech.'' The judge's deliberations were based in part on his review of four games: 'Fear Effect,' 'Doom,' 'Mortal Kombat' and 'Resident Evil'."
nice picks (Score:5, Funny)
with that list I'm suprised he didn't make video games illegal.
Let me guess.. (Score:2, Funny)
He played these games, eh? (Score:5, Funny)
I offer this as an example of what probably happened to him while he was playing.
From the article (Score:2, Funny)
Supreme LAAAAAAAAAN Party!
An early retirement (Score:2, Funny)
Someone should donate Everquest so the Judge can play it. I bet in three months he will be out of courts. Wearing black rags with a sword in his hands, and shouting "l00t!".
Than we can talk if it doesn't help to develop a character...
agreed (Score:2, Funny)
do you know how frustrating it is to post the same opinion before you (twice actually), and not have anyone read it?
I brought this up before... [slashdot.org]
and above in this very thread also [slashdot.org]
The moderation system is just so frustrating these days...