The New York Senate just passed a new bill that will make retailers guilty of a class E felony, punishable by jail and fines if they sell an underage person a video game rated M or AO.
For years, I’ve had to deal with a certain mentality from developers that just drives me up the wall. It prevails mostly in Europe, the land of Psygnosis and other sadistic developers.
The video game industry is growing fast. It is a multi-billion dollar a year industry that is quickly becoming as common and acceptable as any other hobby, activity, or obsession.
Many of us older gamers grew up in a time when video games were 8-bits in size. Heck, many of us grew up when video games were just circuit boards with fancy wood siding.