How much of the Family Entertainment Protection Act, which prevents minors from buying violent home video games, is a purely political exercise? Is it congressional teeth gnashing or is there genuine concern? How do you explain the phenomenon that Democrats are the main proponents of this measure, not Republicans?
Will the amusement industry ever feel the brunt of these actions, or is it all much ado about nothing?
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You should definitely print the above comment in your next issue. The spelling and grammar speak volumes about the future of coin-op, and the rhodes scholars that are running things...
As noted before in this forum, the user posting under the name "editor" is affiliated with another publication (The Stinger Report) and is not the editor of RePlay Magazine or its blog site.
Must be another election year if those politicians are looking for grandstanding to get themselves noticed in the eyes of voters. I just wish they would focus on more pressing issues such as the current price of gas. The industry already has a ratings system in place; it's up to the parents to educate and control their children's access to such media...not the government.
The recent E3 show here in Los Angeles was interesting in that there was little media focus or attention on the violent home titles. There was more interest on new hardware (Sony's Playstation 3 and Nintendo's Wii) as well as mobile phone software. It was also nice to see coin-op equipment on the floor but why were they pieces not available to us operators yet (Time Crisis 4 and DDR Supernova)?
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