The political song and dance over the past few months has played out like a broken record. Legislators continually try to inhibit retailer’s abilities to sell certain types of games, and their bills are overturned every time. The new bill from NY Rep. Brian Kolb comes with a twist. His version of the soon to fail legislation would give the state the right to confiscate any unrated games. Additionally, it mandates that retailers make copies of games available to parents free of charge for review purposes before they are purchased. All I gotta say is someone lend me a kid, cause I’m about to get my free rental on!

The Truth in Video Game Rating Act is back. The bill which died a nice quiet death last year is rising like a phoenix thanks to “I wanna be prez” Senator Sam Brownback. The nuts and bolts of it goes something like this: The ESRB isn’t rating things fairly, and we want the government to play thru every single game in it’s entirety before they are rated. While that’s a gov. job I’d love to have, it doesn’t make much sense, what with open ended persistent worlds being the dominant trend. FYI government types, our ratings are voluntary. Keeps jacking with it and maybe we do away with it all together. Thanks. Now why don’t you go fight poverty or something.