NY State Senate Passes Video Game Bill

“The New York State Senate today passed legislation, sponsored by Senator Andrew Lanza (R-I, Staten Island), that would take steps to crack down on video game violence, and combat and reduce children’s exposure to violent and inappropriate materials within these games.

The bill (S.5888) would establish the Advisory Council on Interactive Media and Youth Violence to review the Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB) rating system and its effectiveness, and recommend additional steps that can be taken to curb children’s access and exposure to such “adult-only” material. The advisory council would consist of nine members and six ex-officio members”.

Lanza has joined the long list of politicians and media to publicly blame video games for the Virginia Tech massacre. I am really getting tired of how people in the public actually listen to these morons. The killer in Blacksburg didn’t even play video games. No games were found in his room… no systems.. not so much as a hand held game. Are the days of personal responsibility truly gone? I lost a great friend here at Virginia Tech and mourn the loss of all 32 victims. The only person or thing I blame is Cho. I’d do anything in the world to have my friend Ryan “Stack” Clark back here with us. I will not blame anything or anyone other than the killer, because blaming does not bring anyone back. Blaming will not prevent the next campus attack. No one knows when or where, but it will happen again in our future. Fortunately, it’s the outsiders who are blaming video games and whatever they can to further their political agendas. The majority of people here in the Virginia Tech community are not reacting this way. Maybe some of the world could learn from us.

Lanza also mentions the infamous Virginia Tech game on his site to further his cause. We need to get real and stop blaming everything for personal actions of one individual. Place the blame where it belongs is all I ask of you. If you’d like to blame someone for the murders, talk to Cho. Debates will go on forever, but I find that he was a simpleton and a coward…not someone worth remembering. What’s happening now with the press and politicians is exactly what he wanted.

“The recent release of ‘V-Tech Massacre,’ a sick game which exploits the Virginia Tech University tragedy, is a painful reminder of the culture of violence which has severe consequences on our youth and society,”