Texas Takes Progressive Video Game Stance

This was the state in which a student was removed from school for making a Counter-Strike map, so it figures there might be some unnecessary lameness abound when it comes to video games and Texans.

However, it looks like their state legislature has decided not to exclude video games for grant incentives. This means free money for creative people to make video games, and other similar media like movies and TV.

The big issue was over content. They were afraid that somebody would make a video game with “objectionable subject matter,” which amounts to a whole lot of bullshit.

And why? Because television, movies and visual media in general have just the same capability to hold objectionable content, yet they are disregarded when it comes to trying to police violence.

Thankfully, the Texas legislature isn’t quite a stupid as one might think, and they allowed the bill to be passed.

Maybe there’s hope?